Tampa Bay is poised to become the epicenter of a worldwide healthcare revolution. Rapid changes are taking place within the healthcare industry, as visionary businesses here and beyond pursue a proactive, patient-centered system of the future. Can our community embrace the “disruption” and become a model…
In what Winter Haven Hospital President Lance Anastasio called an "enthusiastic, unanimous vote," the hospital's board of trustees definitively agreed Tuesday to consolidate with not-for-profit BayCare Health System. They have been in discussions with BayCare for a couple of years, signing a letter of intent…
The future is tricky at a large hospital such as Lakeland Regional Medical Center. At one time or another, most people in and around Lakeland will depend on LRMC to make possible the best futures for themselves through good health. As the Lakeland-area population increases over…
Tampa Bay is poised to become the epicenter of a worldwide healthcare revolution. MediFuture 2023 will shape this transformation by envisioning the radically changed, patient-centered healthcare system of the future. One that delivers higher levels of care and access at lower cost. MediFuture 2023 is…
Students in Polk State College's bachelor of science in nursing program have something new to brag about. The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission has given their program accreditation good for five years, the maximum allowed for a new program, which makes educators and local hospital…
An eight-story medical tower to the north of Lakeland Regional Medical Center and a six-story building on the south for training medical residents are defining features of LRMC's newly approved facilities plan. The Lakeland Regional board of directors approved those buildings Monday night within the first…
It was no ordinary field trip when students from the Fort Meade Middle-Senior High piled into the headquarters of WellDyneRx last week. A new partnership between Lakeland-based WellDyne — a pharmacy services firm — and FMMSHS has created the Academy of Pharmacy Technicians, which will…
Lakeland Regional Medical Center will build an eight-story medical tower on the north side of Parkview Place if its board of directors approves the first phase of a multi-year master facilities plan. A combined cost of $350 million to $400 million is projected to build…
Polk County has a shortage of primary care doctors, and Elaine Thompson, chief executive officer at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, is asking community leaders to help solve it. She's seeking support for the hospital's impending link with the University of South Florida and their mutual…
WellDyne has growth plans for 2013. The Lakeland-based pharmaceutical services company is expanding its facility this year and could hire more than 100 new workers, according to WellDyne owner and CEO Damien Lamendola. WellDyne leases about 62,000 square feet in a business complex on Eagle Landing Drive,…