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Holy Cross Hospital

Honors Outstanding
Employees

Holy Cross Hospital has honored
two outstanding employees for
their extraordinary performance,
dedication and commitment to the
non-profit hospital in Fort
Lauderdale. Holy Cross named
Dawn Bard as its 2018-2019
Leader of the Year. Bard has Holy Cross Hospital Leader of the Year Dawn (l-r) Holy Cross Vice President of Mission Integration
served as a sterile processing Bard with Dr. Patrick A. Taylor, president and Sr. Rita Levasseur with Holy Cross Hospital Associate
manager for the non-profit hos- CEO of Holy Cross Hospital of the Year Sandia Mezadieu Roberts and Dr. Patrick
pital over the past three years. In A. Taylor, president and CEO of Holy Cross Hospital
her role, she manages and maintains the sterility of medical instruments and
ensures quality control across multiple departments.
Holy Cross also named Sandia Mezadieu Roberts as its 2018-2019 Associate of the Year. Roberts has been an assistant nurse man-
ager at Holy Cross since 2003. Roberts also has served as a case management clinical care coordinator at Holy Cross since 2013
and currently serves as the hospital’s lead transitional care coordinator. Roberts has more than 23 years of nursing experience. She
earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Miami in 1996 and her master’s degree in nursing from Western
Governors University in 2015.

Saltz Michelson Named 2019 Firm of the Year

Saltz Michelson Architects is excited and honored to announce that the firm was named the 2019 Firm of the Year by AIA Florida
Caribbean. This award recognizes outstanding achievement in design, community services, education, and service to the profession
by an architectural firm and it is the highest honor the Chapter can bestow upon a firm. For the past 43 years, Saltz Michelson
Architects has been committed to delivering quality design that is grounded in a keen sense of place and detail, strong client rela-
tionships while benefiting the community.

Holy Cross Hospital is First Hospital

in South Florida to Earn Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation
from American College of Emergency Physicians

Holy Cross Hospital announced it has earned the American College of Emergency
Physicians’ (ACEP) Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA). In an
effort to improve and standardize emergency care for older patients, the ACEP
launched its new program last May. Holy Cross is the first facility in South Florida to
achieve the GEDA designation and one of only two facilities in the state of Florida.
“Seniors who arrive at the emergency department are often extremely vulnerable to
further health complications and age-related challenges that don’t affect younger
patients in the same way,” said Dr. John Cunha, vice-chief of the emergency depart-
ment at Holy Cross Hospital. “By undergoing the accreditation process, we ensure that
we have the right equipment, expertise and personnel in place to provide the best care
possible for older adults, which aligns with the hospital’s overall mission of being our
community’s trusted healthcare partner for life.”

Wellington Regional Medical Center Earns Get
with the Guidelines Target: Stroke Honor Roll

Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

Wellington Regional Medical Center has received the American Heart
Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke
Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes
the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate
treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the
latest scientific evidence.
Wellington Regional earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement
measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a desig-
nated period. These measures include evaluation of the proper use of medications and
other stroke treatments aligned with the most up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines
with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke
patients. Before discharge, patients should also receive education on managing their
health, get a follow-up visit scheduled, as well as other care transition interventions.
Wellington Regional also received the association’s Target Stroke Honor Roll Elite
Plus award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet quality measures
developed to reduce the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treat-
ment with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), the only drug approved
by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke.

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