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Jay Juffre Executive Vice President Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Honors
of ImageFIRST Named Volunteers at Luncheon for their Services

Executive of the Year

At the recent Customer Service Revolution Conference in
Cleveland, Ohio, Jay Juffre of ImageFIRST was named
Executive of the Year. The conference is the largest and most
respected of its kind in North America and each year recog-
nizes one executive for excellence in overall customer serv-
ice strategy. Jay Juffre
ImageFIRST, is the nationwide and leading supplier of
textile rental programs to the healthcare provider market. The company is based in
King of Prussia, PA, but Juffre lives and works in Southeast Florida. Their unique
blend of combining customer service with customer experience continues to lead to
record growth, amazing client retention rates, and a Net Promotor Score above 80%
which places them among the world’s greatest service organizations.
Dave Murray of the DiJulius Group, which host the annual event, said of Jay, “I
don't think we have ever had a more deserving award winner. The amount of positive FRONT: Virginia Groover, Sandy Casey-Schneider, Teresa Urquhart,
change (he has) brought to ImageFIRST is absolutely incredible!” Chief Executive Officer, Martha Duncan, Edith Parks, Brenda Atlee.
Said Juffre, “We are constantly raising the bar for our team. How remarkable can we
make the service we provide? How can we improve the customer experience? It is an BACK ROW: Pat Rosenberg, Chief Nursing Officer; Tim Howard,
ongoing challenge.” Juffre accepted the award on behalf of ImageFIRST. “I am hum- Chief Human Resources Officer, Frances Davis, Howard Brown,
bled and inspired by this recognition. It represents years of dedication by our entire Chief Financial Officer
company to execute our service Strategy.”

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center recently celebrated its volunteers at its annual
Broward Health Medical Center volunteer luncheon. The luncheon honored those who have dedicated more than
and Neil Miransky, D.O., 679,000 hours of hospital service since 1973. Among those who were recognized was
Martha Duncan, who has been volunteering for 40 years. The hospital selected
Honored By Life Alliance Organ Duncan as its volunteer of the year.

Recovery Agency Dental Program at

Broward Health Medical Center and Neil Miransky, D.O., Health Care District’s
were recognized at the Miracles of Life Awards hosted by the
University of Miami’s Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency. C. L. Brumback Primary
The ceremony honored the work of individuals and partner Dr. Neil Miransky
hospitals saving lives through organ, eye and tissue dona- Care Clinics Named
tion.
Broward Health Medical Center received the Silver Unit of the Year Award for its Safety Net Solutions
continuous support and dedication to the cause of organ, eye and tissue donation, as Center of Excellence
well as its successes with donation and transplantation. Because of Broward Health
Medical Center’s Atrium Intensive Care Unit’s (AICU) advances with donation, in l-r) Dr. Tamara-Kay Tibby, Dental Director,
2017 there were 23 organ donor heroes, with 76 organs transplanted and 64 lives The DentaQuest Institute has recog-
saved through organ donation. nized the C. L. Brumback Primary Care C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics;
Dr. Miransky, a family medicine physician on staff at Broward Health Medical Clinics’ dental program as one of its three Terry L. Megiveron, Director of Practice
Center, is the recipient of the Physician of the Year Award. He was selected from all 2018 Safety Net Solutions Centers of Operations, Brumback Clinics;
donation supporters in South Florida due to his continuous support and unwavering Excellence. The Brumback Clinics, oper- and Dr. Mark Doherty,
dedication to organ, eye and tissue donation. Dr. Miransky is program director for the ated by the Health Care District of Palm Executive Director, Safety Net
Barbara Zeigler Palliative Fellowship and chief of family medicine for Broward Health Beach County, provide medical, dental
Medical Center. He is also the medical director of Broward Health’s hospice and pro- and behavioral health services to adults and children with or without insurance with
vides medical leadership for Broward Health’s Advanced Certified Joint Commission the goal of helping patients establish a medical home.
Accredited Palliative Care Program. “Our clinics are the front door of our public safety net system,” said Darcy J. Davis,
CEO of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County. “We thank the DentaQuest
Institute for its ongoing support and recognition of our initiatives to provide our
Robert and Carol Weissman Cancer patients with preventive care and healthy smiles.”
The administrative and dental team at the Brumback Clinics worked diligently to
Center Receives Three-Year Accreditation execute the improvement plan developed by Safety Net Solutions following a compre-
for Breast Care hensive analysis of the health center’s dental program. Evaluation data submitted by
the Brumback Clinics clearly demonstrated the results of their hard work. They saw
dramatic improvements in nearly all of their performance metrics and achieved
The Robert and Carol Weissman Cancer Center at Martin Health in Stuart has been increases in patient access and outcomes, as well as financial sustainability.
granted a three-year, full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation
Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American
College of Surgeons. Golisano Children’s Hospital of
Accreditation by the NAPBC is only given to those centers that have voluntarily
committed to provide the highest level of quality breast care and that undergo a rig- Southwest Florida Recognized
orous evaluation process and review of their performance. During the survey process, as a “T op Hospital” for Third Straight Year
the center must demonstrate compliance with standards established by the NAPBC
for treating women who are diagnosed with the full spectrum of breast disease. The
standards include proficiency in the areas of: center leadership, clinical management, For the third year in a row, Lee Health’s Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest
research, community outreach, professional education, and quality improvement. A Florida has been named a “Top Children’s Hospital” by The Leapfrog Group. Only 13
breast center that achieves NAPBC accreditation has demonstrated a firm commit- children’s hospitals in the country - three in Florida - earned this prestigious distinc-
ment to offer its patients every significant advantage in their battle against breast dis- tion, which highlights each hospital’s highest commitment to safety and quality care
ease. of children. Only three children’s hospitals in the country have ever been recognized
by Leapfrog for three consecutive years.

30 January 2019 southfloridahospitalnews.com South Florida Hospital News