Good Samaritan Medical Center and St. Mary’s Medical Center, both part of the Palm Beach Health Network, are recognized by the State of Florida for reducing the rate of unnecessary cesarean sections(C-sections) for low-risk births. The hospitals are being honored by the Florida Department of Health and the Agency for Health Care Administration. At a recent Florida Hospital Association Quality...
Shane Strum, President and CEO of Broward Health, one of the 10 largest public healthcare systems in the nation, was confirmed as the chair of America's Essential Hospitals' Policy Committee. America's Essential Hospitals is a nonprofit trade association representing more than 300 member hospitals dedicated to equitable, high-quality care for all. The policy committee develops and recommends...
An interventional radiologist and a urologist with UHealth – University of Miami Health System and the Miller School of Medicine highlighted an innovative procedure to treat enlarged prostate glands at a June 5 Capitol Hill briefing on men’s health. The briefing was organized by the Society of Interventional Radiology and Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-N.J.), chair of the Congressional Men’s Health...
Plantation, FL ― Jewish Family Home Care (JFHC), a not-for-profit agency, is pleased to welcome Robin Miller as its chief operating officer. JFHC provides multi-reach, non-medical home quality home care for Broward County, Florida seniors from all reaches of life and any faith. JFHC is one of the largest providers of home health care providing assistance to Holocaust survivors and anyone in...
Continuing its dedication to giving back to the South Florida community, President and CEO Craig Zinn of Craig Zinn Automotive Group (CZAG) has initiated an animal assisted therapy endowment at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. CZAG will fund the initial needs of the program, while building the endowment of $500,000 to provide income from interest and fund the program in perpetuity. Upon seeing...
Lynx.MD, a leading medical data intelligence platform, recently announced a new partnership with Prometheus Laboratories Inc. (“Prometheus”) and Gastro Health to securely unite real-world clinical data for retrospective analysis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) biologic treatment. The partnership will bring together 10-years of de-identified IBD clinical laboratory data and patient data,...
