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A message from our President
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What Do Pregnant Men and Smoking Babies Mean to Healthcare? MEMBERS

For many of you who attended the SFHHA’s cuss their relative strengths and weaknesses. EOLA (THE POWER
14th Annual Healthcare Summit, you were For example, the CMS Star Ratings system COMPANY) – Specializes in all
treated to some insights about this “quality” dis- was first published in 2016 over the objec- critical power matters, from the
cussion by several senior hospital chief execu- tion of both Congress and the hospital indus- commissioning of data centers to
tives. As the playing field continues to be lev- try. It is a rating that offers up to five stars to full emergency and maintenance
eled, the question of “where can I get the best high performing hospitals. The CMS system contracts on multitudes of equip-
care for my condition” will become prominent collects over 60 quality metrics and attempts ment.
in any discussion about healthcare. to boil then down to five or less stars. So,
As the title of this article suggests, measured how is someone shopping for obstetric care LAZ HEALTHCARE SERVICES
healthcare outcomes are only as good as the going to compare those stars to someone (PARKING SERVICES) – A health-
quality of the data collected. Data collected shopping for cardiac care? Do they mean the care team that provides an excep-
from disparate systems and not standardized same thing? Do they mean anything? tional experience for patients and
or standardized but with problems can signif- And, an analysis of this system clearly visitors from the moment they
icantly affect clinical decision-making leading shows that hospitals located in disadvan- arrive at their hospital.
to possible patient harm, increased costs, and Jaime Caldwell taged communities are penalized as their
to the keeping or adoption of processes that patient population exhibits the same social FVI SCHOOL OF NURSING – Is
neither improve quality nor reduce cost. determinants of care as the community around them (sub- a leading career school committed
Quality is defined as, “the standard of something as meas- standard housing, inadequate access to feed or transporta- to preparing students for in-
ured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of tion, access to prescription medicines, and general personal demand jobs.
excellence of something” and the measurement of quality safety concerns). These social determinants are not consid-
has been somewhat elusive in healthcare. There are many ered when constructing the star system. LUNACON CONSTRUCTION
ratings agencies all using different metrics and all reporting If I only used the CMS Star Ratings, I would be seeking GROUP, CORP. – A reliable con-
on some segment of the healthcare market. my care at hospitals having fewer that 100 beds or specialty tractor that will execute your
So, in this age of consumerism, where the consumer is hospitals. 87.5 percent of the hospitals that earned the top project in the safest way by being
going to become a keen shopper for some medical services, CMS rating of five stars consisted of these hospitals. Some of flexible, accommodating, and com-
where are they going to go to evaluate the quality of the those were critical access hospitals with 25 or fewer beds. municative every step of the way.
services offered by healthcare providers? What source(s) And, 68 percent of five-star hospitals do not have ICUs. So,
can they use to evaluate cardiac care, obstetrics, patient sat- where is a patient with severe pneumonia, heart attack, or FORTINET - Develops and mar-
isfaction, safety … and the list goes on. congestive heart failure going to be treated … elsewhere. kets cybersecurity software and
The SFHHA is going to facilitate several educational Quality is an important consideration when deciding appliances and services, such as
events in 2020 to look more carefully at these various meas- about where to have your medical care. However, it is firewalls, anti-virus, intrusion pre-
ures and try to draw some conclusions about how the important that you know what these measures mean and vention and endpoint security.
healthcare consumer can use this data for decision-making. how the information presented can be used to your best
We will be looking at each of these measures and will dis- advantage.

2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS SFHHA COMMITTEES

CHAIRMAN: Mark Doyle, Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Hospital Pembroke
VICE CHAIR: Jared Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Broward Health Coral Springs
SECRETARY: William “Bill” Duquette, Chief Executive Officer, Homestead Hospital
TREASURER: Charles Felix, Publisher, South Florida Hospital News & Healthcare Report
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR: David Wagner, Kindred South Florida Market CEO
AT-LARGE: Lincoln Mendez, Chief Executive Officer, Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Education Committee
AT-LARGE: Joel Wherley, Chief Operating Officer, VITAS
Doug Bartel, MBA Willian “Bill” Duquette Brian Keeley (Board Advisor) Loretta Sheffield
Senior Director of (Secretary) President & CEO Chief Executive Officer
Business Development, Media Chief Executive Officer Baptist Health South Florida Select Hospital - Miami
And External Relations Homestead Hospital Healthcare Finance and Management Committee
Florida Blue Baptist Health South Florida Ralph A. Marrinson, Mindy Shikiar
NHA, FACHA Chief Operating Officer
Wael Barsoum, M.D. Charles Felix (Treasurer) President Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Chief Executive Officer Publisher Marrinson Group Health Information Technology Committee
Cleveland Clinic Hospital South Florida Hospital News and Jared Smith (Vice Chair)

Chief Executive Officer
Marc Bivins, M.D. Healthcare Report Lincoln Mendez (At Large) Broward Health Coral Springs
Chief Executive Officer

Chief Medical Officer Aurelio M. Fernandez III South Miami Hospital Marketing and Public Relations Committee
Holy Cross Hospital (Board Advisor) Steve Ullmann
Charles Michelson Director
Kevin Conn President & CEO University of Miami
Memorial Healthcare System Partner
Regional Vice President of Health Policy Management Membership Committee
Saltz Michelson Architects
Operations
Grisel Fernandez-Bravo Ana M. Viamonte Ros,
Encompass Health Aristides (Ardy) Pallin
Chief Executive Officer M.D.
Maria Currier (General Memorial Hospital Miramar Chief Operating Officer Medical Director for Palliative Quality and Patient Safety Committee
Counsel) Catholic Health Services Care and Bioethics
Partner Michael Gittelman (Board Baptist Health South Florida
Holland & Knight, LLP Advisor) Michael Roffelson
Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer David Wagner
Steve Demers Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Encompass Health – Sunrise (Immediate Past Chair) Safety and Security Committee
Chief Operating Officer Kindred South Florida Market CEO
University of Miami Health System Patricia Greenberg Alex Romillo
Chief Executive Officer President President & CEO Joel Wherley (At-Large)
University of Miami Hospital National Healthcare Associates Health Choice Network Chief Operating Officer
and Clinics VITAS
Gino Santorio (Board
Randy Gross
Mark Doyle (Chairman) Advisor)
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer
Broward Health Imperial Point
Memorial Hospital Pembroke Broward Health
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