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Orlando Preparing for Second Medical City

PONTE HEALTH’S proposed vertical version will produce downtown Orlando’s tallest structure

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An architect’s idea to build a self-contained medical city in Central Florida began as a training project for her design team working out of her Lake Nona office headquarters.

The concept gained surprising traction and escalated quickly to the announcement of PONTE HEALTH’s plan to break ground for site work and foundations for downtown Orlando’s first Vertical Medical City next summer.

At 540 feet tall, upon approval by the FAA, the proposed three-tower complex covers about 2 million square feet and represents the tallest project in the metro area, extending 100 feet higher than SunTrust’s tower. It also marks downtown Orlando’s first LEED platinum project.

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“The conceptual design-team exercise … to provide stepped care, from preventive to critical … wasn’t meant to be developed,” said Tabitha Ponte, AIA, founder and lead architect at PONTE HEALTH in Orlando, whose brainstorming mission resulted in the creation of what she hopes will provide seniors with a cohesive living experience, a higher quality of life and easier access to medical care. “(The work) kept going until we surpassed probably 420 hours collectively. By that point, we started getting a lot of attention.”

Ponte had been disturbed by the lack of suitable options for Central Florida’s aging population.

“In this culture, we isolate our elders into retirement homes with poor conditions,” she said. “We disrupt their circadian rhythms because they can’t go outside nearly enough.

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Sri Pothamsetty, MD, Founder Orlando Gastroenterology A plea for prevention of a disease that is the second leading cause of cancer deaths Dr. Sri Pothamsetty is an Orlando gastroenterologist who received his medical degree from Osmania Medical College NTR UHS and his residency and fellowship training in Gastroenterology at John H. Stroger Hospital in Chicago. He is Board-Certified and a member of the American College of Gastroenterology as well as the American Gastroenterological Association. He has been in practice for more than 15 years.

His passion for safe, comfortable and high-quality endoscopy led to the estab-

lishment of the endoscopy center at The Millenia Surgery Center, where he serves as the medical director. He has also been appointed as assistant professor at UCF College of Medicine.

Dr. Pothamsetty is affiliated with both Florida Hospital and Orlando Health systems.

In 2015, he was awarded the Outstanding Physician Award by Surgery Partners. He is a member of the speaker bureaus for AstraZeneca, Inc. and Allergan Pharmaceuticals, and is a principal

investigator for Universal Clinical Research and Technology, Inc., as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Medical Society.

Causes close to his heart include working with CAPI to raise funding for the OneOrlando Fund to benefit victims of the Pulse tragedy. His practice supports multiple charities including A Gift for Teaching (providing school supplies for children in Orlando), Community Based Care of Central Florida (benefiting foster care children in Orlando), Aman Vedika (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4)

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Award-winning Pediatrician Provides Hope and Healing to Orlando’s Uninsured Adalberto Torres, Jr., MD, has treated hundreds of children since volunteering for Shepherd’s Hope Last year, Central Florida-based Shepherd’s Hope provided 19,674 free patient visits and medical services to the region’s uninsured; 17 percent (3,360) of whom were children. That total number was up 13 percent from the previous year, in part due to the influx of an estimated 200,000 Puerto Rican Americans who evacuated to Central Florida following hurricane Maria and needed access to a variety of services, including healthcare.

The growing capacity demands on Florida’s largest free and charitable clinic are immense. Helping Shepherd’s Hope provide access to high quality, compassionate medical care in 2017 were 2,800 licensed medical and general volunteers, three community hospital systems, and 100 diagnostic/secondary providers. Adalberto Torres, Jr., MD, is one of these volunteers.

Torres is a pediatrician certified by the American Board of Pediatrics to practice pediatric critical care, and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Critical Care Medicine. He currently serves as chief of critical care at Nemours Children’s Hospital and medical director of the hospital’s Clinical Logistics Center and Respiratory Care Department.

He earned his MD in 1986 from the University Of Illinois College Of Medicine.

He also holds an undergraduate degree from Loyola University Chicago and a Master of Science from the Medical College of Wisconsin. Today, he helps educate the doctors of tomorrow as professor of pediatrics at the UCF College of Medicine.

Torres joined Nemours in January 2012. He was a key player in developing the policies and procedures for both the pediatric ICU and critical care transport program at Nemours Children’s Hospital, and assisted in recruiting many of the physicians who were practicing there when the hospital opened its doors.

In 2017, Torres received the Don Quijote Professional of the Year award from the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando. The 20th annual award recognized community recipients for their vision, courage and impact on Central Florida – qualities exemplified by the classic literary character of Don Quijote.

Torres describes his work with the sick children at Nemours as incredibly fulfilling. But, he says being able to offer hope and healing to the patients at Shepherd’s Hope who can’t pay him back is one of the most rewarding parts of his job.

Here, he shares his thoughts and experiences serving as a medical volunteer.

Q: Why did you choose to volunteer at Shepherd’s Hope?

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just live and work in a community, you need to give something back to it.

For physicians, we all went into medicine to help people. But, that purpose can get lost in the day-to-day business of healthcare, from documentation and electronic medical records to dealing with insurance companies. Helping patients who would not otherwise have access to medical care reaffirms the feeling that you’re doing something good.

Q: Talk about the volunteer work you do with Shepherd’s Hope.

I started volunteering in 2014 when Nemours first partnered with Shepherd’s Hope to provide annual back-to-school physicals. Then, in the summer of 2016, I expanded my involvement to provide a pediatric clinic twice a month, seeing kids with both acute and chronic problems at the Dr. Diebel, Jr. Memorial Shepherd’s Hope Health Center in east Orlando. The patients are so grateful to be able to see a physician and make sure their kids are okay. You can’t help but feel good about the time that you spend there.

In addition, I am honored to join the organization’s board of directors this year, serving alongside an outstanding group of community leaders who are committed to furthering the mission of Shepherd’s Hope.

Q: Is there a memorable patient encounter that is especially

meaningful to you?

It was the first day of my first regular pediatric clinic at the Diebel Center.

A family brought in their son with severe abdominal pain. I was certain he had appendicitis and immediately referred him to the hospital for surgery. If Shepherd’s Hope had not been there for the family that day, this young man’s outcome would have been much worse because of a delay in access to care.

There are also kids who come back to see me on a regular basis. One is a young man with ADHD. His mom is a homeless single parent whose biggest concern is that her son succeeds in school. Because of the treatment and medication he receives through Shepherd’s Hope, we have eased this mom’s anxiety and her son is doing better in school. It is very rewarding knowing we are helping him reach his potential.

Q: What would you tell other

physicians who may be interested in volunteering at Shepherd’s Hope?

First, I would say it’s very easy to get started as a medical volunteer with Shepherd’s Hope, without a lot of hurdles to jump through. They streamline the process with online forms and handle the work of obtaining sovereign immunity from the State of Florida.

Once you start volunteering, there is a lot of support. The staff is wonderful.

And, there are college kids with an interest

in medicine who serve as volunteer scribes to help alleviate a lot of the paperwork and keep the patients moving through the clinic.

I’ve heard other volunteer physicians describe the experience this way. You show up after putting in a long day at the office or the hospital. You make the drive in rush hour traffic to get to the clinic. But, when you walk through the doors and see that first patient, you realize the impact you’re making and that makes it all worthwhile.

Q: When you’re not working or

volunteering with Shepherd’s Hope, what do you enjoy doing?

My wife and I are RV enthusiasts.

We just bought our fifth recreational vehicle and will be driving it to Illinois this summer to visit our grandkids. I also have tickets to attend the four-day Bonnaroo Music Festival with my daughter in June.

I’m a big fan of live music, and this will definitely be a bucket list experience.

The number of uninsured and underinsured patients who seek medical care from Shepherd’s Hope increases with every passing year. And, each year, some have to be turned away because there are not enough volunteer medical professionals like Dr. Torres.

To learn more about how to become a Shepherd’s Hope volunteer, contact Volunteer Program Manager Abby Seelinger at (407) 876-6699, ext. 233, or abby.seelinger@shepherdshope.org, or visit www.shepherdshope.org/volunteers.

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Leadership at the City of Orlando was positive and supportive, along with local economic developers and healthcare executives. The project received an unexpected major boost from a major health system.

The healthcare system, whose identity Ponte declined to disclose, demonstrated interest in leasing the smallest tower in the complex. The property being negotiated for the project is a part of the Orlando metro core, the downtown business district.

“That was the most significant piece … I knew then we had a winning development,” said Ponte, who sought input from

a wide variety of professionals and experts.

As a result, the tallest tower is reserved for physicians and medical offices, while the mid-size tower will house patient-focused assisted living, memory care and hospice care.

An indoor urban farm, on-site fitness center and pool are among the tri-plex’s planned amenities.

“Medical experts of all kinds are lending suggestions,” said Ponte. For example, “a neuroscientist will be part of making better environments for degenerative neuromuscular conditions.”

The latest updates by the development

team include the selection of the general contractor to carry out the vertical construction, company yet to be disclosed, and the disclosure of a partnership with The Local Chef -Chef Michael Sterner, who was once executive chef for Florida Hospital. Chef Michael Sterner will help design the facilities as well as develop and lead the operations of the farm-to-table concept for the tri-plex.

The high-rise development will focus on integrating the most advanced technology into the building design.

“Big data is a big issue for this project,” she said. “We’re thinking along the lines of

artificial intelligence … GPS, internal social media, internal scanning and biometrics.”

The technology development team, led by Jonathan Mendez of M2O Technologies of Lake Nona, will lead the new implementation of various software and hardware devices, including wearables, to facilitate the operations of the facility, track waste for lean adjustments in operations, improve processes and predict trends.

The proposed timeline calls for occupancy early 2024.

“It will literally be a true, self-contained medical city,” said Ponte.

HEALTHCARELEADER Srikiran Pothamsetty, MD, continued from page 1 (sponsor education for needy children in India) and Sankara Eye Foundation (free eye surgery for those unable to afford it).

In our “In Other Words” forum this month, Pothamsetty speaks to the importance of encouraging patients, friends and family members to participate in colorectal screening.

IN OTHER WORDS

by Sri Pothamsetty, MD Make a Difference: Prevent Colorectal Cancer March has again been designated as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. This annual reminder remains important. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Lifetime risk of developing colon cancer is around 1 in 20. Nearly 150,000 cases of colorectal cancer will be diagnosed in 2018. Over 50,000 deaths from colorectal cancer are expected to occur this year. Half of these deaths

could be prevented by screening. Mortality rates from colorectal cancer have declined during the past two decades, reflecting declining incidence rates and improvements in early detection and treatment.

It has been well established that most colorectal cancers and deaths from colorectal cancers can be prevented through screening. Screening is the process by which neoplastic and pre-neoplastic lesions (adenomatous polyps) are detected, and then removed, in asymptomatic persons. Colonoscopy remains the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening.

Colorectal cancer has several features that make it ideal for screening.

First, it is both a common and serious (fatal if not detected early) condition.

Second, it arises from a known precursor lesion, an adenomatous polyp, that is easily identifiable and removable at colonoscopy. Third, screening and prevention tests, including colonoscopy are easily available.

Unfortunately, current screening rates are not adequate to prevent this potentially devastating cancer. Just over 50 percent of those eligible have received colorectal cancer screening. Even physicians and their families are not uniformly screened. Multiple barriers still exist that prevent everyone from getting a screening test that can potentially save their life.

A very important barrier has traditionally been (horror of horrors!) the bowel prep!!! Fortunately, since we introduced low-volume preps such as Suprep in our practice, this has become less of a problem. Cultural taboos still persist, but as public acceptance has become widespread over the years, this is not much of an issue anymore. Cost of the colonoscopy, which has been the biggest impediment over the years, has become much less of a problem since Medicare and most insurers have started covering this procedure at little or no out-of-pocket cost to the patient. Especially when done in a surgery center, as we do with most of our patients, the costs to patients are

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On a national and local level, multiple efforts are underway to expand colorectal cancer screening. The American College of Gastroenterology, the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable and numerous other organizations are spearheading multiple programs to this end. Television programs, radio spots, celebrity endorsements, print articles and local lectures contribute to expanded screening.

However, increasing colorectal cancer awareness by itself is not going to make up the screening gap. Physician encouragement of screening must become a daily component of our patient care. A recent CDC report revealed that the main reason individuals failed to get screened for colorectal cancer is that their doctors did not tell them they should get a test. We need to ask the patient, what is it that will make him or her take the next step and get scheduled for a screening test. Of course, we all know that telling a patient to get a colonoscopy scheduled is not going to elicit smiles!

We must lead by example and ensure that each of us, as well as our family members get age-appropriate screening. Recommendation and example of a trusted physician can be powerful motivators for our patients to get screened.

We should not let up on our efforts, until screening becomes universal. Doctors are on the front lines of this battle and are crucial to raising screening rates. It is our responsibility to make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families, and prevent colorectal cancer to the best of our abilities.

Comments or questions?

Dr. Pothamsetty can be reached at sripothamsetty@ gmail.com. For more information pertaining to colorectal cancer prevention and other digestive health issues, please visit the Orlando Gastroenterology website at supergastro.com

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ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICIANS Shepherd’s Hope, the largest free and charitable clinic in Florida, is seeking Orthopedic Specialists to provide volunteer care for our orthopedic patients on Tuesday’s from 6pm to 9pm (one three hour shift per month) at our Downtown Shepherd’s Hope Clinic, 101 South Westmoreland Drive, Orlando.

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... Florida’s First Health & Medical Game Jam

By NINA TALLEY, MedSpeaks

When you think of video games, you don’t necessarily think of health and wellness. Sure the WiiFit had its time in the sun, but much like all those Xbox Kinect games none of us ever bothered to play, it now gathers dust under our collective beds. And yet video games, as well as the technologies that fuel them, have still made a steady and increasing impact on the healthcare industry. New devices like the VimedixAR ultrasound simulator are primed to fundamentally alter how we train our physicians by utilizing Augmented Reality. Even here at home, we’ve seen the great work being done by the team at UCF Restores, utilizing Virtual Reality to implement behavioral therapy to patients with PTSD. Video game and simulation technologies have been applied to almost all fields of medical care, and when applied properly and thoughtfully, are coming back with overwhelmingly positive results. Here is just a short list of some the things video games have recently been proven capable of: • Improving postoperative pain management in patients • Helping those with schizophrenia reduce the power of their hallucinations • Improving triage decision making in physicians • Improving emotion recognition and social reciprocity in children with autism • Literally growing brain matter in older adults It was this type of promising evidence, paired with Central Florida’s position as a hotbed for both the video game and healthcare industries, that lead to the creation of MeGa Health Jam. A healthcare focused game jam, breaking down the barriers between our health, gaming, and simulation industries, to create meaningful solutions to some of healthcare’s most pervasive issues.

"This (event) is not just about creating games. It's about applying gaming theory and technologies such as AR/VR/ Simulation/3D Printing to the healthcare industry,” said Kelli Murray, CEO of MedSpeaks and one of the lead organizers of MeGa Health Jam. “The potential of leveraging gaming tech and this type of both technical and creative expertise is a wideopen opportunity in health and medicine; particularly in areas like patient engagement, rehabilitation, and education.”

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have no clue what a game jam is? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Similar to a hackathon, game jams are usually freeform style events, consisting of pitches that bring together individuals as teams, and then rapid-paced development of video games around a specific theme or problem. But can a game jam mold itself to the rigid standards of evidence-based science?

Signs point to yes. Kunal Patel, founder of Indienomicon and co-organizer of MeGa Health Jam, has seen great success with game jams in a similarly rigid field, aerodynamics and space travel.

IndieGalactic Space Jam, organized

by Indienomicon, has been leveraging Florida’s abundant talent pool of Space Coast engineers & scientists together with Orlando’s booming gaming and entertainment industry for 3 years. They’ve brought in over 600 participants who have put in around 6,500 man hours, resulting in 80+ unique space themed projects.

What’s more, their big-name sponsors like NASA and SpaceX are getting a chance to explore the effects of burgeoning technologies applied to their data with very little cost sunk into R&D. “Some people may call it R&D and others may call it playing around, but one thing is for certain we're going to open minds and find creative new ways to help physicians, patients and the industry as a whole,” says Patel. “Gaming has been the driver of cutting edge technology the last several decades. We had word processors and spreadsheets in the 80s, but it was gaming that consistently drove our need for faster desktops, laptops, phones, tablets, and more. Bringing that same technology into the healthcare space can only help us create solutions with more impact faster than before.”

“We should keep in mind that the number one thing a game team needs to be successful is an engaging user experience that is both memorable and appealing,” adds Murray. “Healthcare is shifting directly into that lane. We need to activate patients in their care, reduce costs, and create differentiators in the market. To get there, the industry needs digital engagement strategies.”

MeGa Health Jam will be making its impact April 12th-15th at the GuideWell Innovation Center in Lake Nona, FL. There are 6 challenge categories: Children’s Health, Behavioral & Disability, Aging Well, Engagement & Adherence, Security & Privacy, and Community/Social Responsibility. Organizers expect a turnout of

around 200 developers, and estimate that 25 individual projects will be created.

“What we're doing is taking these two highly specialized industries of healthcare and gaming, that are often living in totally separate worlds, and finding new innovations from their intersection,” says Patel.

“Which is why this event is really about cross-industry ideation and the lifting of the veil on how these industries can dynamically work together,” continued Murray. “With Central Florida's rich talent pool of leading healthcare organizations combined with the students and graduates coming from entertainment, arts, and media universities and programs, we know that Orlando is the best place to make it happen.”

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Accessing Patient Care in an Independent Delivery System

By LARRY JONES

The Integrated Independent Physicians Network was formed in 2015 to align independent physician practices in a unified network to provide a vehicle for solo and small practices to compete in the everchanging healthcare market, and provide a cost effective delivery system for central Florida patients.

Today the IP Network has over 1,000 Independent Physicians in eight counties and growing, and has also developed an ancillary network of providers, resulting in a complete independent healthcare delivery system.

The result offers patients healthcare services without additional costs, called facility fees, charged by any healthcare faculty owned by a hospital system. These facility fees not only cost the healthcare system significant extra dollars, but also cost patients higher copays and out-of-pocket costs. This results in higher premiums for all payers and employers.

There will always be a need and place for hospital-based care, but why should patients spend more than necessary for care, whether it is paid by their insurance or out-of-pocket costs? One example is that in 2016 there were 9 million emergency room visits in Florida, and it is estimated that 71 percent of those ER visits could have been provided by a primary care physician or urgent care center resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in savings to the sys-

tem and patients. Independent urgent care centers charge significantly lower fees than hospital-owned urgent care or free standing hospital owned ER facilities.

One of the most significant impacts employers can have on their healthcare costs is to educate their employees and families to access care with independent physicians and independent ancillary providers. IHP manages and owns IPAs, MSOs, and ACOs throughout Florida. IHP’s only mission is to preserve and protect the independent practice of medicine. Nothing happens in healthcare until a physician treats a patient, writes a prescription, or admits a patient to a healthcare facility, yet the imbalance of where our 3.6 trillion U.S. healthcare dollars go results in only 8 percent of those dollars going to physicians today.

The shift to value-based outcomes in the delivery of patient care and reimbursement is changing the landscape of healthcare with all stakeholders. Hospital systems continue to position themselves to acquire and build delivery systems and ancillary facilities well beyond the walls of the hospital. This strategy by large hospital systems is driving up healthcare costs, premiums, and out of pocket costs to consumers and patients, and many times results in a referral gateway to hospital ERs. Patients often don’t even realize the difference in cost until they receive a bill for significantly more than expected.

Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs) have been developed in central Florida by both Florida Hospital and Orlando Health, along with the Integrated Independent Physicians Network’s CIN. These narrow networks all provide complete healthcare delivery systems for patients, however, the

IP Network represents independent physicians and ancillary providers, eliminating higher facility fees and costs.

Recently, Disney chose to contract directly with the two hospital CINs for their self-insured HMO plan, eliminating many independent physicians, both primary care and specialists, causing their employees to change physicians and convert to hospital-owned physicians for care. Disney’s decision to direct contract with the hospitals may come back to haunt them over time, resulting in even higher costs to them and their employees.

Independent physicians continue to fend off hospital forces that eliminate their access to patient care, trying to control their payer- physician relationships and contracting, and moving patients seeing independent physicians to their hospital-owned practices. The patient is usually unaware of this strategy and finds themselves paying higher out-of-pocket costs for care.

Unfortunately, when a patient ends up in a hospital ER or is admitted, they usually have no choice in which physicians provide their care. One solution is to work through their primary care physician and hospitalist to access the physicians of their choice.

Patients need to be more educated and in control of this process by asking for their doctors when in an acute care position.

We have experienced numerous incidences where our patients are redirected to hospital-owned physicians.

If the large self-insured employers in central Florida like Disney are convinced by the hospital CINs to sign these direct to employer contracts, costs will only increase, and access to care will be limited to hospital-owned physicians.

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Employers are continually seeing double digit rate increases in the fully-insured area, and self-insured employers continue to experience higher claims costs for their employees and families. Independent physicians and independent ancillaries are the solution to these continued rising costs.

Family of four premium costs are approaching $2,000 per month, and that can only represent 60 percent of total costs. It is estimated that up to 40 percent of costs are paid out-of-pocket by patients today. A significant saving to patients can be made if services are provided by an independent provider.

It would seem that employers and consumers would wake up and understand that healthcare costs can be reined in if transparency in pricing and quality are more evident.

Our legislators need to continue to explore alternative delivery methods, just like we do in all other segments of our economy.

Buyer beware, consumer be educated, employer continue to educate. Central Florida has one of the finest healthcare delivery systems in the U.S. Let’s just use our resources appropriately.

Larry Jones, is the Executive Director of the Integrated Independent Physicians Network and Chief Executive Officer of Independent Healthcare Partners (IHP), a Maitland-based healthcare company. He can be reached at ljones@hpofflorida.com

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Q: Can I ban my employees from

bringing a gun into our workplace?

As of today, under the “Preservation and Protection of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Motor Vehicles Act of 2008”, Florida law allows people a right to carry a concealed weapon in a vehicle on company property. This is often referred to as the Parking Lot Law (790.251). People cannot be required to waive his or her right to possess and securely keep firearms and ammunition locked within his or her motor vehicle by virtue of becoming a customer, employee, or invitee of any employer or business establishment within the state, unless specifically required by state or federal law. There are of course many exception to this “Parking Lots Law”. For example guns are not allowed on school property or property of any correctional institution, as well as a few other exceptions. For more information, review the Florida Statutes, Chapter 790 “Weapons and Firearms”.

However, employees can be banned from carrying a gun into the workplace.

This covers employees, independent contractors, volunteers and interns, to name a few. It is advised that you are clear with your weapons and firearms policy, provide specific details in writing and require employees to sign that they acknowledge your policy.

Often this policy is included in an employee handbook. This may be a policy you may want to resist and remind people of yearly.

Q: I am having trouble hiring the

right person for the job? What am I doing wrong?

Having the right employees in the right roles for the right amount of time simply cannot be downplayed. It does seem like a pretty easy concept, right? Then why do so many companies get it wrong?

During the hiring process, one major reason companies inadvertently hire the wrong people is because it is not clear on what skills or attributes they are looking for. Creating basic job descriptions for every role in the company will save time, money and painful experiences for all involved. Another major reason that companies inadvertently hire the wrong person is that there is a lack the time allocated to management to find and screen appropriately qualified candidates as well as a lack of time to conduct effective interviews.

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position is stressed, carrying a heavy work load and feels rushed to fill the position with any warm body. Any manager put in this position may hire the person who may just be “good enough” and end up with him/her not being able or willing to meet company expectations. In order to avoid hiring the wrong candidate, time must be allotted to hiring managers so that they can take an appropriate amount of time to find the right types of candidates, ask the right questions, get the right people involved in asking those questions and to finally give realistic job previews to the top candidates. Supply and demand drives the availability of qualified candidates therefore every position will take a different amount of time to properly fill. For some positions, this may take 12 hours over 2 weeks; for other positions this may take 10 hours a week over 2 months.

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Q: I need to motivate my staff. Their engagement level seems to have fallen to the way side along with their productivity level. What advice do you have?

Did you know that companies with engaged staff have higher profit? Unfortunately, approximately 70% of the workforce is actively disengaged. Supervisors have the greatest influence over their employees engagement level. The best way to motivate your staff is to focus on their strengths, not their weaknesses. Too often, we focus on the negative yet no matter how much you hammer your employees, their weakness will not magically turn into strengths overnight. Training and development may help. Coaching may help. Or perhaps you simply are expecting a magician to appear instead of realizing that the skill you need must be found somewhere else. Work with your employees to determine their strengths and clarify their roles around their strengths. Then empower them to take ownership of their role. Guess what comes with empowerment? Accountability! Accountability is not micro management. It is being clear with expectations and deadlines, setting check in and follow up procedures, offering assistance and being clear with

consequences of not meeting deadlines including failing to satisfy the vendor or patient. A lack of patient satisfaction can lead to revenue loss which can lead to job loss. But on the other hand, does meeting deadlines and achieving excellence in customer or patient satisfaction lead to revenue increase for the employee? Find a way to reward them (it is not always money).

The best supervisors know their people well. They know them as human beings who have lives outside of work. They understand their individual needs and traits, personal motivations, career goals and their strengths and weaknesses. Take note that engaging your employees takes time.

Listening is important. Asking for their opinions and actually implementing some ideas is vital. An engaged employee needs to feel that their opinion and experience is valued. Continuous feedback is necessary as the once a year performance review is no longer effective and has not been for a while. So take this opportunity to schedule a 30 minute coffee session with each of your employees to really get to know them.

Then schedule a follow up meeting to discuss performance: your performance (what can I do better?) and theirs (what are your challenges?). You may be surprised what you will learn. Good luck!

Q: I hear other companies talk about

Vison, Mission and Values. Aren’t these just motivational posters for a wall?

Unfortunately, this is what they tend to become: dust builders. Ask yourself

this question “how can I lead my team to achieve my vision if they do not know what it is?”. A true leader has a vision and hires, trains and develops people to fulfill that vision with a deadline in mind. The vision could be as simple as “Making our community the healthiest place to live through empathetic medical care”; or as optimistic as “To become the leading holistic healthcare practice in the USA by 2030”.

So what are the difference between Vision and Mission? A vision statement for a company focuses on the potential inherent in the company’s future, or what they intend to be. The vision statement is simply a description of the “what,” meaning, what the company intends to become. The mission statement is simply a description of the “HOW,” meaning, how the company intends to achieve its vision starting now. Values are beliefs; what you stand for; what your company stands for.

Values should be used in the hiring process and during performance and behavior conversations. Customers should know your vision, mission and values so they can help support you. Remember that a goal without a plan is just a wish. A goal with plan is a vision! A communicated vision keeps the team on track to achieving it!

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For Women, Timing of Reproduction

is at Hand

By COREY BURKE

Cryos International is the world’s largest sperm bank and first free standing, independent egg bank in the U.S. and is regarded as an industry leader in the cryopreservation of human donor sperm and eggs. Cryopreservation has turned out to be the perfect way for women to not be confined to their biological clocks, and Cryos International is fully prepared to offer this procedure to women who want it.

Women are no longer enforced to be the homemakers and caretakers that are pressured to start families at such young ages like in the 1960’s, but instead rising to the top of corporate ladders and pursuing long professional careers. Now that women are taking on top careers and higher and longer-term educations, beginning a family has begun to be pushed to later in life, and for some women putting off having children results in fertility issues and many not being able to have children of their own.

Women began to become restricted to their ticking biological clocks, but now they have another choice, fertility preservation.

Until recently, fertility preservation was not available to women, but only available to men. Unlike men, women are born with all the eggs they will ever have, and at birth they have approximately 600,000 in their ovaries, but these eggs are lost at the tune of about 600 per month until they are completely gone at menopause. By age 36, almost half of all women’s eggs are aneuploid, meaning they have extra or missing chromosomes, and in most cases these aneuploid eggs will not produce a viable pregnancy. Knowing that the biological clock is ticking, it is important for women to know that they have the opportunity to preserve their precious eggs as well. Cryos International is one of the only sperm and egg banks in the U.S. to be equipped with an in-house embryology laboratory along with state-of-theart facilities, including an office surgery center. Patients will be able to have their egg retrieval done at the same location to provide optimal convenience.

In the Cryos embryology lab, the vitrification of the retrieved eggs will take place.

Vitrification is the process of removing cellular fluids from the egg, replacing them with cryoprotectants like DMSO and ethylene glycol, and rapidly cooling them to -196°C in liquid nitrogen. Vitrification differs from freezing in that freezing involves the formation of ice crystals which damage cell membranes killing the cell. Vitrification involves cooling at a rate of – 10,000° C/minute, a rate so rapid that ice crystals cannot form. In 2012 the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) declared the procedure standard of care. Vitrification survival rates reached nearly 100 percent and pregnancies using vitrified eggs equaled those of fresh eggs.

