Where have Florida s COVID-19 vaccine doses gone within Central Florida? Share Updated: 10:53 PM EST Feb 5, 2021 Share Updated: 10:53 PM EST Feb 5, 2021
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Show Transcript WESH 2’S MARLEI MARTINEZ INVESTIGATES THEY SAY MUSIC IS HEALING. THE ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC SETTING THE STAGE FOR A MOMENT OF CALM AMID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. VOLUNTARILY PERFORMING AT SEMINOLE COUNTY’S VACCINE SI AS FOLKS NAVIGATE THE PROCESS. THE OVIEDO MALL IS THE MAIN VACCINE SITE RUN BY SEMINOLE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN SEMINOLE. ONE OF THE STATE’S 67 HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE BULK OF THE STATE’S DOSES HAVE GONE TO ONE OF THESE FIVE ENTITIES: -THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALT -HOSPITALS -PUBLIX -CVS AND WALGREENS -AND NONPROFITS AND CHURCHES WHO DECIDES, OR HOW IS I DECIDED HOW MANY SEMINOLE GETS, VOLUSIA GETS, OSCEOLA? VACCINE? YES EXACTLY. THAT’S SOLELY AT THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR. AND
MELBOURNE - The Florida Tech School of Psychology and the Winter Haven Hospital Foundation have partnered to provide psychology doctoral students with valuable real-world experience.
Joel Thomas, Florida Tech alumnus and president of the Winter Haven Hospital Foundation, together with FIT assistant clinical psychology professor Patrick Aragon worked together to launch the program which actually got started last September with clinical psychology doctoral students Tenasia Wynn and Shelby Gregson.
Two days each week, Wynn and Gregson have been seeing patients and providing care at several Polk County facilities in the BayCare Health System . They have also been working alongside medical residents from the Florida State University College of Medicineâs family medicine residency program in Winter Haven.
Florida Department of Health in Polk County will launch a new COVID-19 vaccine hotline on Friday morning for its second round of appointment signups for senior citizens.
Nicole Riley, the health department spokeswoman, said the county s hotline at 863-298-7500 with go live at 8 a.m. Friday for individuals age 65 and older who want to receive the vaccine. There will be approximately 400 appointments available for Wednesday.
Riley said the hotline will be staffed Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. by a combination of Department of Health and Polk County employees in an effort to better handle the volume of anticipated calls.
The diabetic foot ulcer that cost Otis Dahmer one of his little toes began with what appeared to be nothing more than dry, flaking skin.
Not being “much of a moisturizer guy,” Dahmer said, he didn’t give the skin much attention. He kept working on his feet, 10 or 11 hours a day, as a union electrician on an out-of-state job.
He later noticed an open spot, like a sore, wasn’t healing.
Dahmer, (pronounced day-mer), figured the location made it hard to heal, His feet aren’t too sensitive to pain, so he put off seeing a doctor.
“I probably went three weeks, until I couldn’t walk on it anymore,” he said.
BayCare Harnesses Alexa Technology for Better Patient Experience
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CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ BayCare Health System, which includes 15 hospitals throughout Tampa Bay and central Florida, is using a voice platform from Aiva Health in 2,500 hospital rooms across 14 Tampa Bay-area hospitals. Patients will experience smart rooms that allow them to connect with their care team and control devices like the television – all hands-free.
Alexa, the voice assistant used by millions of Americans at home for convenience, is being implemented in 2,500 hospital rooms for patients across 14 BayCare hospitals. Alexa uses Aiva technology so patients can connect hands-free to their care team during their hospital stay.