Author: Dorron Blumberg

Florida Cancer Specialists Welcomes Susmitha Apuri, MD – New Medical Oncologist/Hematologist Joining in Inverness

Posted by | Jun 26, 2019 | |

June 25, 2019 – Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute (FCS) is pleased to announce that Medical Oncologist/Hematologist, Susmitha Apuri, MD will be joining the statewide practice on July 1, 2019, and will be seeing patients in Inverness, (2231 Highway 44 West, Unit 203). FCS CEO, Brad Prechtl, MBA said, “Dr. Apuri brings much needed expertise in medical oncology and hematology to the central Florida community of Inverness. We are pleased to have her join the FCS family.”
 

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FAU Receives $1.5 Million to Train Veteran Nursing Students to Care for Other Veterans FAU’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Project will Serve Veterans in Rural, Underserved Communities

Posted by | Jun 26, 2019 | |

June 26, 2019 – Florida is home to approximately 1.5 million military veterans and has the third largest veteran population in the United States. Now, veterans will care for other veterans with a project designed to train veteran nursing students to provide primary care services to veterans in rural and underserved communities. 

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Lee Health Partners with FSU College of Medicine to Open Internal Medicine Residency Program – Second Physician Training Program to Open at Cape Coral Hospital

Posted by | Jun 26, 2019 | |

June 26, 2019 – The Lee Health Board of Directors and The Florida State University College of Medicine are announcing plans to create an internal medicine residency program in Cape Coral. This marks the second collaboration between the two organizations, following Lee Health’s family medicine residency program which welcomed its first class in 2014. 

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Artificial Intelligence Could be "Game Changer" in Detecting, Managing Alzheimer’s Disease – FAU, SIVOTEC Analytics Study Introduces Machine Learning as New Tactic in Assessing Cognitive Brain Health and Patient Care

Posted by | Jun 25, 2019 | |

June 25, 2019 – Worldwide, about 44 million people are living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or a related form of dementia. Although 82 percent of seniors in the United States say it’s important to have their thinking or memory checked, only 16 percent say they receive regular cognitive assessments.   

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CMS Commits $50 Million to Assist States with Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery

Posted by | Jun 25, 2019 | |

Notice of Funding Opportunity will award 18-month planning grants to at least 10 State Medicaid Agencies
 
June 25, 2019 – the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity that provides State Medicaid agencies with information to apply for planning grants that will aid in the treatment and recovery of substance use disorders (SUDs), including opioid use disorder (OUD). Fighting the opioid epidemic is one of CMS’s top priorities, and the planning grants are an important step in that effort.
 

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