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Guest AuthorApril 17, 2014

The Florida Senate’s Appropriations Committee continues to move forward with a plan that would help create a 21st-century trauma system for this state. The measure, SB1276, intelligently aims to establish a new framework and underlying mechanism to provide citizens with high-quality, accessible trauma care and includes a provision that would allow three trauma centers in […]

Peter SchorschNovember 21, 2013

There’s logic to limiting the number of hospitals that pop up in an area: if a region has too many, resources are spread thin and costs may not be easily recovered. Florida has a process for managing new hospital construction, and generally speaking, it works. But trauma centers are different. People using trauma centers don’t […]

Guest AuthorAugust 25, 2013

The recent 60-foot wide sinkhole just outside of Orlando, in a town not far from my own, is an unfortunate reminder that our state and our community must be ready for natural disasters and other traumatic events to strike without warning. Fortunately, guests at the resort just outside Disney World were all evacuated and everyone was safe. […]

Tag: Ocala Regional Medical Center

Larry J. Feinman: Legislation would allow much-needed trauma centers to stay open

Peter Schorsch: Trauma patients shouldn’t be treated like ‘market share’

Capt. Gail Lazenby: Ocala and the surrounding area need a safeguard: local access to trauma care

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