Games Changers

Delray Medical Center, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, West Boca Medical Center, and St. Mary’s Medical Center, trusted leaders in healthcare and patient safety, announced on April 30th that they have filed a legal complaint against The Leapfrog Group (“Leapfrog”) alleging that the organization’s hospital patient safety ratings are inaccurate, corrupt, and...

Laura Horodyski, MD, a reconstructive urologist at Desai Sethi Urology Institute (DSUI) and assistant professor of urology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is the first surgeon in South Florida to offer transurethral incision with transverse mucosal realignment, a minimally invasive procedure shown to successfully treat nearly 90% of patients with bladder neck contracture...

For more than a decade, cancer has been Judith Hetlage’s constant companion, always present and threatening. What began with a diagnosis of synovial sarcoma, a rare tumor in the connective tissue of joints, ultimately resulted in cancer cells spreading to her lungs. “I felt like that was the death sentence,” she said. But a fortunate thing happened on the way to what Hetlage thought would be her...

Jupiter Medical Center announced recently that it will now offer a first- of-its-kind treatment option for carotid artery disease (CAD). The Neuroguard IEP® System is a new FDA-approved medical device designed to reduce the chance of stroke during and after the procedure to treat CAD. Three percent of adults 65 and older may have CAD. It is caused by the narrowing of the carotid arteries on...

Miami based VITAS Healthcare has just announced that Sandhya Bhalla, MD, regional medical director in California, has achieved Fellow status with the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). Dr. Bhalla is among 79 physicians in the AAHPM Class of 2024 recognized at the organization’s Annual Assembly in February 2025. Fellowship is the highest honor awarded to AAHPM physician...

Coral Springs, Florida – Late last month, Broward Health Coral Springs cut the ribbon on a newly built, $16 million medical-surgical and step-down intermediate recovery unit located on the fourth floor of the hospital's south tower. The new unit was unveiled in the presence of numerous distinguished leaders from the state, community and city. Among those in attendance were Coral Springs City...