In your opinion, what are some of the top concerns for the medical industry in the coming New Year? Obesity remains a health care concern for 2015. The overweight and obesity rate for adults and teens in Polk County is higher than the state average. Polk Vision’s Building a Healthier Polk initiative is a partnership […]
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Here are some of the key aspects to watch in in the coming year:
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In your opinion, what kind of response do you think the upcoming Affordable Care Act open enrollment period (beginning November 15) will have in Florida?
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In your opinion, how did you experience in the U.S. Armed Forces help prepare you for your current field of medicine? And how do you feel the experience gained from your service helps you in your current practice of medicine? Most medical students receive very little exposure to medical/surgical eye care, and when I graduated,
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In your opinion, how is the medical community being affected by the extended deadline to sign-up for plans under the Affordable Care Act? Just when I thought nothing could cause more of a stir among physicians and patients here at our local clinic than the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, along came the Act’s
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In your opinion, how has the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affected the inner-workings of your hospital, practice, or organization to-date? “It’s made a big difference, especially in primary care. Now people want to come in for a physical. I think primary care will play a bigger role. Specialists will probably decrease. Now we’ll be treating blood
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In your opinion, what are some of your most recent challenges related to EMRs and how is your office overcoming it? “Implementing an EMR (electronic medical record) system has been challenging to say the least. From decision-making to actual implementation, we have been faced with challenges we never anticipated. When choosing our EMR software, since
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In your opinion, what medical specialty is increasing in demand in the Florida healthcare industry? A: Primary care. Family practice physicians/primary care physicians may not traditionally have been considered a specialty, but as access to healthcare continues to expand, our state is facing a very real shortage of both primary/family care physicians and nurses. The
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In your opinion, what are the most common reasons when patients do not adhere to their medication schedule or treatment plan? Non-adherence to medical advice is a major obstacle to the delivery of effective healthcare. The data seems to suggest that at least 50 percent of patients with chronic diseases failed to follow medical advice
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In your opinion, what’s an important, but oftentimes overlooked part of planning for retirement in the medical field? Dr. Wiley Koon Retired family practitioner from Winter Haven Hospital “I overlooked the fact that it was going to cost more than I thought it would! The one place I feel deficient in planning for