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the biological clock and empowered women to have control of both their professional life as well as their family life.

Fertility preservation has become known as Social Egg freezing and companies like Apple and Facebook now offer social freezing to their female employees, showing their encouragement for women to hold professional and long-term careers.

Parties even began to pop up in cities like New York and Los Angeles to promote the benefits of fertility preservation. In 2016 the Department of Defense announced they would cover the cost of sperm and egg freezing for active duty military members.

The new era of women being able to take control of their fertility is coming to life.

So how does the process of fertility preservation work? Women begin by contacting an egg bank, reproductive endocrinologist (REI), primary care physician, or attend a social egg freezing event. The next step is usually a consultation with a physician or other medical professional to explain the procedure and the risks and benefits associated with it.

Cryos has highly experienced physicians that provide all the information patients need and want to know about the procedure. If they elect to proceed they are scheduled for an exam with an REI who will access their fertility status using a blood test to determine the anti-mullerian hormone(AMH) level and ultrasound to perform an antral follicle count.

AMH does not predict a specific number of eggs, but higher values indicate a higher number of eggs remaining in the ovaries.

Once the preliminary testing is complete, the patient is often put on oral birth control to regulate her menstrual cycle.

Once they reach the appropriate stage they begin taking injectable gonadotropins for approximately 8-12 days.

These medications help the ovary to mature more eggs than would normally mature in a cycle. Depending on the age and ovarian reserve of a woman the number that mature can range from 5 to 50 eggs.

While the patient is taking the medications, she is monitored at the REI’s office every 2-3 days to track the development of the eggs through estradiol levels and vaginal ultrasounds. Once the follicles (ovarian structure that contains the egg) reach a

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Securing Our Digital Footprints

By RON FRECHETTE, The Cyber Guy

Last month we discussed the importance of implementing good cybersecurity health practices in 2018. We provided a cyber-health checklist which I’m hopeful most of our readers are working towards completing. Based on what cybersecurity experts are predicting we will see from cyber criminals in 2018, I strongly encourage revisiting last month’s lesson. We will be writing more about the latest security threats in the months ahead to keep you ahead of the game.

Our objective this month is to provide a visual perspective of what our online presence looks like in cyberspace. In the IT security industry, we refer to a person or company’s online presence as a digital footprint.

There are billions of digital footprints in cyberspace. Each time you hit the send button on a digital device, your IP address launches packets of data into cyberspace. These data packets travel at lightning speed to other digital footprints that you have selected to send. This could be an email, paying a bill online, sending a client an agreement, or conducting some on-line banking.

The digital footprints we interact with depend on our personal and professional affiliations. They vary widely in size depending on a person or company’s internet presence. For instance, the IRS and

Amazon have extremely large digital footprints, whereas a local business would be much smaller.

Let’s analyze the components of a digital footprint.

The circle represents our security perimeter. This is where we put security controls in place to reduce the risk of our sensitive information from being compromised. The lines around the circle represent data attempting to enter and exit our environment. The lock inside the circle represents the area where our sensitive information resides. This could be credit card data, PII (Personal Identifiable Information like DOB, SSN, wills, banking info, etc.), PHI (protected health information) and/or Client Data.

Q: Who is trying to steal my data and how do they do it?

There are millions of cybercriminals across the world who come to work every day with the sole purpose of stealing information online that they can sell on the Dark Web for monetary gain. Over the years they have littered cyberspace with countless types of worms, bugs, viruses, ransomware, brute force hackers, trojans… you name it. There are over 500k new malware variants being launched into cyberspace daily.

Unfortunately, as more and more people discover the internet, the problem will only continue to increase. The digital age is forcing us begin adopting a “defense in depth” mindset as we become more depen-

dent on technology to live our lives.

There are 4 threat vectors around the security perimeter of every digital footprint that cybercriminals try to exploit.

1. People – Spouses, children, and/ or business colleagues having or not having the awareness that these vulnerabilities exist, how they behave when they are confronted by a phishing email and how they respond.

Are they a defense or liability?

Knowledge is power.

2. Processes – Having formal policies and procedures in place with detailed guidelines and having been properly educated on the threats of cyberattacks.

3. Facilities - This has to do with physical controls. Do you have locks in areas of your home or business where sensitive information can be accessed? If you have servers in house, are they under lock and key with 24-hour camera surveillance?

4. Technologies – Ensuring that the networks and applications you utilize have been properly vetted and can guarantee an acceptable level of security.

This applies to your digital footprint and the digital footprints of others that

Timing of Reproduction is at Hand, continued from page 10 certain size, the patient is given a “trigger” of hCG or Lupron to induce ovulation 36 hours following the trigger.

Approximately 34-35 hours later the eggs are surgically removed using an ultrasound guided needle that passes through the vaginal wall into the ovary. The needle passes into the follicles and aspirates the fluid containing the egg from them into a test tube. The tube is then given to the embryology laboratory which searches the fluid for the egg. The eggs are then incubated for a short time before the cumulus cells are removed and the maturity of the eggs evaluated. Only metaphase II (MII) eggs are considered viable for use in IVF and all others are discarded. The mature MII eggs are then vitrified and stored until the patient is ready to use them. At Cryos, a storage center is held on site for direct storage and regular monitoring. During this procedure, the patient will be under mild anesthesia so no severe pain will be felt. Women who have come to Cryos International for their treatment have mostly claimed to feel only a bit of cramping after the quick surgery is complete. The doctors and physicians at Cryos strive to make the procedure as painless and as comfortable for women as possible.

As with any surgical procedure there are risks. The decision to do social egg freezing should be well thought out and researched and should be viewed as an insurance policy that may never be needed.

Those interested in social freezing should understand that not all facilities are cre-

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ated equally when it comes to freezing eggs. The facility that is chosen should preform egg freezing routinely and have a solid history of good results, such as that of Cryos International which has a full medical team of experts that have completed numerous successful procedures.

Many clinics offer egg freezing as well,

even though they may only preform a few procedures per year and may not be fully competent in the process.

Visit Cryos International’s state of the art facility located in Orlando near UCF for any of your sperm or egg needs. Social egg freezing is offered to the public in addition to their donor products. If you are

you interact with on a routine basis. Never feel shy about evangelizing what you learn about good cybersecurity hygiene with friends, family and business colleagues. It will enhance the security of everyone you interact with in cyberspace.

Cybersecurity experts are predicting 2018 will be more of the same that we saw in 2017 only with much more sophistication and perseverance. As new technology advances such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, so will the tactics of the bad guys.

Over the next few months, we will begin to break down each of these threat vectors and share ways you can begin to identify the security vulnerabilities that exist within digital footprints. We will arm you with the tools and knowledge to identify where those gaps are and provide guidance to install the proper security controls.

So, stay tuned and we look forward to continuing on in our journey to help our readers remain a step ahead of the cyber thugs and stay safe in cyberspace.

Ron Frechette, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of GoldSky Security is a cybersecurity and healthcare entrepreneur who over the last several years dedicated his career to helping enterprise companies reduce the risks of cyber-attacks. Ron left the enterprise security world in 2015 and co-founded GoldSky Security, LLC. Ron’s vision is to build cybersecurity firms across the US that exist to help small-midsize businesses implement affordable cybersecurity solutions.

Ron can be reached at ron.frechette@goldskysecurity.com Questions? Send me a tweet @GoldskyRon.

interested in fertility preservation/social egg freezing, contact the experts at Cryos.

Corey Burke is the Tissue Bank Director at Cryos International Sperm and Egg Bank in Orlando, one of the industry leaders in reproductive technology. Cryos offers fertility preservation to the general public. For further details please call 407-203-1175

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GrandRounds Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) Funding Opportunity CMS is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for the development, improvement, updating, and expansion of quality measures for use in the Quality Payment Program. CMS will be partnering directly with clinicians, patients, and other stakeholders to provide up to $30 million of funding and technical assistance in development of quality measures over three years.

Cooperative agreements provide a unique opportunity for CMS to partner with external entities, such as clinical specialty societies, clinical professional organizations, patient advocacy organizations, educational institutions, independent research organizations, and health systems, in developing, improving, updating, and expanding quality measures for the Quality Payment Program. By giving external entities needed resources to help guide their measuredevelopment efforts though this funding opportunity, CMS can leverage the unique perspectives and expertise of these external entities, such as clinician and patient perspectives, to advance the Quality Payment Program measure portfolio. The cooperative agreements will allow CMS to collaborate with stakeholders to address essential topics such as: clinician engagement, burden minimization, consumer-informed decisions, critical measure gaps, quality measure alignment, consumer-informed decisions, clinician engagement, and efficient data collection that minimizes health care provider burden.

The priority measures developed, improved, updated or expanded under the cooperative agreements will be aligned with the CMS Quality Measure Development Plan. The CMS Quality Measure Development Plan provides a strategy for filling clinician and specialty area measure gaps and for recommendations to close these gaps in order to support the Quality Payment Program, and identifies the following initial priority areas for measure development: Clinical Care, Safety, Care Coordination, Patient and Caregiver Experience, Population Health and Prevention, and Affordable Care. The gap areas include, but not limited to: Orthopedic Surgery, Pathology, Radiology, Mental Health and substance use conditions, Oncology, Palliative Care, and Emergency Medicine.

More broadly than the CMS Quality Measure Development Plan, which is specific for the Quality Payment Program, CMS measures work is guided by the Meaningful Measurement framework which identifies the highest priorities for quality measurement and improvement. The Meaningful Measure Areas serve as the connectors between CMS goals under development and individual measures/initiatives that demonstrate how high quality outcomes for 13

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our Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP beneficiaries are being achieved. They are concrete quality topics which reflect core issues that are most vital to high quality care and better patient outcomes.

