A Year in Review for Broward Health
This past year, Broward Health commemorated 80 years of service to Broward County. As the system reached that milestone, its commitment to providing high-quality care was confirmed with the expansion of key service lines, strategic capital improvement projects and the restructuring of key leadership roles, all while providing award-winning quality care to the community at a time when it needed it most.
Life changed in Broward County on February 14, 2018, as the tragic shooting in Parkland unfolded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Broward Health was tasked with caring for 17 patients who were transported to Broward Health North and Broward Health Medical Center. Emergency and trauma care providers sprang into action to save lives, and months later continue to foster relationships with the victims. Healing, however, went beyond those wounded. Broward Health quickly realized the toll this event had on the community and rallied to raise and donate funds that are now providing long-term counseling for those affected.
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“Broward Health was impacted on a professional and personal level,” said Broward Health Acting President/CEO Gino Santorio. “Today, Broward Health remains deeply committed to healing our community.”With ongoing commitment to medical excellence, Broward Health was also driven to enhance services and increase access to the highest quality of care through:
• The completion of Broward Health North’s $70 million multi-year project that included the new Emergency Department and Trauma Center, expanded surgical services and a new central energy plant that has increased energy efficiency.
• Renovations of the medical and surgical units, Emergency Department and Wound Care Center being completed at Broward Health Imperial Point.
• The opening of Broward Health Coral Springs’ new $65 million tower that features The Maternity Place, a Level II NICU and expanded surgical services.
• Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital at Broward Health Medical Center finalizing phase I of renovations to the neonatal intensive care, bringing state-of-the art care to the smallest patients, as part of a $52 million project.
As a result of these capital improvements and Broward Health Physician Group hiring more than 20 new physicians in areas such as cardiology, transplant surgery, thoracic surgery, hematology/endocrinology and endocrinology, Broward Health was repeatedly recognized for its quality.
• Broward Health Medical Center, Broward Health North and Broward Health Coral Springs received the Get with the Guidelines recognition from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association.
• Broward Health Medical Center is a 2018 Aetna Designated Institute of Quality (IOQ) Cardiac Care for the Cardiac Medical Intervention, Rhythm and Surgery programs for comprehensive heart and vascular treatment.
• Broward Health North received Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval® for Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement, February 2018.
Broward Health also expanded its robotic surgery program, offering patients a more precise surgical intervention with the possibility of fewer complications and faster recovery times. By the close of 2018, all four Broward Health Hospitals will offer robotic surgery across a wide array of specialties.
These organizational improvements were accomplished while trimming more than $30 million from the budget and reducing taxes by approximately $20 million.
"Broward Health has implemented meaningful changes throughout the system, reflective of our focus on delivering the highest quality care to our patients,” said Andrew Klein, chairman of the North Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners. “As one of the largest public healthcare systems, all of us at Broward Health are very proud of the comprehensive service we provide to our community and the lives we save, and are looking forward to our next 80 years of service as Broward County’s preferred choice for care.”
