Last week, it was cancer. Today it’s being fat that is bad. (Prediction – next week it’ll be drinking). Ever sensitive to those battling healthcare costs, 300% increases in insurance premiums and…
Tag: healthcare
New Baptist Hospital Administrator
Baptist Hospital Gets New Administrator A 38-year-old Pace man last night was appointed administrator of Baptist Hospital, Baptist Health Care’s nationally renowned flagship facility. Mark T. Faulkner assumes leadership responsibility for the…
Baptist to get new president
Buzz: Baptist Healthcare leaders announced to the staff yesterday that Baptist Hospital president Bob Murphy had resigned to join the Studer Group. Two of Pensacola’s largest employers – Baptist & Sacred Heart…
Healthcare solution: free check-ups
The NY Times is reporting today that some hospital systems are experimenting with free preventative care to reduce the much higher write-offs of emergency room admissions – as a means of dealing…
Inside Andrews Institute
Tonight, Baptist Hospital gave guided, hard hat tours inside Phase 1 of the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze. The facility is about 80% complete. They hope to have it ready to receive…
Let’s give ECSO more money….why?
Escambia County continues to find ways to pour money into the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. The News Journal reports today that the county wants federal funds to further augment the ECSO budget…
Martini Night: Dem Studds was as bad as Foley
Last night: one Martini Night guest argued that Rep. Studds, a Democrat, had a similar scandal in 1983. Here are the facts:In 1983 Gerry Studds (D-MA) was excused of having sex with…
Doc may force patients to sign waivers
From St. Pete Times: The Florida Medical Association is asking its members to get their patients to sign waivers limiting any “pain and suffering” damages to $250,000. (Doctors want you to sign…