Author: Dorron Blumberg

Broward Medical Response Unit Call for Volunteers

The Broward County Medical Association has agreed to serve as the Housing Organization for the Broward Medical Response Unit. The City of Fort Lauderdale as well as the Mayor’s Office of Broward County will also be partnering with us. Per our mission statement we are dedicated to disaster preparedness and response; specifically the recruitment, credentialing and management of health care volunteers. Our purpose is to assist the local Department of Health and other municipal partners in providing for the medical needs of our community.

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Tenet’s Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Broward County Hospitals Observe National Doctors’; Day

March 30, 2020 – Tenet’s Broward, Miami- Dade and Palm Beach County hospitals, Delray Medical Center, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, St. Mary’s Medical Center, West Boca Medical Center, Coral Gables Hospital, Florida Medical Center, Hialeah Hospital, North Shore Medical Center, and Palmetto General Hospital, celebrate National Doctors’ Day by paying tribute to its physicians for their service, skill and compassion. 
 
 

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Packaging – The Real China Issue for Hemp

With patent infringement, product knock offs and government subsidized manufacturing, there is no shortage of reasons to see China as a major issue to American commerce. However, the real issue may come down to packaging. Glass and plastic containers are almost exclusively made in China. Even American made products are often put into Chinese made containers.

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Individual APP Policies Can Result in Costly Surprises

It is very common in most medical practices to have advanced practice providers (APP) such as physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, surgical assistants and more listed on the practice’s malpractice insurance. Through this policy, they may either share in the limit of liability or have a separate limit of their own, but some APPs may feel that this is not enough

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An Honest Appraisal – March 20, 2020

Well, who would have thought …? I have been doing an in-class team exercise in my Health Care Executive MBA course for some twenty years, assigning teams as the C-Suite of a healthcare system with an impending pandemic. The exercise involves reflecting upon the need for preparation, complications that may occur, and recovery given such a situation. 

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