Drew WilsonOctober 1, 2019
4min406
Tampa General has completed 100 successful liver transplants so far in 2019.
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Drew WilsonOctober 1, 2019
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 19, 2019
5min637
The hospitals say the epidemic is costing them big.
Guest AuthorAugust 20, 2019
7min716
New 8,000-square-foot facility is 1st of kind in Florida, 4th in world.
Peter SchorschMay 23, 2019
6min432
Each of the 10,000 transplants performed at Tampa General is tied to a person with a face and a name.
Janelle Irwin TaylorApril 11, 2019
6min387
"I can’t think of anything more powerful than to help give someone the gift of life."
Staff ReportsNovember 26, 2018
11min671
Longtime lobbyist Louis Betz has devoted his time and energy to many well-known clients over the years, but now he’s aiming to tackle an issue of immense personal importance — with a little help from his friends, of course. In 2013, Betz was diagnosed with a terminal lung disease and his only chance at survival […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 17, 2018
6min416
Health care companies are venturing into the world of transportation. Two such Tampa Bay area enterprises contributed a combined $175,000 to the All for Transportation campaign pushing for a 1 percent sales tax increase to fund sweeping transportation and transit enhancements. Bay Care Health Systems cut a $50,000 check to the referendum campaign. House of […]
Staff ReportsOctober 20, 2016
3min261
Jim Burkhart, president and CEO of Tampa General Hospital, has been elected chairman of the Florida Hospital Association‘s board of trustees. The selection took place Thursday at the association’s annual meeting in Orlando. Burkhart succeeds Mark Faulkner, president and CEO of Baptist Health Care Pensacola. “It is a privilege to chair the association on behalf of more than 200 Florida hospitals and […]
Christine Jordan SextonJune 15, 2015
4min165
The “Spotlight Transparency Tour” starts in Tampa on Wednesday with at least two local hospital executives and Marty Makary, medical doctor and author of Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won’t Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care, slated to address Gov. Rick Scott‘s blue ribbon commission on the subject. Makary, associate professor of health policy […]
Mitch PerryMay 20, 2015
6min273
As state lawmakers prepare to complete their unfinished business in a Special Session next month, among the Legislature’s most important members said Wednesday he’s not exactly sure what to expect. The 120-member Legislature returns to Tallahassee in 12 days to hammer out a budget agreement. “We really don’t know how this is going to play […]