Through these cooperative agreements, CMS aims to provide the necessary support to help external entities expand the Quality Payment Program quality measure portfolio with a focus on clinical and patient perspectives and minimizing burden for clinicians. Focusing on patient perspectives will ensure measures focus on what is important to patients and drive the improvement of patient outcomes. To accomplish this, the cooperative agreements prioritize the development of: outcome measures, including patient reported outcome and functional status measures; patient experience measures; care coordination measures; and measures of appropriate use of services, including measures of overuse.

For more information, search for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) Funding Opportunity: Measure Development for the Quality Payment Program on Grants.gov or visit our website, https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/ Quality-Initiatives-Patient-AssessmentInstruments/Value-Based-Programs/ MACRA-MIPS-and-APMs/MACRAMIPS-and-APMs.html.

Cancer Institute of Florida Welcomes Martin Dietrich, MD, PhD Florida Hospital Medical Group and the medical team at Cancer Institute of Florida have added another award-winning cancer specialist with the arrival of Martin Dietrich, MD, PhD in early 2018. Dr. Dietrich is a board-certified medical oncologist with fellowship training in hematology/oncology and a background in molecular genetics research.

Dr. Dietrich sees patients with many types of malignancies but will have a special focus on research, prevention and advanced treatments for breast cancer at the Cancer Institute of Florida.

A noted clinician and researcher, Dr. Dietrich is especially proud of his numerous scientific publications that have contributed "snippets" to the puzzle of clinical and scientific problems. He has had the opportunity to conduct groundbreaking medical oncology research with multiple, prestigious organizations including the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

Dr. Dietrich arrives in Central Florida from Pembroke Pines,

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He earned his medical degree with distinction from Germany's University of Heidelberg. A marathon runner and world traveler, Dr. Dietrich is fluent in English and German with professional proficiency in Spanish.

"We are honored to bring Dr. Dietrich to our practice and look forward to his continued advancements in breast cancer treatment and research," said Tarek M. Mekhail, a leading physician at Cancer Institute of Florida. "He is an outstanding physician with a true passion for helping patients along every step of their healthcare journey."

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GrandRounds Tavistock Announces New Wellness, Medically Integrated Fitness Facility in Lake Nona

During the sixth annual Lake Nona Impact Forum Tavistock Development Company announced the creation of an innovative wellness, performance and medically integrated fitness facility in partnership with Signet, LLC. and its subsidiary Integrated Wellness Partners (IWP).

Situated within Lake Nona, the world's most sophisticated wellness community as noted by the Global Wellness Institute, the new 110,000+-square-foot center will be located across the street from Lake Nona Medical City in the second phase of development of the Lake Nona Town Center, Lake Nona's premier entertainment, dining and shopping district.

The new wellness campus will be one of the most comprehensive in the region, offering a broad array of health and wellbeing programs and services for the entire community, for Lake Nona residents, families, employees, recreational fitness and sports enthusiasts, as well as elite athletes. Memberships will be available, though rates have not yet been established.

The facility will take a personalized approach to each member. The staffing model, intake process and the technology provided to each member is a tailored plan, which is updated in Dr. Jessica Narváez-Lugo, a board-certified doctor real time and based on the member in Gastroenterology, obtained her medical degree results. in 2003 from Ponce Health Sciences University in Puerto Rico."The creation of this world-class facility in Lake Nona is yet another exShe completed her fellowship in Gastroenterology at ample of of Puerto how we building out one the University Ricoare School of Medicine and its affiliated hospitals. of the most unique and comprehensive wellness communities in the country," Dr. Narváez-Lugo is passionate about diagnosing and said Gloria Caulfield, executive director treating all gastrointestinal disorders but has special interestofonthe Abdominal Pain, Institute.

Anemias, Gastrointestinal Lake Nona "This bestBleeding, Constipation, Diarrhea, Diverticulosis, in-class collaboration with Signet and Swallowing Disorders, Gallbladder Disorders, IWP will create an incredible Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease regional (GERD), asLiver Diseases as Hepatitis C (HCV), Inflammatory set,such offering world-class programs and Bowel Disease (IBD, such as Ulcerative Colitis and services across the entire spectrum of Crohn's Disease), Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and and wellbeing. No matter where Peptic health Ulcer Disease. you are on your personal wellbeing journey, this new campus will offer something to help get you to that next step."

Jim Ellis, managing director of IWP, describes the Lake Nona Wellness Center as the next evolution in health

and wellness-with a community-based, scientific and medically integrated approach to combat deteriorating health and skyrocketing costs of health care.

"The only solution to overcoming the national health care crisis is prevention, that comes ultimately through lifestyle change," said Ellis. "The overwhelming evidence shows that we need to deliver impactful solutions that create community environments where, increasingly, the default choices for individuals, families and employees are healthy choices. The Lake Nona Wellness Center delivers on the vision and promise made by Tavistock to the entire Lake Nona community to offer its membership a healthy, happy life-

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The Blood & Marrow Transplant Center is pleased to welcome Juan Carlos Varela, MD, PhD. Dr. Varela is board certified in hematology.

"We're very excited to have Dr. Varela join the Blood & Marrow Transplant Center," said medical director, Steven C. Goldstein, MD. "His clinical interests in novel immune therapies for hematological malignancies and bone marrow transplantation, as well as treatments for leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma will be of great benefit to Orlando and our patients from around the world."

Dr. Varela obtained his MD,PhD from the Medical University of South Carolina in 2010. He received his residency training in internal medicine in the Osler medical training program at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Subsequently, he completed his fellowship training in hematology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Varela

is an award-winning researcher and physician, having been honored as a Calebresi Scholar and an Abney Scholar at the Medical University of South Carolina in recognition of clinical excellence.

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GrandRounds Tavistock Announces New Wellness ... continued style. This will then have a ripple effect on not only the Lake Nona community but many others for years to come as Lake Nona becomes a health and wellness flagship model for the country and around the world."

The Lake Nona Wellness Center will offer a medically-based fitness center, sports performance training center, physician offices, community education spaces, and community-based programming, which extends well beyond the walls of the brick and mortar facility. Its programming and features are designed to create and nurture an "ecosystem of wellness" that encompasses individuals, families, businesses and institutions, all supported by the medically-integrated health and wellness center platform, which serves as the hub for the model.

The facility will seamlessly integrate state-of-the-art physical resources, experts in preventive health, wellness and medicine, as well as a commitment to advancing the understanding of the science around health and wellness promotion, offering the Lake Nona community: • Health and fitness opportunities for all ages and levels of fitness • A Sport Performance Institute geared toward improving athletic performance for all ages and abilities • Medical services and educational programming offered by clinical and wellness partners based in the facility, creating employee wellness programming, sports performance training, and other onsite activities that create a "bridge" to the facility

Orlando Health VP is Recognized as "RCM Leader to Know in 2018" Orlando, FL (March 1, 2018) -Michele Napier, vice president of revenue management and chief revenue officer for Orlando Health has been named one of the nation's top 15 female revenue cycle management (RCM) leaders to know in 2018. The honor, from industry publication Becker's Hospital Review, recognizes progressive revenue cycle thought leaders who are helping to reshape the industry's financial systems.

"Michele's foresight and innovation in revenue cycle management is unparalleled," said Bernadette Spong, Orlando Health chief financial officer.

"We are so pleased that she is being recognized for her leadership, experience and expertise."

"I am honored and humbled to be included in this distinguished group of revenue cycle management officers," said Michele Napier. "Over the last few years, financial responsibility in the healthcare industry has been redefined for everyone involved; hospitals, practices, insurers and patients. I consider it a privilege to be part of this dynamic field."

As chief revenue officer for Orlando Health, Ms. Napier oversees revenue management, managed care, and care management for eight hospitals, 600 physicians, and ancillary services. She graduated from Florida International University with a bachelor's degree in business administration and earned her master's in business administration from the University of Miami. She has worked in the healthcare industry for 30 years including hospital, physician, reimbursement, strategic pricing, and health plan operations. Her professional accomplishments include directing the managed care strategy and revenue cycle operations for a top insurer and leading a successful turnaround for a government HMO. Ms. Napier has experience in multiple markets in the 15

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Midwest, Southeast and Northeast regions of the U.S. and Puerto Rico where she oversaw regional networks for two of the nation's largest insurers.

She is certified in managed care by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and is a fellow, HFMA. She is a Board Member for the HFMA Florida, the past president of the Southwestern Ohio Chapter of HFMA and has served on national HFMA councils including the National Advisory Council for Revenue Cycle.

Novlet Mattis Joins Orlando Health as Chief Information Officer Novlet Mattis has been named Chief Information Officer for Orlando Health. In this position, she is responsible for establishing the vision and direction of the organization's Information Systems in concert with its global corporate strategy. She oversees the Information Technology division representing an annual spend in excess of $145 million.

Ms. Mattis joined Orlando Health on January 11, 2018, reporting to Bernadette Spong, CPA, Chief Financial Officer.

"We are extremely pleased to have Novlet join the organization," said Mrs. Spong. "The healthcare environment continues to increase in complexity, especially in the area of information technology. Novlet's leadership experience and expertise in the IT field are key to Orlando Health's expanding use and safety of electronic information."

Prior to joining Orlando Health, Ms. Mattis served as Vice President of Information Technology for Ascension Information Services in St. Louis, Missouri where she led a team that supported more than 125

hospitals across the United States and internationally. In that role, she provided executive leadership for IT cost reductions and operational optimization including applications rationalization, innovations to advance clinical and business strategies, and supported a number of enterprise wide corporate functions.

She has also held leadership positions at Dell Global Services, Lucent Technologies and AT&T as well as serving as Vice President of IT and Chief Information Officer for Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, NC. Ms. Mattis is a native of Jamaica. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Howard University in Washington, DC, and an MBA from George Washington University. She holds the CHIME Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) certification, is a conference speaker and writer.

