Author: Dorron Blumberg

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Earns Nursing Excellence Recognition

Posted by | Jul 29, 2019 | |

St. Petersburg, Fla. – July 29, 2019 – The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) named Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital as a Magnet® designated hospital today. The recognition is considered the highest nursing honor a hospital can receive. There are only 498 Magnet hospitals across the world and fewer than eight percent of U.S. hospitals have received the designation.

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NICKLAUS CHILDREN’S LIFEFLIGHT CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT PROGRAM ACHIEVES CAMTS ACCREDITATION

Posted by | Jul 26, 2019 | |

July 25, 2019  – Nicklaus Children’s Hospital’s LifeFlight® critical care transport program has achieved full three-year accreditation status from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport systems (CAMTS). LifeFlight is the only pediatric/neonatal team in Florida to achieve this standing.  
CAMTS offers a program of voluntary evaluation of compliance with accreditation standards demonstrating the ability to deliver service of a specific quality. Accreditation standards address issues of patient care and safety in fixed and rotary-wing services as well as ground inter-facility services providing critical care transports. Each standard is supported by measurable criteria to measure a program’s level of quality.
 

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FAU Medicine, Florida Blue Team Up to Offer Free Community Wellness Programs

Posted by | Jul 26, 2019 | |

July 25, 2019 – Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine and Florida Blue, the state’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan, have teamed up to offer free community wellness programs and activities as part of an initiative – the “FAU Medicine Wellness Hub” – which just launched in Boca Raton. 
Because FAU Medicine Wellness Hub activities are free and open to the public, pre-registration is required and space is limited. Programs focus on prevention, improving physical health, mental health and well-being, and on enhancing quality of life for adults of all ages. 
 

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