June 17, 2019 – Boca Raton Regional Hospital (BRRH) has again received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the Hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the quickest, safest and most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines established on the latest scientific evidence. The Elite Plus Gold designation represents the highest level of distinction that can be awarded by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
Hialeah Hospital is pleased to announce that it donated 14,880 servings of cereal to the Jessie Trice Community Health Center Children’s Wellness Center, during its Healthy Over Hungry® Cereal Drive, which ran from June 7-14, 2019.
Coral Gables Hospital is pleased to announce that it donated 38,933 servings of cereal to the Jessie Trice Community Health Center Children’s Wellness Center, during its Healthy Over Hungry® Cereal Drive, which ran from June 7-14, 2019.
June 17, 2019 - Mary Lanham, a senior professional with more than 20 years’ experience in strategic marketing and communications management in academic medicine, will join UHealth and the Miller School of Medicine as chief marketing and communications officer on June 24.
June 17, 2019 - Century Ambulance Service was presented the EMT/Paramedic Excellence Award in the private ambulance category by the Fire Chiefs Association of Broward County and the Broward Regional EMS Council at the First There First Care Conference held earlier this month.
June 19, 2019 - Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for the fifth straight year. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
June 13, 2019 - American Heart Association Award recognizes Good Samaritan Medical Center’s commitment to quality stroke care. Good Samaritan Medical Center receives the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
June 12, 2019 ― Westside Regional Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
June 13, 2019 - Sickle cell disease is a hereditary disorder that affects red blood cells, distorting their natural disc shape into a crescent moon or “sickle” shape. Normal red blood cells move freely through small vessels throughout the body to deliver oxygen. With sickle cell disease, the misshapen red blood cells become hard and sticky, making it difficult for them to move through blood vessels. They eventually block the flow and break apart. This process results in a number of problems including severe chronic pain, stroke, organ damage, spleen dysfunction, heart failure and even death
June 13, 2019 - Northwest Medical Center is excited to announce that it is a recipient of the Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety Excellence AwardTM. This distinction places Northwest Medical Center among the top 5% of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals.