Author: Dorron Blumberg

June 13, 2019  – American Heart Association Award recognizes Good Samaritan Medical Center’s commitment to quality stroke care. Good Samaritan Medical Center receives the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

June 12, 2019 – The South Florida Institute on Aging (SoFIA) has announced plans to expand its offices at 2038 N. Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors, to include a new Tech Lab and Connection (TLC) Center for older adults in Broward County. The new center will open this July. 

June 13, 2019 – Northwest Medical Center is excited to announce that it is a recipient of the Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety Excellence AwardTM. This distinction places Northwest Medical Center among the top 5% of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals.

June 12, 2019 ― Westside Regional Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

June 11, 2019 – South Florida’s only LGBT community foundation, is joining with the national advocacy and services organization Senior Action in a Gay Environment (SAGE) and the South Florida Institute of Aging (SoFIA) to create SAGE@SoFIA, an Our Fund Foundation initiative, a signature program that will offer a variety of key services to LGBT elders in Fort Lauderdale and throughout Broward County.