Author: Dorron Blumberg

NICKLAUS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL REVERIFIED AS A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CENTER BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

June 25 2020 – The Miguel “Mike” B. Fernandez Family Pediatric Trauma Center at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Emergency Department successfully completed the Florida Department of Health review process and has successfully achieved Pediatric Trauma Center reverification. Attaining this revalidation demonstrates the hospital’s commitment to providing life-saving care to children within the South Florida community and beyond.
 
 

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FCC APPROVES TWELFTH SET OF COVID-19 TELEHEALTH PROGRAM APPLICATIONS

Commission Continues Approving Telehealth Funding During Coronavirus Pandemic
 
June 24, 2020—The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau today approved an additional 77 funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program.  Health care providers in both urban and rural areas of the country will use this $29.41 million in funding to provide telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic.  To date, the FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which was authorized by the CARES Act, has approved 444 funding applications in 46 states plus Washington, D.C. for a total of $157.64 million in funding. 
 

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JORGE GONZALEZ JOINS NICKLAUS CHILDREN’S HEALTH SYSTEM BOARD OF DIRECTORS

June 23 2020 – Jorge Gonzalez, vice chairman and chief executive officer of City National Bank of Florida (CNB), has joined the Board of Directors of Nicklaus Children’s Health System, parent organization of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Mr. Gonzalez has also been a member since 2016 of the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Board of Directors, serving on the hospital’s board finance and investment committees. 

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