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Lee Health Aging Life Care™ Tenet Healthcare and Delray
Manager Named to Florida Aging Medical Center Name New Chief

Life Care™ Board Nursing Officer of the Hospital and

The Florida Chapter of Aging Life Care Association has Palm Beach Group
named Dawn Moore, RN, an Aging Life Care™ Manager with
Lee Health, to its state board of directors for 2019-2020. Delray Medical Center appoints Mary Elizabeth “Libby”
Moore has worked as an Aging Life Care™ Manager Flippo as its new Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). Flippo will
through the Lee Health Senior Care CHOICES Program for Dawn Moore also serve as the CNO for Tenet Healthcare’s Palm Beach
the past 25 years. Through this role, she provides guidance Group hospitals. Prior to joining Delray Medical Center, Mary Elizabeth Flippo
and advocacy for families and professionals who are caring for older relatives. With a spe- Flippo served as Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services
cialized focus on issues related to aging, she assists with the challenges of aging, such as and Chief Nursing officer for Cleveland Clinic Martin Health since 2013 - where she
finding an appropriate placement, in-home care, referrals to medical providers or elder began as Assistant Vice President, Site Administrator and Chief Nursing Officer. She was
law attorneys, as well as the advocacy and support that provides families peace of mind. promoted to Vice President, and System Chief Nursing Officer. Flippo also served as
Senior Vice President. Prior to her time at Martin Health, Flippo served as Vice President
and Chief Nursing Officer for Johnson City Medical Center in Tennessee. Flippo earned
Seasoned Community Leader to her Bachelor’s in Nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and holds a
Master of Science degree in Nursing Leadership for Healthcare Systems from the
Head New Palm Beach County University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Behavioral Health Entity
Cleveland Clinic Weston’s
Lauren Zuchman has been appointed as executive director
of the recently launched BeWellPBC, a new initiative focused Director of Pharmacy Named
on advancing behavioral health for children and families.
Zuchman will be housed at Palm Health Foundation in West 2019 ASHP Fellow
Palm Beach, the fiscal agent for BeWellPBC, and will work Lauren Zuchman
with all system partners and community members that have William Kernan, PharmD, MBA, Director of Pharmacy at
joined together to form the collective initiative. Cleveland Clinic Weston, has been named a 2019 Fellow by
Zuchman has extensive experience in leading community collaboratives to improve the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP).
health. She was the first executive director of Healthier Delray Beach, a Palm Health Kernan oversees the pharmacy services for Cleveland William Kernan
Foundation Healthier Together initiative focused on supporting the behavioral health Clinic Florida which includes inpatient services, an outpa-
and well-being of Delray Beach residents. Prior to Healthier Delray Beach, she served at tient pharmacy, two oncology infusion pharmacies, an ambulatory surgery center, and
Henderson Behavioral Health in supervisory and management roles and provided care as multiple surgical and medicine clinics. He has received numerous accolades such as the
a licensed social worker. She served as Chair of the Broward County Children’s Systems Florida Society of Health System Pharmacy (FSHP) Meritorious Service Award, FSHP
Meeting for eight years and participated on various workgroups focused on human traf- Recruiter of the Year Award and Florida A&M University’s Preceptor of the Year Award.
ficking, domestic violence, diversion, infant mental health, child welfare, and behavioral In 2007, he established the Pharmacy Practice Residency (PGY1) program, an ASHP
health system gaps in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. accredited, one-year, post-graduate program to advance the practice of pharmacy at
Cleveland Clinic Florida and the South Florida community.

VITAS® Healthcare Appoints Jeffrey

M. Kreger as Executive Vice
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HEALTHCARE REPORT today! VITAS® Healthcare has appointed Jeffrey M. Kreger as exec-
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Subscribe online at Kreger succeeds President and CFO David Wester who
www.southfloridahospitalnews.com announced his retirement in early 2019 after a 22-year career
at VITAS. Kreger brings to VITAS 30 years of financial, oper- Jeffrey M. Kreger
or call 561-368-6950 ational and administrative experience. In addition to leading
all financial operations as CFO, Kreger serves as a strategic partner to executive and oper-
ational leadership teams, and oversees finance, accounting, facilities, revenue cycle man-
agement and risk management departments. Kreger comes to VITAS from positions as
senior vice president, CFO and treasurer at two healthcare firms, including Dallas-based
Aegis Therapies and Denver-based BioScrip. Previously, he worked in finance leadership
roles at LHC Group in Louisiana, Sun Healthcare Group in California, American
Habilitation in Texas and Sava Senior Care in Georgia. He began his career as a certified
public accountant (CPA) and financial auditor at Ernst & Young.

CORRECTION:

On page 5 of the April 2019 issue of South
Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report, an
incorrect photo of Marcia Rabinowits ran with the
article Cultural Sensitivity: Key to Care and
Recovery.

Marcia Rabinowits

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