October 30 2020 - Gino Santorio, President and CEO of Broward Health, has been appointed to the Florida Hospital Association’s (FHA) Board of Trustees. On Oct. 22, Santorio formally joined 16 board members who are led by Mary Mayhew, FHA’s president and CEO. Mayhew most recently served as Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (ACHA).
October 30 2020 - Mount Sinai Medical Center Reports : As we continue to monitor an increase in cases of COVID-19 around the country and in South Florida, we are modifying our visitor policy, in an abundance of caution.
October 28, 2020 – Patients at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital received a special “reverse trick-or-treat” visit today from “Franky the Robot,” A.K.A. an iPad on wheels, to follow social distancing guidelines. The hospital visit was part of Spirit of Children’s annual tradition hosted around this time of the year for patients.
October 28 2020 - Under President Trump’s leadership, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking steps to ensure all Americans, including the nation’s seniors, have access to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine at no cost when it becomes available. Today, the agency released a comprehensive plan with proactive measures to remove regulatory barriers and ensure consistent coverage and payment for the administration of an eventual vaccine for millions of Americans.
October 29, 2020 - Keralty, an international health enterprise, has acquired Westchester General Hospital in Miami, Florida, and will take over operations immediately. The acquisition will complement the 59 U.S. Sanitas Medical Centers Keralty designed as part of its strategy to develop a healthcare model and efficient ecosystem, enabling a better end-to-end patient experience journey.
October 28, 2020 - Cleveland Clinic Weston is pleased to announce that Steven Wexner, MD, PhD, FACS, was elected Vice-Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Dr. Wexner was appointed to this position during the College’s virtual Clinical Congress 2020 in October. Dr. Wexner currently serves as the chair of the department of colorectal surgery and director of the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Florida, and clinical professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.