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Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
Jupiter Medical Center Explores
Uses New Philips Technology for
the Future of Nursing

Interventional Procedures
Leaders and administrators
at Jupiter Medical Center
realize that nurses play a crit-
ical role in every patient’s
treatment, recovery and
ongoing health. As part of
the hospital’s strategy to
deliver an enhanced patient
experience through relation-
ship-based care, Jupiter
Medical Center hosted the
first annual “State of
Nursing” meeting.
On Thursday, February 14,
deans and program directors
from nursing schools across
the region gathered at Jupiter
Medical Center for a summit (l-r) Dr. Joanne Miller
to build the relationship and Dr. Carol Milliken
between academic institu-
tions and the practice environment, and to create a blueprint for the future of
nursing. Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute is the first in the United States to use technol-
“We need to build a new generation of nurses who are prepared for challenges ogy, developed with Philips, that makes it easier for doctors to perform image guided
and have the skills of empathy, critical thinking and resilience,” said Dr. Joanne procedures for heart and vascular disease.
Miller, Chief Nursing Officer at Jupiter Medical Center. “If we can incorporate Institute clinicians unveiled the new Azurion with FlexArm by Philips at the annual
teaching these techniques into the curriculum and residency programs, we will International Symposium on Endo vascular Therapy (ISET) in South Florida in
create a win for everyone – the patients, the nurses, the medical staff and the January.
hospitals.” "With FlexArm, Philips' engineers have overcome near-impossible geometric and
Representatives from South University, Florida Atlantic University, Keiser mechanical barriers to enable clinicians to achieve clinical excellence in image guided
University and Palm Beach Atlantic University learned about opportunities for therapy," said Barry T. Katzen, M.D., founder and chief medical executive of Miami
their institutions to collaborate with Jupiter Medical Center through its sum- Cardiac & Vascular Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida.
mer extern program, undergraduate and graduate practicums, and adjunct fac- The Azurion with FlexArm makes its debut at a time when cramped quarters are
ulty programs. The breakfast meeting also gave program coordinators a chance the norm in an interventional procedure room. The FlexArm gantry enables clinicians
to discover the caliber of services and staff at Jupiter Medical Center, and hear to quickly and easily visualize critical anatomy and identify changes to the patient
about advances the hospital has made to provide world-class health care for res- during a procedure. Azurion with FlexArm includes a set of innovations that makes
idents in South Florida. it easier for clinicians to perform imaging across the whole patient in both 2D and 3D.
Jupiter Medical Center’s $300 million Vision. Innovation. Impact. Campaign
has allowed the hospital to develop and launch a Comprehensive Stroke Center,
the De George Pediatric Unit, and the newly opened James J. Felcyn & Louise
Brien Felcyn Observation Unit, as well as plan for future development.
“These expansions not only serve our patients, they also offer recent gradu-
ates and established nurses more career choices,” said Dr. Carol Milliken,
Director of Excellence in Nursing Professional Practice and Education at Jupiter
Medical Center. “Nurses seeking competitive careers at medical centers that
offer highly specialized care supported by leading-edge technology, don’t have
to look outside of Palm Beach County.”

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