Nashville's HCA Florida Healthcare Introduces a New State of Healthcare and Unites More Than 450 Affiliated Sites Across Florida

Mar 04, 2022 at 04:13 pm by Staff

NASHVILLE - For the first time in Florida’s history, more than 450 HCA Florida Healthcare affiliated sites of care across the state will unite under a sha.... Read More

American Psychiatric Association, American Telemedicine Association, ATA Action, Other Groups Call on Administration to Remove Barriers to Care  

Mar 04, 2022 at 03:48 pm by Staff

Today, 72 organizations asked the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to permanently waive the requirement th.... Read More

AMA Statement on Administration’s Test-to-Treat COVID-19 Plan

Mar 04, 2022 at 03:09 pm by Staff

Gerald E. Harmon, M.D. President, American Medical Association stated that:   “While the administration laid out promising plans earlier this week t.... Read More

State of Tobacco Control 2022: Tennessee

Mar 03, 2022 at 11:45 pm by Staff

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the United States and in Tennessee. To address this enormous toll, the American Lung Association call.... Read More

Biden’s Promise of Better Nursing Home Care Will Require Many More Workers

Mar 03, 2022 at 11:17 pm by Staff

By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News  [UPDATED at 10:25 a.m. ET] The Biden administration has identified core impediments to better nursing home care in its .... Read More

Desperate for Cash: Programs for People with Disabilities Still Not Seeing Federal Funds

Mar 03, 2022 at 11:06 pm by Staff

By Lauren Weber and Andy Miller, Kaiser Health News LILBURN, Ga. — Matthew Southern, 35, who has intellectual and developmental disabilities, is abl.... Read More

56 Percent of Healthcare Professionals Haven’t Been Cybersecurity Trained

Mar 02, 2022 at 09:16 am by Staff

A new study reveals gaps in cybersecurity in the workplace around healthcare institutions in the US   A staggering 56% of employees in the healthcare sector haven&rsquo.... Read More

To Measure and Reduce Diagnostic Error, Start with the Data You Have

Mar 02, 2022 at 02:14 am by Staff

By DAVID L. FELDMAN, MD As a patient safety problem, diagnostic error differs from wrong-site surgery or medication errors. While we have not yet eliminated these errors, we.... Read More

Why Medical Clearance Is Really a Preoperative Evaluation

Mar 02, 2022 at 02:09 am by Staff

By DEBRA DAVIDSON, MJ, CPHRM and DAVID L. FELDMAN, MD, MBA, FACS The term medical clearance is subject to debate in the medical community. Depending on how the term is used,.... Read More

AMA Statement on CDC COVID-19 Updates

Feb 28, 2022 at 12:00 pm by Staff

Statement attributable to: Gerald E. Harmon, M.D. President, American Medical Association   “Today’s updated recommendations from the Centers for Disease.... Read More