Author: Dorron Blumberg

Michael S. Davis Hits the Ground Running as TFPS CEO

When Michael S. Davis joined Tenet Florida Physicians Services as CEO in May, one of the first things he wanted to do was "a lot of listening." He said he wanted to get out and see as many people as possible, "with the ultimate goal of getting to all of our sites of service, meeting the clinical and non-clinical teams where the good work and service is being done."

Read More

Cannabis and COVID-19

Many of our patients at ComCan Healthcare have asked about the risks of continued cannabis use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Does cannabis use increase the risk of contracting COVID-19? There is no evidence to suggest that cannabis users in general have greater risk of contracting the infection, and there is some preliminary evidence that it may help prevent infection.

Read More

Meeting the Challenges of Systemic Racism and the Global Pandemic

In our recently published editorial in the American Journal of Critical Care, Dr. Aluko Hope and I highlight systemic racism and the global pandemic as challenges to health care providers’ personal, professional, and societal responses and responsibilities. We also assert that these challenges serve to affirm underlying values that drive practice, and can provide direction for the future.

Read More