Orlando Sentinel

Cancer Specialist­s opens drug developmen­t facility

- By Naseem S. Miller nmiller@orlandosen­tinel .com

best cost and clinical effectiven­ess,” Oscar vice president of pharmaceut­icals Dr. Vinod Mitta said in a news release. “For next year, we’re going to add even more drugs to the list.”

The $3 list isn’t available to catastroph­ic plans, small group plans and Medicare.

is seeking participan­ts for a study that focuses on mental, emotional and spiritual health of clergy members across faith groups.

“Inside and outside places of worship, faith leaders play a significan­t role in the lives of so many people, whether as a shoulder to cry on or a source of inspiratio­n,” said Orlando Jay Perez, vice president of institutio­nal ministries for AdventHeal­th, in a news release. “It is also important that their mental, spiritual and emotional needs are addressed, and we hope this study brings more understand­ing of those needs.”

Participan­ts will have to fill out an online survey. To learn more, go to clergy wholenesss­tudy.wordpress .com.

is opening a new imaging center in Summerport. The facility is part of the 60,000-squarefoot Orlando Health medical pavilion in Windermere. The health system is building other imaging centers in downtown Orlando and Winter Park. Its existing outpatient imaging centers are located in Altamonte Springs, Ocoee, Lake Mary and Spring Lake.

its health

existing records, is replacing electronic including

Cerner and AthenaHeal­th, with Epic over the next three years. The value of the contract was not disclosed but Epic executives told Modern Healthcare that it was “multiple millions of dollars of an investment.”

opened a new satellite station on

main campus in downtown Orlando, offering OPD officers who patrol the communitie­s south of downtown a dedicated office space. The facility’s monthly rent is provided by the

has filed a letter of intent with state health regulators to establish a new freestandi­ng inpatient hospice facility with up to 24 beds in Orange County. The applicatio­n for the project is due in March. Lake Mary-based

an onsite and near-site health care provider for more than 50 employers in the nation, has appointed

as the new Chief of Clinical Services. Cooks has been recognized as a health care leader and consultant in Florida and founded the nonprofit Healthcare Access Alliance in Orlando that aims to bring services to low-income communitie­s.

Drs. and

are opening a new dental office on Boggy Creek Road. Boggy Creek Dental Care is set to open on March 12.

 ?? MUJAHID SAFODIEN/GETTY-AFP ?? Florida Cancer Specialist­s & Research Institute is opening a drug developmen­t unit in collaborat­ion with Sarah Cannon Research Institute in Lake Mary.
MUJAHID SAFODIEN/GETTY-AFP Florida Cancer Specialist­s & Research Institute is opening a drug developmen­t unit in collaborat­ion with Sarah Cannon Research Institute in Lake Mary.

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