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GrandRounds Central Florida Regional Hospital To Open Full-Service ER In Seminole County Central Florida Regional Hospital, an affiliate of HCA North Florida, will bring state-of-the-art emergency care to northwest Seminole County in Fall of 2018 with the opening of a freestanding emergency department at 4525 International Parkway, on a 28-acre site at the intersection of International Parkway and Wilson Road. A groundbreaking ceremony took place Friday, March 2, at 1 p.m.

The 11,000-square-foot facility is expected to serve more than 7,500 residents from northwest Seminole County and surrounding areas each year. The $11.6 million project will feature 12 private patient care rooms and will employ more than 40 full-time staff and emergency medicine physicians.

The new ER on International Parkway will operate as a full-service emergency department providing 24/7 emergency care for both pediatric and adult patients. The new facility will offer comprehensive emergency services as well as laboratory and imaging services.

"Central Florida Regional Hospital is committed to providing high-quality, convenient emergency care to the local community," said Wendy Brandon, Chief Executive Officer. "Minutes matter in an emergency and this facility will help provide faster, expert care to thousands of residents in northwest Seminole County as well as west Volusia and Lake Counties."

Volunteers sew hearts for moms, NICU babies to help build bonds during separation

Enzo Henney spent the first five months of his life separated from his mother, Sara, who was only able to touch her baby's tiny hands through the holes of an incubator.

But the mother and son received a special gift that helped strengthen their bond while being physically apart: pint-sized hearts.

Sewn by volunteers, sets of hearts are donated to mothers of babies being treated at Florida Hospital for Children's neonatal intensive care unit.

One heart is worn by the mom and the other by the baby for 24 hours to ensure their scent is embedded

in the material. After that, the hearts are swapped, allowing the mom and baby to sense a part of each other despite physical separation.

"I've used the hearts for over five months," Henney said. "It helps knowing that even when I leave, he still senses me. Anything to stay connected helps; it gives me piece of mind."

Every year, 380,000 babies in the United States come to the world weeks earlier than anticipated, which means their bodies are not ready for all the stimulation that's waiting for them in the world, according to March of Dimes.

Beth Suffer, one of the volunteer sewers, estimates they've donated 1,000 "hearts of love" to Florida Hospital for Children. The initiative began with at the pediatric cardiac unit to comfort babies going to surgery, but given the medical benefits, the hearts were taken to the NICU to help families cope with separation.

"Moms will smell the scent on the hearts as they are lactating and it has shown to help with milk production and bonding," said Summer Bernath, child life specialist at the NICU.

Therigy® Introduces New Bundle of Patient-Centered Therapy Management Products Therigy, the pioneer and leader in developing cloud-based medication therapy management solutions, is starting 2018 strong by creating more value for new and existing TherigySTM customers through its bundle of product and system enhancements. These new solutions were developed to help specialty pharmacies save time and money through a comprehensive suite of four patient-centered therapy management solutions: TherigyOnboard™, TherigyAssure™, TherigyInsights™, and TherigyEngage™.

This week, Therigy launched the following new products and enhancements, which together will automate and make cumbersome onboarding processes more efficient; streamline the management of all patient populations within one total system; provide a new way to train and engage patients in the education, adherence, and compliance journey; and help specialty pharmacies prove their value. They include the following:

TherigyOnboard

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cient with automated triggers. They can track re-authorizations, eliminate double entry, increase the accuracy and integrity of data, and improve communication and reporting between stakeholders. TherigySTM integrates with leading dispensing systems.

TherigyAssure

As the core product of TherigySTM, TherigyAssure helps pharmacies save time and money, meet accreditation standards, and consistently deliver high standards of care with the best possible outcomes for all patients. TherigyAssure makes this possible through complete, ready-to-use care plans and assessments based on the very latest clinical evidence and best practices across 23+ disease states, with 900+ assessments, supporting 400+ medications.

As an option now available within TherigyAssure, the new Specialty General Meds module makes it possible for specialty pharmacies to easily manage all patient populations (any condition, any medication) in one system - including patients on orphan or pseudo specialty drugs.

TherigyInsights

TherigyInsights has a portfolio of reporting and data analytic solutions to help specialty pharmacies monitor onboarding, operations, and clinical performance. They can assess the effectiveness and efficiency of staff, meet accreditation requirements, generate reports for payers and providers, and prove the value of their clinical programs. They can access preconfigured reports or customize their own internal and external reports. There's no limit to how their data can be structured. This level of flexibility is particularly vital in supporting specialty pharmacies of all sizes and volumes.

TherigyEngage

TherigyEngage is the gateway to a world of mobile patient engagement and digital communication and education tools. With TherigyEngage, specialty pharmacies can meet URAC multi-lingual, multi-modal requirements and tap into new ways of helping patients achieve the intended outcomes of their medication therapies. Specialty pharmacies can extend care beyond traditional channels and meet patients

where they are-on their mobile devices.

With automated access to on-demand, patient-specific medication videos that complement TherigyAssure's clinical content patients can watch videos anytime in the media format of their choice, in English and in Spanish.

"As we progress into 2018, the complexities of specialty therapy management continue to drive the industry's need for more innovation and efficiency.

We believe these new products and enhancements will reassure our customers that Therigy is listening and responding to their needs," explained Russel Allinson, RPh, MS, Therigy's co-founder, chief executive officer. "These enhancements answer some of our customers' greatest challenges and demands. Each one of the enhancements addresses a separate part of the therapy management journey, however, they are interconnected and add greater value when used together."

Specialty pharmacies can schedule a "test drive" or learn more about Therigy's 2018 products and enhancements by contacting us by phone: 844.4THERIGY; email: supportcase@therigy.com or website at: http://www.therigy.com/. orlandomedicalnews

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GrandRounds AMA Launches Podcasts to Help Physicians Navigate the Quality Payment Program in 2018 As physicians begin the second year of quality reporting under the Quality Payment Program (QPP), the American Medical Association is launching a series of podcasts on ReachMD to help physicians successfully navigate the new regulations.

Physicians can stay up to date with the latest developments in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' QPP by listening to the new series, "Inside Medicare's New Payment System."

Three new 15-minute podcasts are now available to download and listen on demand: • AMA President Answers Top Questions About the Quality Payment Program: A board-certified family physician and hospital administrator, AMA President David O. Barbe, MD, offers his insight into how the new regulations will affect physicians' practices.

• How Small Practices Can Comply with MIPS Quality Reporting Requirements: Richard Deem, the AMA's senior vice president of advocacy, explains how the new regulations particularly affect small practices and what

physicians in these practices must know to succeed.

• The Technical Assistance You'll Need for the Quality Payment Programs Changes: To smooth the transition to QPP, two experts discuss what technical assistance is available to help physicians navigate the new regulatory plan. Dr. Edward Sobel, medical director at Quality Insights, and Temaka Williams, a health information technology adviser at Telligen, offer a guide to available resources.

Transcripts are also available. Additional podcasts will be released soon, and the AMA website has additional resources to help physician practices be successful under QPP. These new tools build on earlier, significant AMA efforts to ensure that physicians and their practices are prepared for MACRA: The MACRA webpage on the AMA's website has been a source of information on the changes facing physicians and their practices, and will continue to be a frequently updated source of information as the regulations are fine-tuned.

Florida Hospital Announces New Leadership Positions Florida Hospital is pleased to announce multiple changes within its leadership team.

Doug Harcombe has been named CEO of Florida Hospital Celebration Health, following the retirement of Ken Bradley. Harcombe previously led Florida Hospital Altamonte and also had executive oversight of Winter Park Memorial Hospital and Florida Hospital East Orlando. He will also provide executive oversight to the leadership team at Florida Hospital Kissimmee.

Tim Cook, who serves as CEO of Florida Hospital Apopka and Florida Hospital Winter Garden, will also now serve as CEO of Florida Hospital Altamonte.

Dr. Alric Simmonds has been named Chief Medical Officer of Florida Hospital East Orlando, effective March 4. Simmons, who has been a member of the General Surgery Residency core faculty at Florida Hospital since 2006, serves as the Associate Program Director and Site Director for all third- and fourth-year medical students from the 17

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University of Central Florida College of Medicine and Florida State College of Medicine. In addition to academic and clinical medicine, Dr. Simmonds serves as Medical Director of the Sherman Outpatient Surgery Center and Chairman of the Florida Hospital System Operating Room Governance.

Dr. Dennis deLeon will join Florida Hospital Kissimmee as Chief Medical Officer on March 4. Dr. deLeon is a family physician with experience in primary-care and multi-specialty medical groups, as well as in health-plan and hospital administration. An authority in the field of hospital clinical ethics, he will also serve as physician leader for clinical ethics at Florida Hospital.

During more than a decade as a family physician in California, Dr. deLeon taught residents in family medicine and bioethics, and helped build a consultative clinical ethics program at Loma Linda. He has also assisted health plans and hospitals, such as Adventist Health Glendale, with electronic health record implementation, utilization and case management. Most recently, Dr. deLeon served as associate chief medical officer of three hospitals with CHI Franciscan Health in the Seattle/King County region.

Innovaccer Launches ACO Compare 3.0, Its Flagship Tool to Compare and Analyze ACO Performance Trends Accountable care organizations are playing a pivotal role in the value-based ecosystem. Since their formation in 2012, MSSP ACOs have saved over $2 billion for millions of assigned beneficiaries. More importantly, the quality of care has improved drastically as a direct result of the collaborative efforts by ACOs. The average quality scores of 2016 are higher than ever, attesting that ACOs are instrumental in advancing value-based care.

However, the overall results, as observed on ACO Compare, do not reflect on the varying performances of every ACO. As a matter of fact, just over 30 percent of the 432 participating ACOs were eligible for the $700 million shared savings in 2017.

Undeniably, there is a striking contrast between the top performers and the ones suffering losses. As we look closer at the numbers, we get a clearer picture.

