health care

Lack of student preparation for nurse training, retention of existing nurses and lack of nursing educators are among the challenges.

Neely was the hospital's chief operating officer just over a dozen years ago.

Despite uncertainty after the elections, Floridians can qualify for enhanced subsidies to pay for health plans, including DACA recipients who can enroll for the first time.

The Agency for Health Care Administration sent an “alert” telling doctors that abortion is permitted “at any stage in pregnancy” to protect the mother.

A federal judge has ruled that the ban discriminates against state employees and violates their civil rights. A trial will determine the amount of plaintiffs’ damages.

Florida’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy has gone into effect, and some doctors are concerned that women will no longer have access to needed health care.

A legislative package calls for spending nearly $900 million to shift patients away from emergency rooms, offset hospital training costs, and help doctors pay off debt.

Amid population growth and a shortfall of doctors and nurses, the Florida Senate is ready to start crafting legislation aimed at expanding access to health care.

Over 3.2 million Floridians signed up for health insurance benefits through the ACA Marketplace this year.

Mother Janice Stanley was also among the first licensed practical nurses to graduate from the old segregated Lincoln High School in 1958 and became Tallahassee's first African-American female postal carriers in the early 1970s.