Category: Health
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Lake Nona hospital creates special room in ER for autistic children
A trip to the emergency room is stressful enough. Nemours Children’s Hospital has found a way to make an ER visit a little easier for children with autism.
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Lake Nona houses Impact Forum and Young Health Leader Summit
This year Lake Nona Medical City will also house a three-day conference that’s likely to be the first of its kind. The Young Health Leader Summit.
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What the government shutdown means for the health of Americans
Many may wonder what a government shutdown means for the nation’s public health. In a shutdown, contingency plans allow the federal government to meet most short-term health care needs, let’s take a look at what can be expected.
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VA reverses course, releases health care quality data
The Department of Veterans Affairs has quietly released quality-of-care ratings for its medical centers across the country, despite years of refusing to share them with the public. The move follows a USA TODAY investigation that revealed ratings for 146 VA medical centers for the first time earlier this month. VA Secretary Bob McDonald complained at…
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GuideWell Innovation forms strategic partnership with UST Global
New innovation facility in Orlando’s Lake Nona Medical City to be renamed “GuideWell UST Global Innovation Center” GuideWell Innovation announced today a multi-year joint strategic relationship with UST Global with the intent to deliver transformative, innovative health solutions within the soon-to-open innovation facility in Orlando’s Lake Nona Medical City. As a result of this groundbreaking partnership, the previously…
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DIGITAL DISRUPTION IN HEALTH CARE: The $8.7 trillion opportunity in digital health
Health care is a multi-trillion-dollar behemoth of the global economy — but it has a complicated relationship with technology, embracing some innovative tools while resisting others. Whether patients and their doctors are ready or not, though, digital disruption in health care will only accelerate in the years ahead. This is a preview of a…
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Which Health Plan Is Cheaper?
Doing a thorough comparison of health care plans is difficult. But there is an imperfect, yet fairly, simple way to check whether a high-deductible plan might qualify for “no-brainer” status, meaning, it enables you to save on health care no matter how often you go to the doctor. Here’s how to do it: Start with your premiums Figure out…