• 42% of the ACOs founded in 2012-2013 generated more savings as compared to 18% of the 2016 starters.

• 68% of Track 2 and Track 3 ACOs earned shared savings in comparison with only 29% of Track 1 ACOs. ACOs-whether new or oldneed to analyze their performance across different quality metrics and align their resources to drive better clinical and financial outcomes.

The challenge is at the beginning, when ACOs have little visibility of the opportunities they can tap and what holds them back in enhancing care outcomes. Analyzing their per-

formance to strategically move forward and succeed in the transition to value-based care is a high priority for ACOs today. The older ACOs have had ample time to learn, explore improvement opportunities, and build new care management models.

To help ACOs learn more about their performances, Innovaccer Inc., a leading San-Francisco based healthcare data platform company, launched the revamped version of its flagship tool, ACO Compare 3.0.

With information dashboards of the tool, ACOs can create an outcomesdriven strategy to enhance quality in care. The tool assembles extensively researched data from P.Y. 2012 to 2016 and provides an in-depth analysis of Medicare ACOs in the country.

"Being the champions of valuebased care, ACOs want transparency in day-to-day operations by closely monitoring their performances and redesigning care that puts goals of the organization first," says Abhinav Shashank, CEO at Innovaccer.

"The phenomenal response on our previous versions of ACO Compare is a testament to the importance of state-of-the-art analytics. This time with new data and added functionalities of our pioneering platform in the tool, we are certain that ACO Compare 3.0 will definitely be an asset to ACOs. The modern context of healthcare can successfully lead the way to an efficient healthcare, which is why we are keeping this tool available to everyone free-of-charge."

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GrandRounds Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute Invests in $18 Million Facility in Lake Nona The Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute announced it is expanding its footprint in the Lake Nona community in Orlando, Florida with the construction of its new global headquarters. The $18 million stateof-the-art campus, located in Lake Nona Medical City, will house the Human Performance Institute's multidisciplinary training center and serve as the global hub for continuing research and development into science-based approaches to improve human energy capacity for performance, resilience and leadership. Construction will be completed by the end of the year.

The announcement comes as more than 250 health and wellness thought leaders from around the globe attend the annual Lake Nona Impact Forum, an invitation-only conference that brings the best and brightest minds in healthcare together for thoughtful and collaborative conversations about how to accelerate the impact of health innovation. The Forum has been supported by Johnson & Johnson since its inception six years ago.

"At the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute, we are passionate about our mission to enable

individuals to identify their purpose and sustain peak performance. With this investment, we are accelerating our ability to impact human wellbeing globally," said Lowinn Kibbey, Global Head of Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute. "In creating this world-class training environment, right in the heart of a vibrant community for medical care, research and education, the new facility will anchor our efforts to help individuals and organizations unleash their potential and their capacity for peak performance and wellbeing."

"Johnson and Johnson's decision to invest to further expand their footprint in Lake Nona is a testament to our city's success in diversifying our economy and building infrastructure that drives Orlando's reputation as a desired location for corporate expansion," said Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer. "We welcome the company's new facility, as it will create quality employment opportunities and provide a number of targeted and specialized services to our community."

This state-of-the art training and research facility in Lake Nona will serve as the global flagship for the Human

Performance Institute, will enable more workplace innovation concepts and will serve as an expression of Johnson & Johnson's human-centered design capabilities and commitment to wellcare. To complement the physical expansion, the Human Performance Institute is transforming the brand expression across all key touch points, beginning with a relaunch of the company's online portal at www.jjhpi.com to provide users with the latest practical insights, case studies and research on expanding energy capacity and improving personal performance.

"I am especially proud of the expansion of the Human Performance Institute's new facility in Orlando -the same city we have called home for more than 20 years," reflected Jack Groppel, Co-Founder of the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute. "There has never been a greater need -from those starting out in their careers to the upper reaches of the

boardroom -to develop vital energymanagement skills. As our world grows more complex and frenetic, our research continues to prove that discovering and living your personal purpose brings energy, fulfillment and wellbeing to your life. Living a life of character brings energy, fulfillment and wellbeing to the lives of others as well."

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GrandRounds Orlando Health Welcomes New Leaders Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Medical Center has named LaTasha Barnes, chief financial officer, and Antwan Williams, administrator, allied health & support services. Arnold Palmer Medical Center consists of Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies.

The organization has also promoted Theresa Ransome to director of network development at the corporate level.

"We are extremely pleased to have LaTasha and Antwan join the organization," said Sheila Bystrak, chief operating officer for Winnie Palmer Hospital.

"They are accomplished individuals who excel in their respective fields."

Ms. Barnes comes to Orlando Health with over 18 years of experience, primarily in the healthcare industry, including more than seven years in both public accounting and internal audit.

She received her B.B.A. in Accounting at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee. She is a certified public accountant, licensed in both Tennessee and Florida and a member of the National Association of Black Accountants. Ms. Barnes has served on the boards of Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center (Nashville, TN) and JFK Medical Center Charter School (West Palm Beach, FL).

Originally from St. Petersburg, Florida, Mr. Williams joins Orlando Health from the Geisinger Health System in Danville, PA where he completed his administrative fellowship and served as director of operations, emergency medicine, providing leadership to seven emergency departments within a 12-hospital campus. He also served as interim administrator, orthopedics and anesthesia service lines, responsible for strategic, financial and operational leadership. Mr. Williams earned his B.S. in Business Management at Florida State University, and Masters in Health Administration at the University of Central Florida. He is a member of the National Association of Health Services Executives and coauthor of "Walking on Air: Success Tips for the Young, Fly and Foolish".

"Their leadership experience and expertise will be instrumental in ensuring that Arnold Palmer Medical Center continues to provide extraordinary care to the women, parents, children and babies of our region," added Cary D'Ortona, chief operating officer of Arnold Palmer Hospital. "They will be integral in helping to direct the operational and financial success of both hospitals."

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Ms. Ransome, a 24year employee with Orlando Health, has been promoted to director of network development at the corporate level.

In her new role she will lead provider contracting for Orlando Health's clinically integrated network (CIN) and collaborate with the corporation's human resources benefits team.

In her most recent role with the organization, Ms. Ransome served as manager of the Orlando Health Team Member Health Plan, where she was responsible for the dayto-day operations of the provider network. She has served on numerous councils during her career at Orlando Health and has completed the Orlando Health Advanced Leader Program.

"Throughout her career, Theresa has demonstrated her commitment to Orlando Health and to the care of team members and their families," says Jerry Senne, vice president, value-based care & population health. "In this new role, she will use her leadership skills and experience to help improve and streamline the care of all patients who receive care through our CIN." Mr. Williams joined Orlando Health January 9. Ms. Ransome's promotion became effective January 26.

Ms. Barnes joined the organization February 1.

Florida Companies On Growth "watch" List GenCare Resources Home Healthcare is among 50 statewide companies expected to see significant growth over the next several years. GenCare Resources was selected from more than 500 nominees for Florida Companies to WatchSM, a statewide program managed by economic development group GrowFL, in association with the Edward Lowe Foundation.

GenCare's management team, competitive market position and strong community involvement were among several factors that put them in contention for the award.

"These stand-out companies are all led by entrepreneurs, and have demonstrated their capacity and intent to grow," said Dr. Tom O'Neal, executive director of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute and associate vice president for the University of Central Florida's Office of Research and Commercialization. "They also all have critical intellectual property or a niche position that gives them a competitive edge in their markets," he said.

Joining GenCare on the Florida Companies to Watch list are 49 other Florida-based businesses.

"This is a strong group of companies that deserve this special recognition given annually to the state's top second stage companies," said Dr. O'Neal. Second-stage companies are defined as those with six to 150 full-time employees and between $750,000 and $100 million in annual

revenue. There are many programs and incubators promoting start-up businesses; GrowFL is the only Florida program that focuses exclusively on second-stage companies.

Economic Impact of 50 Winning Companies 2017 Florida Companies to Watch Honorees • $391 million in total annual revenue in 2016 47 percent increase in total annual revenue in 2016 compared to 2015 • 1,948 full-time equivalent employees in 2016 48 percent increase in 2016 total employment compared to 2015 • 693 net new jobs projected for 2017 • Increasing Impact From 2013 through 2016, these companies generated more than $1 billion in revenue and added more than 1,300 employees, reflecting a 137 percent increase in revenue and 219 percent increase in employment for the four-year period.

That translates into a 30 percent annual growth rate for revenue and a 50 percent annual growth rate for employment.

• These companies project continued growth in 2017, with a 53 percent revenue increase and 36 percent growth in employment compared to 2016. If their projections hold, these companies will have generated $1.6 billion in revenue and added more than 2,000 jobs over the last five years - a 262 percent increase in revenue and 333 percent increase in jobs since 2013.

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GrandRounds National Science Foundation Awards SegAna Phase 1 SBIR Grant An Orlando-based company has been recognized by the federal government as innovating in the field of cancer research.

The company has been granted a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 grant valued at $225,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

"It's a great honor to be one of the few selected to receive a Phase 1 SBIR Grant from the National Science Foundation," says Rodney Bosley, CEO and director of SegAna. "As we move forward in advancing the commercialization of SegAna's real-time cloud-based treatment guidance software for radiation cancer treatment, grants like these are vital."

The company was founded to bring technology developed at the University of Central Florida and the University of California Los Angeles together into a commercially available simulated lung. The grant is a cooperative grant with UCLA's De-

partment of Radiation Oncology.

Once fully developed, the technology will allow radiation oncologists to plan and deliver patient-specific, advanced treatments quickly and modified to suit the current tumor location and motion. More importantly, it only delivers radiation to the tumor and avoids normal tissues.

Specifically, SegAna's technology will be a software framework that provides treatment guidance for radiotherapy. The software provides near real-time computing performance facilitating clinical decision-making for adaptive radiotherapy.

