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Volume 15 • Issue 8 • $5.00 February 2019
THE REGION’S MONTHLY NEWSPAPER FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS & PHYSICIANS

EDUCATION Cleveland Clinic: CARDIOLOGY
Welcome to the Treasure Coast

Dr. Joseph Lamelas
Dr. Debra A. Shannon BY BARBARA R. FALLON
“Miami Method”
Cleveland Clinic, Indian River Medical Center and Martin Health System officials
Miami Dade announced the addition of Indian River Medical Center (IRMC) and Martin Health
System as full members of the Cleveland Clinic health system. Now, the full affiliation for Cardiac
College, Medical will be signified by the following names in multiple locations in Indian River, Martin
and St. Lucie counties: Surgery Benefits
Campus: Continued on page 6
UHealth Patients
Meeting the Broward Health Physicians Look

Not all cardiac surgeries require splitting
Increased Demand Back at the Parkland School open the chest cavity to access the heart. In
fact, many cardiac surgery procedures can
for Highly-Trained Shooting One Year Later now be done via a minimally invasive
approach which helps patients recover
Health Information quicker.
Dr. Joseph Lamelas, the doctor who
helped pioneer a minimally invasive
Management approach to cardiac surgery and developed
the surgical instruments to make this pos-
Technology sible, is now the new chief of cardiac sur-
gery at the University of Miami Health
System.
Professionals Lamelas is renowned for developing and
perfecting the minimally invasive
approach to cardiac surgery he named The
BY DR. DEBRA A. SHANNON Miami Method, which is carried out
through a less than a two-inch incision
According to the Amer ican Health between the ribs and without breaking any
Infor mation Management Assoc iation Dr. Igor Nichiporenko Dr. Evan Boyar Dr. Ivan Puente of the ribs or opening the chest cavity.
(AHIMA), and the Bureau of Labor Aortic valve and mitral valve replacements,
Statistics, health information profession- double valve surgery, even triple valve sur-
als are expected to be in high demand BY DANIEL CASCIATO gery have all been adapted to this minimal-
through 2026, as the health sector con- ly invasive method - including replace-
tinues to expand. The need for health As we approach the one-year anniversary of the shooting massacre at Marjory ment of the ascending aorta, a technique
services is likely to increase as the popu- Stoneman Douglas High School last February 14, Dr. Evan Boyar, medical director of Lamelas himself developed.
lation ages, the employment of health emergency services for Broward Health North, can still recall the aftermath quite clear- Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
information technicians is projected to ly in his mind. results in less physical pain and trauma,
grow 13 percent, faster than the average “It was a Wednesday afternoon between 2:30 and 3:00, which is typically a busy less blood loss, reduced risk of infection,
for all occupations. The U.S. Department time for us,” he says. “The volume of patients is usually quite high. Suddenly, we shorter hospital stays, quicker recupera-
of Labor indicates that the Health received a call from pre-hospital personnel about the incident that took place." tion, and better long-term outcomes than
Information Technology (HIT) field will Based on this intel, Broward Health North activated a Code Green, a status that the more traditional cardiac surgical proce-
expand to encompass new support posi- hospital undergoes to be able to receive and facilitate the treatment of a mass casualty dures.
incident.
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