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ilar cultures, values and expectations for Board members, physicians, employees needs of our communities, and today’s
South Florida's excellence that are essential for a great and his peers. announcement brings us one step closer
partnership that is focused on increasing “Mr. Mendez provides the depth of to completing our much-anticipated affili-
Monthly access to high-quality care across South experience and executive skill sets that ation with Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
Healthcare Newspaper Florida.” are tailor-made to lead Boca Raton With Lincoln’s leadership, we believe this

In addition, officials at Boca Raton Regional in its continued ascent to partnership will be mutually beneficial to
PO Box 812708 Regional Hospital announced the becoming one of the premier, tertiary our respective organizations and, most of
Boca Raton, FL 33481-2708 appointment of Lincoln S. Mendez as its academic medical centers in Florida,” all, for the many people we serve across
Phone: (561) 368-6950 new chief executive officer following the said Christine E. Lynn, Boca Raton four counties.”

In December 2018, Baptist Health and
retirement of Jerry Fedele in August of Regional Hospital Board Chair. “We are Boca Raton Regional Hospital
this year. A seasoned and accomplished
supremely confident in his ability to
Website: healthcare executive, Mr. Mendez comes continue the most positive momentum announced they had signed a Letter of
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to his new position after serving as chief and trajectory of our Hospital that was Intent to form a partnership. Boca Raton

executive officer at South Miami established and sustained by Jerry Regional Hospital first announced its
CHARLES FELIX Hospital, part of Baptist Health. Fedele.” intent to seek a strategic partner in 2017.
CAROL FELIX During his tenure, South Miami “Our collaboration has reinforced our After issuing a Request for Proposal and
Publishers Hospital earned national accolades for its common vision for carrying out our mis- receiving responses from some of the
quality, innovation and clinical excel- sion of delivering compassionate, excep- nation’s foremost healthcare systems,
NANCY LAMMIE lence. South Miami Hospital also wit- tional care to our patients and families,” Boca Regional narrowed its list of suitors
Editor nessed significant growth in its facilities, said Brian E. Keeley, President and CEO of to five in the spring of 2018 and then
technology and programmatic offerings. Baptist Health. “Baptist Health has grown selected Baptist Health South Florida as
JUDY GRAMM Mr. Mendez is also well-respected by strategically in recent years to meet the its preferred partner.
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Daniel Casciato personal health history. What they do is ting the C-suite and management cate and inform medical practices about
Barbara Fallon
sell it on the black market or dark web to involved to make sure that the proper cyber threats. This will test you and your
Vanessa Orr people who set up accounts and begin employee testing and security awareness employees on your cyber hygiene. The
Lois Thomson
using someone’s health insurance,” says training is conducted on a regular basis initial testing and evaluation is free and
Murphy. “A credit card number may and try to have one individual solely the training and retesting is very afford-
fetch a few dollars on the dark web, but responsible for information security,” he able.”
LOOK FOR OUR medical records can fetch upwards to says. “Also, hospitals and practices need It will also meet compliance require-
$300 in the healthcare identity fraud to be more proactive in using resources ments for training and keeping records
NEXT ISSUE world. That’s why medical practices and to create a strong “human firewall.” on every employee to show they are con-
IN JULY hospitals are some of the biggest targets But barriers still remain, acknowledges tinuously trained and tested, he adds.
out there and must constantly evolve Murphy. One of the most glaring, he Danna-Gracey’s free program can get
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carol@southfloridahospitalnews.com ging in these areas and most practices “They are on the frontlines and see this your email security, you can then devel-
believe they have sufficient protection stuff every day. They get it and under- op a smarter strategy for shoring up your
and are naively overconfident,” he adds. stand how important it is to protect their defenses.
“Unfortunately being 99% protected is organization. They also have the “Cyber security is something you can-
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Murphy recalls a mid-sized erly. The smaller organizations don’t “This should be on the top of your list of
One Year $40 orthopaedic practice in Florida that suf- have the people or the financial important things to take care of this
Two Years $60 fered two ransomware attacks within a resources to take the proper steps and quarter, not next.”
two week period. The practice sustained implement something. What they don’t In addition to cyber liability insur-
Three Years $75 a serious interruption to the practice and realize is that the cost on the backend, if ance, Danna-Gracey also offers physi-
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southfloridahospitalnews.com. There are several best practices your assist with the education and training coverage, as well as disability, life, and
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somware and phishing attacks, accord- breach or cyber event occurs. For more information, contact Tom
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