"We've been able to show in our research how this technology will improve radiation treatment, the patient's quality of life, and ultimately, reduce the number of times a patient is readmitted to the hospital," Bosley adds.

The grant has allowed the company to hire three additional software engineers.

Most Breast Cancer Patients' Experiences with Radiation Therapy Are Better than Expected A new study reveals that many patients with breast cancer have misconceptions and fears about radiation therapy, but their actual experiences with modern breast radiation therapy are better than they expected. In the study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, most patients agreed that their initial negative impressions were unfounded.

Over the past 20 years, there have been significant advances in how radiation therapy for breast cancer is delivered, allowing clinicians to spare critical organs, create an individual radiation plan for each patient, and deliver radiation in more convenient schedules.

Nonetheless, many patients have fears and misconceptions about radiation therapy.

To get a better sense of patients' views concerning modern radiation therapy, a team led by Susan McCloskey, MD, MSHS, and Narek Shaverdian, MD, of the University of California Los Angeles, surveyed 502 patients who were treated for breast cancer between 2012 and 2016. Among the 327 patients who responded to the survey, 83 percent underwent breast conservation therapy (defined as lumpectomy and radiation therapy).

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world data to guide future patients and providers in their decision making," said Dr. Shaverdian.

Sixty-eight percent of surveyed patients stated that they initially had little to no knowledge about radiation therapy; however, 47 percent reported that they had heard frightening stories about it. Only 2 percent of patients agreed that the negative stories they previously heard about radiation therapy were actually true. Also, 83 percent reported that short-term radiation side effectssuch as breast pain, work limitations, and family disruptions-were less than or as expected, and 84 percent of patients said this about long-term side effects.

The survey revealed that 93 percent of breast conservation patients and 81 percent of mastectomy patients agreed with the statement "If future patients knew the real truth about radiation therapy, they would be less scared about treatment."

"The word radiation itself sounds frightening and is associated with many negative news stories, but the implications of this study are that, in actuality, radiation therapy for breast cancer is a much better treatment experience than perceived," said Dr. McCloskey. "We hope these real-world data from the voices of past patients can give future patients a better understanding of modern breast radiation therapy when making treatment decisions."

Florida Hospital Celebration Health Expands Cardiology Services Residents and visitors who need emergency cardiac care in the Celebration area now have more options close to home.

Florida Hospital Celebration Health recently launched vascular surgery and interventional cardiology services with two newly expanded and remodeled cardiac catheterization labs, where physicians can use a thin, flexible tube to check and repair the blood flow in coronary arteries.

That means patients suffering from conditions such as heart attacks, congenital heart defects and disease affecting arteries or veins can be evaluated, diagnosed and treated in a single location. The catheterization labs started offering pacemaker services this week.

"There is immense growth in Central Florida, and with that comes the important need to provide advanced, life-saving cardiac care close to our patients' homes," said Dr. Duane Davis, director of the Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute.

"Our cardiac network will continue to grow along with our community."

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is expected to skyrocket over the next decade. The University of Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business Research estimated 288,200 residents in Osceola in 2015, and that's projected to climb nearly 24 percent to 358,700 by 2030. Surrounding Orange and Polk counties are also projected to experience notable growth.

The Celebration expansion is the latest of Florida Hospital's growing cardiac services - a diagnostic cath lab opened at the new Florida Hospital Apopka in December, and before that, a cath lab opened at Florida Hospital Kissimmee. These join the established services at Florida Hospital Orlando, Altamonte, Winter Park and East Orlando campuses.

The Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute is one of the largest and best-regarded cardiac facilities in the country, and Florida Hospital is the only health care provider in Central Florida that performs heart transplants. Every year, the Cardiovascular Institute serves more than 70,000 cardiac patients, including 25,000 who seek emergency care and 2,000 who require cardiac surgery.

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Calling all cycling enthusiasts! The Orange County Medical Foundation announces a fun-filled afternoon of exercise and charity, Sunday, April 22nd at 12:30 pm at CycleBar Winter Park.

Join your colleagues as we raise our heart rate and much needed funds to support the mission of the Orange County Medical Foundation.

The Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Orange County Medical Society and is organized exclusively for charitable, educational and

A new Psychiatry Residency Program, based at Osceola Regional Medical Center and the Orlando VA Medical Center has received initial ACGME accreditation and is seeking immediate applicants.

This program is part of the UCF College of Medicine-Hospital Corporation of America North Florida Division Consortium seeking to add more than 600 residency slots to Florida by 2020.

In the last three years, the consortium has added 20 graduate medical education programs that are currently training about 250 physicians in Central and North Central Florida. The addition of the Psychiatry program will increase the number of programs to 21.

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medicine Education (ACGME) approved the Psychiatry Residency program for 6 residents per year of the four-year program, for a total of 24 residents. The program will be directed

by Dr. Martin Klapheke, Assistant Dean and Professor of Psychiatry at the UCF College of Medicine.

UCF and HCA started the residency programs to help address Florida's and the nation's physician shortage.

Dr. Klapheke noted that a 2014 Florida workforce report showed that by 2025, Psychiatry will be the physician specialty with the highest shortage -a deficit of about 2,000 psychiatrists statewide.

"The faculty, staff and residents in this new UCF/HCA Residency have the opportunity to make a major impact on mental health care in Central Florida by providing more services and more practitioners in the coming years," he

scientific purposes. The Foundation Board works to create opportunities for OCMS members to be involved in charitable activities and support medical education and health care related endeavors in Central Florida.

Space is limited and participation is open to the public. We would love to see many of our members and their families participate.

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Lake Nona Institute Partners with Florida Hospital to Advance Health and Wellness Initiatives The Lake Nona Institute, the nonprofit organization of Tavistock Development Company that aims to inspire healthy, sustainable communities of the future, announced a partnership with Florida Hospital to further advance its health and wellness initiatives within Tavistock's innovative, best-selling Orlando community, Lake Nona. Lake Nona is home to one of the fastest-growing health and life sciences clusters in the nation and is recognized as a global model for the design of a comprehensive, healthy community according to the Global Wellness Institute.

The Lake Nona Institute is researching and analyzing information on human, physical, and environmental elements in real-time to better understand the interaction and effects of the built environment and lifestyle behaviors on human wellbeing. Through the partnership, Florida Hospital will participate in several of Lake Nona's current health and wellness research initiatives, including: • Lake Nona Impact Forum, an annual thought leadership forum that aims to unlock innovation, advance quality of life and move the needle on health care, globally • Lake Nona Life Project, a groundbreaking, multi-generational study that focuses on better understanding communities and the factors that lead to better overall health • WHIT, Lake Nona's Wellness Home built on Innovation and Technology, that serves as an incubator for development of forward-thinking home health technologies "We are incredibly excited to collaborate with Florida Hospital on our promising research projects, and look forward to the many collaborative opportunities that will arise with our innovative partners -all of whom have come to Lake Nona to push the limits 21

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and make a lasting, positive impact so that we many all have a chance at a better, healthier tomorrow," said Gloria Caulfield, executive director of the Lake Nona Institute.

Known for its culture of innovation and collaboration, Lake Nona is globally recognized as a ‘living lab' with multiple onsite initiatives and organizations whose common goal is to improve our overall health and wellbeing. Florida Hospital joins this notable group of innovators, including Cisco, Delos, GE, GuideWell Innovation, Johnson & Johnson Health & Wellness Solutions, Siemens, and Technogym.

Florida Hospital is known for its spirit of innovation and enthusiastic collaboration with many partners to improve the health of our community, and to transform the way that health care is delivered. Florida Hospital looks forward to adding its HelloWell platform to the health-care innovations on display at the WHIT house.

In addition, Florida Hospital will be deeply involved with the Life Project, which aligns with the organization's focus on adopting healthy habits, the importance of preventive care and population health. Florida Hospital was pleased to participate in last year's forum and will do more in 2018.

"We are honored to join a prestigious group of partners who have committed to advance health and wellness. Together with our resources and complementary initiatives, we believe we will change the future of health care, and create a healthier future for generations to come in this living lab Tavistock has built from scratch at Lake Nona," said Rick Wassel, vice president, Strategic Innovation & Partnering for the Florida Division of Adventist Health System, the parent company of Florida Hospital.

said. Osceola Regional Medical Center is a 396-bed tertiary hospital that is part of the HCA hospital group and includes 500 affiliated physicians. The hospital had more than 18,000 annual admissions and 86,000 Emergency Department visits in the last year. Of those, 446 direct hospital admissions and about 1,400 patients to the Emergency Department needed psychiatric care. Osceola Regional offers a range of mental health programs, including inpatient, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient services The new Orlando VA Medical Center is a state-of-the-art, 1.2 million square foot facility featuring a large multi-specialty outpatient clinic which includes a wide-range of adult psychiatry and counseling services and 130-inpatient beds that include psychiatry services. The VA also has a 60-bed domiciliary and a 120-bed outpatient living center with in-house psychiatric and counseling services, including geriatric psychiatry.

Residents will also rotate at Nemours Children's Hospital in Lake Nona to gain experience in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

The program will be participating in the NRMP Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP). Applications following SOAP should be submitted through Krystal D. Hernandez, GME Program Coordinator, Psychiatry Residency Program, Osceola Regional Medical Center, at krystal.hernandez@ hcahealthcare.com. Qualified applicants will be selected for interviews.

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Most colorectal cancers begin as a growth called a polyp on the inner lining of the colon or rectum. Some types of polyps can change into cancer over the course of several years but not all polyps become cancer.

The risk for colon cancer increases with age and most often found in people 50 or older. Risk factors include personal history of colorectal polyps or cancer, personal history of inflammatory bowel disease, and family history of colorectal cancer. Manageable risk factors include obesity, physical inactivity, diet (high in red and processed meats), smoking, and heavy alcohol use.

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