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PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL:
South Florida's
Monthly A Year in Review 2017
Healthcare Newspaper

PO Box 812708 For more than 47 years, Palmetto General Hospital has been Palmetto General Hospital also earned the Best Performance
Boca Raton, FL 33481-2708 serving the growing needs of the Miami-Dade and South for Door to Needle Time for 2015 and 2016 from the Florida
Phone: (561) 368-6950 Broward communities. Throughout 2017, the hospital’s physi- Puerto Rico Collaboration to Reduce Stroke Disparities (FL-PR
cians and employees upheld the historical standard of striving CReSD). The certificate of achievement recognizes the hospi-
to consistently deliver the best care to the community. tal’s commitment to providing the most appropriate stroke
Website: Palmetto General Hospital made a major investment in the treatment according to the national institutes for neurological
www.southfloridahospitalnews.com facility and care it can provide by expanding the hospital this disorders.
year and opening the Clinical Decision Unit. This unit provides In June, Palmetto General Hospital achieved the American
CHARLES FELIX ongoing patient care, short term treatment, diagnostic testing Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The
CAROL FELIX and assessment. Observation services are commonly ordered Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award with
Publishers for patients who enter the Emergency Department and who Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite Plus. The award recognizes
require more time for the physician to determine if they need the hospital’s commitment to providing the most appropriate
NANCY LAMMIE additional inpatient treatment or may be safely discharged. The stroke treatment according to nationally recognized, research-
Editor reason why a patient may be assigned to the CDU is so that based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
they can be stabilized and released within 24 to 48 hours. The This past summer Palmetto General Hospital’s bariatric sur-
JUDY GRAMM patient may need further evaluation before determining if they gical center once again achieved the designation of being a
Editorial Manager & Webmaster should be admitted. The patient may also need a longer recov- Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric
ery after an outpatient procedure. Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program
JMC GRAPHICS Palmetto General Hospital also appointed two new Board (MBSAQIP®), a joint program of the American College of
Art/Production members this year to its Governing Board; Dr. Monica Mejia- Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and
adsjmcgraphics@aol.com Acosta and community leader Alex Gonzalez. Dr. Mejia Acosta Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). This recognition confirms that
412-835-5796
is Board Certified in Neurology with the United Council for Palmetto General Hospital aims to achieve the highest stan-
Neurological Subspecialties Certification in Neurocritical Care. dards for patient safety and quality of care in the greater South
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Gonzalez is serving as President of the Florida Department of Florida area.
Lisa Bianco Highway Safety Advisory Board. In addition, Palmetto General Hospital earned an “A” grade
Daniel Casciato In May, as part of stroke awareness month, Palmetto General hospital safety score from The Leapfrog Group, one of the
Barbara Fallon
Hospital honored stroke survivors and reunited them with nation’s leading patient safety advocacy organizations. The hos-
Vanessa Orr local emergency medical services (EMS) personnel who pital received the top score based on its performance in keep-
Lois Thomson responded to their stroke emergency and the Stroke and ing patients safe from preventable medical errors, injuries,
Neuro-Interventional Team they received life-saving care from accidents and infections.
at the hospital. With a focus on improving patient outcomes, As 2018 quickly approaches, the physicians and staff at
The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Palmetto General Palmetto General Hospital vow to continue their mission to
LOOK FOR OUR Hospital, a member of the Advanced Neuroscience Network, enhance services and maintain the top-notch care that the
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or e-mail plex neurological challenges, such as brain hemorrhages and laboratory testing and x-rays to enable the rapid diagnosis and
carol@southfloridahospitalnews.com aneurysms. Construction on this new center began this month, treatment of urgent medical conditions and minor trauma.
and we have hired a new medical director to help further develop Services to support healthier living are also available such as flu
the program. shots, lab services, travel medicine, pre-employment testing or
We also broke ground on the new Mastroianni Family pre-operative clearance. Physical therapy is also available at our
SUBSCRIPTIONS Pediatric Emergency Department, enabling us to enhance our urgent care location on PGA Boulevard. We will be opening a
One Year $40 growing pediatric program, which currently includes the De fifth location in Stuart in spring 2018.
George Pediatric Unit. We opened this unit last year in partner- Finally, this year we have strengthened our partnerships with
Two Years $60 ship with Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. This construction project some of the leading medical facilities in the state and on a nation-
also includes a new 18-bed James J. Felcyn and Louise Brien al level. Whether it’s through our pediatric services with Nicklaus
Three Years $75
Felcyn Observation Unit adjacent to the ER, and adds three beds Children’s Hospital or partnering with Mount Sinai New York, we
to our existing emergency room, as well as six beds to our inten- continue to ensure that our neighbors have access to the highest
To subscribe, sive care unit. quality care. This past year also saw the introduction of IBM
call (561) 368-6950 In April, we achieved a milestone when we met the necessary Watson, another tool to assist physicians in the diagnosis and
volume threshold necessary to receive designation as a level two treatment of cancer. We also selected a vendor to begin imple-
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cardiac care center. This helps to pave the way for us to begin mentation of our electronic medical record system over the next
southfloridahospitalnews.com. offering open-heart surgery at Jupiter Medical Center in the fall 12 months. This new system will support the flow of clinical data
____________ of 2018. across the continuum of care.
While we continue to strengthen our impact, and expand the As we look to 2018, we will see the fulfillment of all that we
Jupiter Medical Center campus, we also are broadening our foot- have put in place this year. We’re off to set new goals and meet
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in whole or part without written print across Palm Beach County. In 2017, we opened two new new milestones for Jupiter Medical Center and for our commu-
permission prohibited. Copyright © 2017. urgent care centers—one on PGA Boulevard in Palm Beach nity.
Gardens and one in downtown West Palm Beach—bringing our
total number of centers to four. Our Urgent Care Centers are the Steven Seeley is Interim President and CEO,
cornerstone of our convenient care offerings. They are designed Jupiter Medical Center.
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