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Volume 14 • Issue 7 • $5.00 January 2018
THE REGIONʼS MONTHLY NEWSPAPER FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS & PHYSICIANS

SFHHA ONCOLOGY UPDATE 2018:

NEWSLINE Miami Cancer Institute Celebrates A LOOK AHEAD

Successful First Year

BY VANESSA ORR

This coming January will mark the one-year
anniversary of the Miami Cancer Institute. The
$430 million, 445,000 sq. ft. facility has rapidly
grown in volume since its inception and is now
seeing up to 850 unique patients a day. Its radia-
tion therapy unit is also seeing far beyond its
anticipated number of patients.
“We’ve had a great response in terms of vol-
ume,” said founding CEO and Executive Medical
Director Michael J. Zinner, MD. “We intentionally
started slowly because at the same time that we
David Wagner Mike Bickers
opened our doors, we were also implementing a
new electronic medical records (EMR) system.”
Winnergy … The Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Dr. Michael J. Zinner HFMA Partners
Health South Florida, offers all services that can-
New Chairman’s cer patients need in one place. “To the best of my knowledge, we are the only place in with SFHN
North America, maybe even the western hemisphere, that has every radiation therapy
device available to treat patients under one roof,” said Dr. Zinner. “There are five or six
Philosophy in 2018
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BY BARBARA R. FALLON The Florida Chapter of the Healthcare
Helping Oncologists Treat the Financial Management Association
Last month, David Wagner accepted (HFMA) is pleased to announce a part-
the reins for the next two years as nership with South Florida Hospital News
Chairman of SFHHA from outgoing Disease While Palliative and Hospice & Healthcare Report (SFHN). We are
Chair, Chantal LeConte, Joe DiMaggio excited about the opportunity to promote
Children’s Hospital CEO, with much Services Treat the Patient the benefits of membership in Florida
praise and admiration for her leadership. HFMA through this media outlet and
According to Wagner, “Her guidance, promote our upcoming meetings and
combined with the board’s participation, events.
corralled internal and external expertise BY ILEANA LEYVA, MD As part of this arrangement, SFHN will
to address common challenges, drive become part of the Florida HFMA Family,
action, contribute to the conversation Since the emergence of hospice programs in participating in our HFMA conferences
and make a difference by forging new 1982, cancer treatment has undergone sweeping around the state, and will be our exclu-
paths for our members.” changes and advancements, marked by hun- sive Media Sponsor.
No stranger to health care, Wagner’s dreds of new cancer drugs and biologics, genetic This month we are conducting a mem-
career began on the clinical side as a res- technologies, targeted therapies, greater access bership drive in the state of Florida, so
piratory therapist. He earned his MBA to clinical trials, and massive investments in this partnership with SFHN is very time-
from NOVA Southeastern and broadened cancer treatment centers. ly. We are reaching out to healthcare pro-
his clinical knowledge with administrative Compared with cancer patients 35 years, ago, fessionals throughout the state, encour-
responsibility for Cardiopulmonary areas, 2018 patients are more likely to survive and aging them to come “Join the Family” by
EEG services and Sleep Labs. He then emerge from treatment cancer-free, or more becoming members of the Florida chap-
served in health care academics as likely to function and live at home with cancer ter of the HFMA.
Campus President for the American for months or years—a trend that presents chal- Florida HFMA is the largest HFMA
College of Health which provides curricu- lenges to hospice services and their focus on Dr. Ileana Leyva chapter in the nation with more than
lum and faculty for ancillary professionals end-of-life care. 1,400 members on average. Our provider
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