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A message from our President

SFHHA

As a community, we survived!
Upcoming

Events
How many times can we be so are actively participating (I’m not talking
lucky as to barely escape the brunt of about a few times a year, but, actively
these hurricanes? If you ask me, we participating every month and taking
have been damn lucky over the last advantage of usually free educational
couple of years. Yes, we were without opportunities). These coalitions are play- November 2, 2017
power and internet access (now, I’m ing an increasingly important role in
not sure which is more important), identifying preparedness gaps, providing SFHHA
but, we escaped the devastation that education to cover those gaps, and we
was visited on our brothers and sis- are becoming an important voice before, 25TH ANNUAL
ters around the Houston area and in during, and after a major incident.
the Caribbean. Say a prayer for us, Second, for those hospitals reading GOLF
and for them. this article, think about who your major
Over the next few months, we will nursing home and assisted living facility TOURNAMENT
be learning the lessons offered up by partners are and invite them to your 7:30 am Registration,
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. next coalition meeting. One of the les-
Responding to the challenges of sons that Hurricane Irma taught us is Breakfast and
major flooding offered up by that we don’t have trustworthy commu-
Hurricane Harvey, responding to a nications all along the healthcare contin- Putting Contest
major wind event that took the uum. While I can probably argue that Shotgun Start – 9am
majority of the electrical grid down each of these healthcare silos had com-
in the middle of summer courtesy of munication among themselves, there is
Hurricane Irma, and of the utter Jaime Caldwell scant evidence that there was adequate
destruction posed by Hurricane Maria communication between these silos of
in Puerto Rico. Our area of the state care. We have to do a better job, because For more information,
is vulnerable for all types of these storms. A wet storm that the question we must answer is how many lives could we contact Stephanie Foy
saturates our area and then overflows Lake Okeechobee have saved if we had better communication along the
makes the Houston situation very real. We just lived the healthcare continuum. Hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, at sfoy@sfhha.com,
other type of storm with major loss of power, and many of and assisted living facilities checking on one another, asking
us still remember the destructive power of Hurricane the simple question, “Are you okay, can we help?” or go to sfhha.com
Andrew. Clearly, we will be working on this communication issue or call SFHHA office
So, what can we do? In our tri-county area, each county and many other issues over the next few months. Find out
has a healthcare coalition that works on getting us prepared. when your healthcare coalition next meets and add your 954-964-1660
If you are a hospital, first, confirm with your staff that you important voice to the discussion.

2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS SFHHA COMMITTEES
Chantal Leconte James Ball Dr. Patrick Taylor
Chair, South Florida Hospital COO, Catholic Health Services CEO, Holy Cross Hospital
and Healthcare Association Dr. Ann Wehr Education Committee
CEO, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Ana M. Viamonte Ros, MD
Director Medical Staff Development Sr. VP/CMO, AvMed
Lincoln Mendez Baptist Health Doug Bartel
Immediate Past Chairman Director, Business Development Healthcare Finance and Management Committee
South Florida Hospital Maria Currier Florida Blue
and Healthcare Association General Counsel, Partner
CEO, South Miami Hospital Holland & Knight, LLP Darcy Davis
CEO, Health Care District Health Information Technology Committee
David Wagner William Duquette
Vice Chair, South Florida Hospital CEO, Homestead Hospital of Palm Beach County
and Healthcare Association Ralph Marrinson Marketing and Public Relations Committee
CEO, Kindred Hospital, Hollywood Steven Ullmann President, Marrinson Senior
Director, University of Miami
Mary Zalaznik Health Policy Management Care Residences
Secretary, South Florida Hospital and John Couris Membership Committee
Healthcare Association Patricia Greenberg President & CEO
Sr. Vice President Operations, VITAS President, National Healthcare Associates
Jupiter Medical Center
Mark Doyle Michael Gittelman Quality and Patient Safety Committee
Kevin Conn
Treasurer, South Florida Hospital and CEO, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Reg. VP of Operations
Healthcare Association Charles Michelson
CEO, Memorial Hospital Pembroke HealthSouth Corporation
Partner Safety and Security Committee
Charles Felix Saltz Michelson Architects Enrique A. Vicéns-Rivera,
Member at Large Wael Barsoum, MD JD, MHSA
Publisher, South Florida Hospital CEO, Cleveland Clinic Hospital CEO, HealthSouth Rehabilitation
News & Healthcare Report Hospital of Miami
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