Category: Health

By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Lawmakers will have to sign off on a new rule to kick-start the state’s nascent medical marijuana…

The Florida Department of Health will hold a workshop today as it tries to develop a regulatory framework to carry out a new law that…

By MARGIE MENZEL THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Senate President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, left open the possibility Wednesday that his chamber will consider an expansion…

Healthy Lives of Baptist Health Care has created a Get Healthy Pensacola Church Challenge for local area churches. The church-based weight loss competition is to…

The Epilepsy Foundation of Florida (EFOF), a state licensed and federally certified provider of in-person Navigation assistance for Floridians wanting to shop and enroll in…

Florida’s non-profit and charity medical facilities that serve low income uninsured face a loss of almost $2 billion in annual revenue when the state’s Low-Income…

Baptist Health Care President and CEO Mark Faulkner has been selected the Vice Chair/Chairman-Elect of the Florida Hospital Association 2014-15 Board of Trustees. “It is…

Letter from State Surgeon General to CDC: Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta, GA 30341 Re:…

By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Health regulators will almost certainly delay a rule that will eventually create the framework for the state’s…

By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A legislative panel that plays a key role in overseeing state agencies has joined the chorus of…

Escambia County has a sexually transmitted disease problem. Infectious syphilis cases have more than doubled in Florida over the past decade — and in Escambia…

Modern Healthcare will honor next month Quint Studer, founder of Studer Group, with its first-ever Healthcare Marketing Visionary IMPACT Award. The special award was created…

Major insurer Florida Blue could raise rates in 2015 for people enrolled through the federal health-care exchange after seeing a large number of older and…

Studer Group Senior Leader Dan Collard testified yesterday before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs about the importance of reducing variance and creating a culture…

“Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014” On Friday May 2, Senate Bill 1030 ER passed the Senate floor with veto-proof majorities. SB 1030 was approved…

The word out of Tallahassee is Gov. Rick Scott will oppose the bill that would legalize “Charlotte’s Web,’ the strain of marijuana that would help…

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and Eli Lilly & Co. were ordered to pay a combined $9 billion in punitive damages after a federal court jury in…

The CVS Caremark Charitable Trust, a private foundation created by CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) today announced it has awarded five grants totaling nearly $230,000…

Escambia County slid from 55th to 57th out of 67 Florida counties. See scorecard: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/florida/2014/rankings/escambia/county/outcomes/overall/snapshot

Press Release: Allowing Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to practice to the fullest extent of their training and experience would increase access to quality health…