Data

Florida Drops in Ranking of States Based on Senior Health

Florida comes in at No. 30 in a new ranking of states based on seniors' health issued by the United Health Foundation, a drop of six places from last year's ranking.

05/10/2017 By staff

Health care

Sarasota Memorial Holds Informational Meeting on New Newtown Facility

The Sarasota Memorial Health Care System is hosting a community-wide meeting about its new Internal Medicine Residency Program and Internal Medicine Practice.

05/05/2017 By staff

Appointments

Community AIDS Network Adds Board Member

Elliott Mitchell recently joined the board of directors of the Community AIDS Network. Mitchell is a real estate developer of commercial and multi-family housing in Florida.

05/03/2017 By staff

Education

Dental School Picks New Dean

Mathew Bateman was recently named dean of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine’s School of Dental Medicine in Bradenton.

05/03/2017 By staff

Health care

Family Physician Joins North Port Office

Dr. George Toth recently joined the North Port office of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System's First Physicians Group.

05/03/2017 By staff

New hires

New OB/GYN Joins Health Care Network

Dr. Julianne Kenton-Haney last week joined Sarasota Memorial Health Care System's First Physicians Group network.

05/01/2017 By staff

New hires

Orthopedic Office Picks New Workers' Compensation Manager

Sarasota Orthopedic Associates recently hired Kim Kirtley as its workers' compensation development manager.

04/20/2017 By staff

Health Care

Venice Regional Hospital Improves Safety Score

In national survey by nonprofit group, Venice facility improves from 'D' to 'C.'

04/17/2017 By staff

Health care

Doctor Plans New Sleep Disorder Office

Dr. Carlos Realpe of SleepMed recently leased suite 170 in the building located at 5432 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota, in order to open a new SleepMed office there.

04/14/2017 By staff

Health care

Sarasota Memorial Hospital Gets an 'A' for Patient Safety

Sarasota Memorial Hospital on Wednesday received an 'A' for patient safety from the nonprofit Leapfrog, which ranked the hospital as one of the safest in America.

04/12/2017 By staff

Health care

Hospital Chief Medical Officer Named to Top 100 List

Dr. Thomas Trinchetto, the chief medical officer at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, was recently named by Becker's Hospital Review as one of the "100 hospital and health system CMOs to know."

04/11/2017 By staff

New hires

Community AIDS Network Names New Marketing Director

The Community AIDS Network recently promoted Lori Denny to director of marketing and communications.

04/10/2017 By staff

Health Care

Physician Tests New Use for Spinal Cord Stimulators

An interventional pain management specialist at Coastal Orthopedics Sports Medicine & Pain Management is participating in a new study examining the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulators in treating neck and upper extremity pain.

04/07/2017 By staff

Technology

Biotech Executive Named One of Florida's 'Faces of Technology'

Dr. Robert Sambursky, president and CEO of Sarasota's RPS Diagnostics, was recently honored by the Florida High Tech Corridor.

04/06/2017 By staff

Data

Florida Ranked the 13th Most 'Stressed' State

The ranking is based on stress levels related to work, money, family, health and safety.

04/04/2017 By staff

New hires

Blood Bank Names New Chief of Lab Services

Rei Lopez was recently appointed chief of laboratory services for SunCoast Blood Bank.

03/30/2017 Photography by staff

Health care

County Ranks Highly in State Health Rankings

Sarasota County was recently ranked third in health outcomes and second in health factors in the state of Florida in a new listing released by the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

03/29/2017 By staff

Health care

Dermatology Practice Offers New Treatments

SkinSmart Dermatology, a medical and cosmetic dermatology practice, recently began offering new cosmetic facial filler products for the treatment of nasolabial folds, or 'laugh lines.'

03/27/2017 By staff

Marketing

Health Care Marketing Company Forms

Sarasota's Nikki Taylor last year founded Taylor & Company, LLC, a firm that specializes in strategic marketing for foundations and business in the health care industry.

03/24/2017 By staff

Data

Infant Mortality Declines

The infant mortality rate in the United States improved between 2005 and 2014, declining 15 percent, according to new numbers released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

03/21/2017 By staff