May 2, 2024
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Winnie Palmer Hospital's new newborn screening process means less wait time for test results
In Florida, the state requires newborns to be screened for 57 disorders, ranging from sickle cell disease to cystic fibrosis. Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital has instituted an electronic process...
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Published on 7/27/2020
Nemours sees 2,200% rise in telehealth visits during COVID-19 pandemic
Nemours Children's Health System launched its CareConnect telemedicine platform in 2015 — but use of the video visit service has surged during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Published on 7/27/2020
Reef Technology and DHL Express to deliver packages via electric cargo bikes
Reef Technology and DHL team up to deliver packages via electric cargo bikes.
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Published on 7/27/2020
Diversity and Florida's executive MBA students
This year's cohort of students highlights the diversity at EMBA programs at Florida universities.
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Published on 7/27/2020
Aerosens develops technology to track aviation safety equipment
Airlines are required to ensure airplane cabins have a full complement of first-aid kits, defibrillators, life vests and other safety equipment.
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Published on 7/27/2020
Jax NAP adds Seaborn Networks as one of its 130+ tenants
Seaborn was attracted to Jacksonville because it has fewer current systems and cables than other locations in the Southeast...
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Published on 7/27/2020
Effort to expand flu vaccinations dies in the Florida Senate
In the flu season that ended in the spring, thousands of Florida children got the flu and 14 died. Most of those who died hadn't gotten a flu shot.
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Published on 7/27/2020
NASA grant helps UCF team develop method to extract lunar ice
Lunar mining will grow ever important as the United States seek to establish a presence on the moon.
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Published on 7/27/2020
Ascension Sacred Heart's children's hospital $85-million expansion
Only a year after opening, Ascension Sacred Heart's $85-million, 126-bed Studer Family Children's Hospital in Pensacola is undergoing a growth spurt.
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Published on 7/27/2020
Coflyt creates software for pilots, aircraft owners to manage aircraft paperwork
Eric Hill created the software for Coflyt while a student at Mississippi State University.
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Published on 7/27/2020
Drinkware maker Tervis reduces office and factory space during pandemic
Although Tervis is growing — revenue was up 10% last year — the drinkware maker is looking to reduce its office and factory space...
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Published on 7/27/2020
CSX's CEO James Foote leads transformation of freight carrier
CSX seemed about to derail just three years ago. Now it's leading a transformation of America's railroads, but can it ride the rails to growth?
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Published on 7/27/2020
Nicklaus Children's Hospital is helping treat children with rare illness caused by the coronavirus
Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami has carved out space in its intensive care unit to treat Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), a rare illness that can appear several weeks after exposure to the coronavirus.
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Published on 7/27/2020
COVID-19-related mental health challenges facing Florida's children
Jennifer Katzenstein, director of psychology and neuropsychology at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, spoke to FLORIDA TREND...
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Published on 7/27/2020
Florida lobbyists busier than ever, even amid a pandemic
Florida lobbyists pulled in an estimated quarter of a billion dollars in 2019, a record amount that marks a 22% increase over the past decade.
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Published on 7/27/2020
President of Tallahassee-based Bascom Communications, Sarah Bascom
Worried that a surcharge could cripple its business, Dosal Tobacco hired more than a dozen Tallahassee lobbyists and Sarah Bascom...
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Published on 7/27/2020
Focused on the Future
As publisher of FLORIDA TREND, I typically travel throughout the state most weeks to meet other business executives...
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Published on 7/27/2020
What Now?
The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis echoes off Florida's own sorry racial history.
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Published on 7/27/2020
Pandemic responses at Florida's best companies
The pandemic forced firms to reconsider how they do business. Here's how some of the Best Companies to work for are handling the outbreak.
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Published on 7/27/2020
Ascension Sacred Heart participates in COVID-19 clinical trial
Pensacola-based Ascension Sacred Heart is participating in a national clinical trial that involves extracting plasma from recovered ...
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Published on 6/25/2020
Non-profit encourages more women to enter cyber-security fields
Leticia Gammill aims to get more women involved in cyber-security fields.
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Published on 6/25/2020
PGT Innovations CEO Jeff Jackson feels impact from COVID-19
Recessions and a pandemic keep getting in the way of CEO Jeff Jackson's plan to expand pioneering window maker PGT Innovations.
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Published on 6/25/2020
Collaboration yields results
The power of public/private partnerships never ceases to amaze me.
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Published on 6/25/2020
Ratings agency Demotech sends out a warning about Florida's homeowner insurers
Given how 2020 is unfolding, a significant warning early this year about the condition of Florida's homeowner insurance market understandably didn't get a lot of attention
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Published on 6/25/2020
Driverless vehicles help fight COVID-19
Since late March, Mayo Clinic Florida has been using autonomous vehicles to transport medical supplies and COVID-19 tests on its Jacksonville campus.
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Published on 6/25/2020
