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Military Backing Surgical Technology
Florida Hospital’s Nicholson Center prepares surgeons for telesurgery around the globe

CELEBRATION—Thanks to a $4.2 million Department of Defense (DoD) grant, surgeons honing their skills on gaming/simulator technology at the Florida Hospital...
LYNNE JETER

Crossing the Finish Line | Dr. Craig Sweet, in Reproductive Medicine & Surgery PA.

Crossing the Finish Line
Florida reproductive endocrinologist delivers quadruplets to same-sex couple

FORT MYERS – Last spring, reproductive endocrinologist Craig Sweet, MD, made history when he delivered two sets of twins – quadruplets...
LYNNE JETER

Legislative Recap

Medical professionals await implementation of major changes to state’s healthcare policies

With major changes to Florida’s healthcare policies awaiting implementation from last year’s session and significant...

Special Knack

Attracting and keeping a great NP/PA is an art form

In the tsunami of change resulting from sweeping healthcare reform in the United States, two integral, highly skilled medical roles have risen to the forefront of healthcare delivery: physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs)...
LYNNE JETER

MANAGING RISK Date and Time of Orders Avoiding litigation
How important is it to make sure the time and date are accurately entered into the record?
Consider a claim that occurred decades ago...
LYNNE JETER

Better Patient Outcomes

Orlando Health launches new in-patient care system this month, providing patients with more physician face time

On May 1, Orlando Health introduced a new in-patient care system at Orlando Regional Medical Center, a novel model that will increase the...

Florida Prominent in Thomson Reuters’ 100 Top Hospitals® 2012
The annual study, established in 1993, uniquely evaluates nearly 3,000 U.S. hospitals on measures of overall organization performance,...

Genetic Testing Challenges
Studies show physicians concerned about cost, lack of familiarity, support

WASHINGTON, DC—Greater use of genetic testing would occur if physicians had the necessary tools, according to a new study by UnitedHealth Group’s...
LYNNE JETER

You Can Afford a Data Breach? Really?
Unless you have had your head under the sand for years, you must certainly be aware that there have been high profile data breaches from all sorts of places. Every few months we see a familiar story on the evening news. Like this: ...

JAMES GENTRY

Does Your Marketing Need a Second Opinion? 
Top 10 Mistakes in Medical Marketing

1. Believing Word of Mouth Advertising is enough!...
SEAN GODONIS

Obesity and GI Disorders
Unfortunately obesity is becoming an endemic in the USA. During the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States and rates remain high...
SRINIVAS SEELA, MD

Radiation Therapy and Management of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers
It is estimated in 2010 that there were more than two million non-melanoma skin cancers treated in the United States...
STEVEN G. LESTER, MD

Location… and Making it Better, Not Bigger
When choosing your home, physicians as a group tend to be neither trend
followers nor trendsetters...
VICTOR FARINA

What Should You Tell Your Patients about Expired Medications
With medical costs being very high, often our patients ask us if they can take expired medications.
Here is what I tell my patients...
STAN K. SUJKA, MD, FACS

Nurses/Physician Assistants Focus

Utilizing Physician/PA Teams to Improve Efficiency, Patient Satisfaction
Although physician assistants are relative newcomers to the healthcare field, they have carved out a niche as one of three primary care providers, along with physicians and advance practice nurses...
CINDY SANDERS

Maximum Impact
Continuing the quest for the least restrictive practice environment

Scope of practice … three small words that invoke passionate responses within the practice setting.

In the trenches, physicians and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) typically have a highly-collegial,..
CINDY SANDERS

Recruiting Focus

Allied Health Shortage a Recruiting Challenge
Experts offer tips to lure young graduates

While shortages of doctors and nurses are well documented, the shortage of professionals in allied health is also causing recruiting headaches for hospitals, clinics and group practices...

SHARON H. FITZGERALD

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