AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest HIV/AIDS organization, is calling on public health officials to provide more education and prevention services around vaccinations as a new measles outbreak spreads through 17 U.S….
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HCA Florida West Hospital: 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award
HCA Florida West Hospital is honored to announce the hospital has been recognized with a 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ from Healthgrades, a comprehensive database of ratings and comparisons for physicians, hospitals…
Infant mortality a statewide issue
In the April 4 issue, I wrote about Escambia County’s high infant mortality rate. For counties with at least 3,000 births annually, we have the highest rate. Read Dying to Early. WalletHub…
Baker Act Central Receiving Facility set to open April 15
People facing mental health crises will soon have an easily accessible, new Central Receiving Facility (CRF) that will open this month at Lakeview Center’s main campus in Pensacola. On WCOA’s “Real News…
Daily Outtakes: Infant dies every 12 days
The Sun Sentinel has begun a series that looks at Florida’s high infant mortality rate – “Born to Die.” Over the past decade, Escambia County has averaged one infant dying every 12…
Real News: Community Health deals with 304B attacks
Attacks on the 304B Drug Pricing Program have given Big Pharma and others cover to not pass along mandated savings to Community Health Northwest Florida. A recent TV ad by Building America’s…
Hurt! app connects you to help 24/7
North Florida Bone & Joint Specialists (NFBJS) has partnered with the Hurt! smartphone app to offer patients with acute orthopaedic injuries 24/7 access to orthopaedic specialists. Free to download through the App…
Alabama ruling impacts Pensacola women
Last month, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that couples who tried in vitro fertilization (IVF) and lost frozen embryos in an accident at a facility in Mobile, Ala., can sue under the…
Daily Outtakes: More ready fo kindergarten
Yesterday, the Florida Department of Education released the Kindergarten Readiness scores for this past fall. Escambia County increased by 4.5%, with 49.5% of the incoming kindergarten students ready for school, up from…
Baptist spends $10M on Nine Mile, not West Moreno
Baptist Health Care announced it has invested $10 million in a second combined emergency room and urgent care location at its Baptist Medical Park–Nine Mile, 9400 University Parkway. Last fall, the healthcare…
Parkrun celebrates five years
This Saturday marks the five-year anniversary of Parkrun on the University of West Florida’s Pensacola campus. Every Saturday morning, parkrunners gather to walk, jog, run or volunteer during the timed 5K run/walk….
Daily Outtakes: ‘You are not the only one anymore’
Yesterday, several friends sent me a link to a viewpoint posted on FloridaPolitics.com that criticized Baptist Health Care for “executing a masterclass in dodging fiscal responsibility for the mess it’s left behind…