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St. Mary’s Medical Center and the Plaza Health Network

Palm Children’s Hospital Appoints Rehabilitation and
New Chief Operating Officer Skilled Nursing

St. Mary’s Medical Center and the Palm Beach Children’s Centers Announces
Hospital welcome Rick Naegler to the position of chief operat-
ing officer. Rick is a veteran healthcare executive with exten- New Director of
sive clinical and hospital operations experience. Most recently,
he worked for Tenet’s home office on special projects for the Clinical Excellence and
company and has served in interim executive positions Rick Naegler Claudia Innocent Sarah Pana
Prior to his time with Tenet, Rick served for four years as a First Director of
senior executive overseeing the clinical operations of two hospitals in central Florida.
Rick began his career as an emergency room registered nurse and was a United States Clinical Innovation and Education
Army Medic. He was recognized early on as a leader earning a top 40 under 40 business
award from the Springfield Chamber of Commerce and has served in various clinical and Plaza Health Network announced the appointment of Claudia Innocent, RN, MSN,
non-clinical leadership roles including business development, operational improve- as Director of Clinical Excellence. Innocent has previously served the community as
ments, construction management, physician recruitment, and service line development a member of the Haitian American Nurses Association and volunteers with local
and management. churches for health fairs and education. Plaza Health Network is also proud to
announce that Sarah Pana, RN, BSN, will be serving as the network’s first Director of
Clinical Innovation and Education. Pana joined Plaza Health Network in 2011 as a
Catholic Hospice Names Minimum Data Set Coordinator and registered nurse at both Jackson Plaza and
Aventura Plaza, eventually rising through the ranks to Director of Nursing at Jackson
Isabel Vizcon Director Plaza. Pana began her nursing career in the Philippines as a clinical staff nurse at
German Doctors Hospital after working as a high school teacher. Upon moving to
of Business Development South Florida, she was a clinical staff nurse at Jackson North Medical Center.

Catholic Hospice names Isabel T. Vizcon Director of
Business Development. Vizcon has over 20 years of health- Broward Health Coral Springs
care and provider relations experience, and was previously
the Provider Relations Manager at United Home Care. Announces New
Vizcon received her Bachelor’s Degree of Liberal Isabel T. Vizcon
Arts/Health Services Administration from Florida PCU Nurse Manager
International University and also holds a certificate in Healthcare Risk Management
from FIU’s Legal Studies Institute. She is also a Certified ALF Administrator. Broward Health Coral Springs is pleased to announced
Felicia Svaighert, MHA, BSN, RN, as the new 4East/PCU
Nurse Manager. Felicia started her career as a staff RN work-
Lakeside Medical Center Promotes ing at Bethesda Memorial and later Palms West Hospital in
Palm Beach. She went on to become a nursing supervisor at Felicia Svaighert
Janet D. Moreland to Serve as Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach and eventually
the nurse manager for their a 42-bed telemetry unit for the past three years. Felicia
Hospital's Director of Nursing has her Bachelor’s degree in nursing from FAU and her Master’s degree in Health
Administration from University of Phoenix.
Lakeside Medical Center is proud to announce that Janet
D. Moreland, ARNP, MSN, LHRM, is the hospital’s new
Director of Nursing. Moreland has more than 30 years of Cecile Kaplan Promoted to
experience in hospital, home health, skilled nursing, com-
munity, and public health primary care environments and Janet D. Moreland Coordinator, Epidemiology at
has served as clinical faculty. Moreland was promoted to the
position having served as the hospital’s Interim Director of Nursing for the past sev- Broward Health Coral Springs
eral months, in addition to her role since 2013 as Director of Quality and Patient
Safety. Broward Health Coral Springs is pleased to announce the
Prior to joining Lakeside Medical Center in August 2013, Moreland served with the promotion of Cecile Kaplan, BSN, RN, CNOR, CPHQ,
Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County for more than 25 years, most CSSGB, LHRM, from Quality Management Specialist to the
recently as Health Center Administrator for the C. L. Brumback Health Center in Coordinator, Epidemiology position.
Belle Glade. Other positions she held during her tenure with the Health Department Cecile graduated with a BSN degree from Trenton State Cecile Kaplan
include senior community health nurse, community health nursing supervisor, senior College in 1984. Cecile has been with Broward Health for the
community health nursing supervisor, and ARNP coordinator. past 5 years and is a past Quarterly Shining Star and Quality Nurse of the Year. Cecile
is triple certified as a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality, Certified OR Nurse
and a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt. Cecile also holds a risk management license.
HCA East Florida Names Cecile completed the HRET (Health Research & Education Trust) Improvement
Leadership Fellowship in 2014. Cecile has been very active in Six Sigma Quality proj-
Brandon Haushalter CEO ects most recently with the Pediatric Asthma Pathway. Cecile has presented the team
projects at professional conferences the last being the South Florida Nursing
of Kendall Regional Medical Center Consortium in 2016. Her knowledge and expertise will elevate the Epidemiology pro-
gram here at BHCS.
HCA East Florida announced that Brandon Haushalter has
been named Chief Executive Officer of Kendall Regional
Medical Center.
Haushalter replaces Scott Cihak who was promoted to
HCA’s TriStar Centennial Medical Center, in Nashville, TN. Brandon Haushalter
Before joining Kendall Regional Medical Center,
Haushalter served as CEO Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond, VA and CEO of
Bluffton Regional in Fort Wayne, IN. He also served in various progressive hospital
leadership positions in Richmond, VA, Fort Wayne, IN and Birmingham, AL.
He received his Bachelor’s degree from Birmingham-Southern College and complet-
ed his Masters in Health Administration and Masters in Business Administration at
the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

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