http://orlando.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?NewsSectionId=14 2010-07-29T09:06:59-05:00 All contents Copyright © 1993-2008 Medical News Inc. and SouthComm Communications Inc. http://orlando.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1080 2010-07-12T14:10:50-05:00 Incoming FMA President Discusses Challenges, Goals
When Madelyn Butler, MD, takes office next month as president of the Florida Medical Association (FMA), the OB-GYN from Tampa will take over as the association's second female, second of Cuban descent, and youngest leader during arguably the most tumultuous time in organized medicine in the United States.]]> http://orlando.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1077 2010-07-12T14:10:50-05:00 How to Answer Questions from Your Patients
If you’re a physician, chances are you have already fielded a bevy of questions from patients about healthcare reform. Rest assured, the questions will keep coming. Experts say that doctors need to be up to speed, and fast, about how reform will affect their patients’ healthcare and their insurance options in the future.]]> http://orlando.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1081 2010-07-12T14:10:50-05:00 A Massive Sting Involving Prescription Drugs Highlights the Problem for State Leaders
The Orlando-area received a wake-up call last month that it has a serious prescription drug abuse problem when the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced June 3 it had arrested 172 people in "Operation Pain Killer."]]> http://orlando.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1082 2010-07-12T14:10:50-05:00 http://orlando.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1083 2010-07-12T14:10:50-05:00 http://orlando.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1084 2010-07-12T14:10:50-05:00 http://orlando.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1085 2010-07-12T14:10:50-05:00 Higher-than-Expected Rates of New Hires Not Enough to Stem Nursing Shortage
Two recent nursing workforce studies by the Florida Center for Nursing at the University of Central Florida show that, even during a recession, retaining nurses is still a huge problem.]]> http://orlando.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1086 2010-07-12T14:10:50-05:00 http://orlando.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1087 2010-07-12T14:10:50-05:00 This conclusion was reached decades ago by Victoria Lewin-Fetter, MD, who coined the term "Anotodynia" (Greek: absence of ears for pain) to refer to the condition when a physician has difficulty listening.]]> http://orlando.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1088 2010-07-12T14:10:50-05:00 http://orlando.medicalnewsinc.com/news.php?viewStory=1089 2010-07-12T14:10:50-05:00