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SFHEF Spotlight

Having Support of Colleagues
Specializing in Medically Crucial When Dealing

Complex Patients
with Shifting Healthcare Priorities
Kindred Hospitals are owned by Kindred
Healthcare, Inc., a national network of Long Term
Acute Care Hospitals (LTACH's). BY VANESSA ORR tration from OSU.
After graduation, Singer
Kindred Hospitals provide specialized, high quality With healthcare always joined Memorial Healthcare
care for acutely ill patients. For more than a decade, evolving, it’s important to System as an administrative
we have fine-tuned the art of medically complex care.
stay ahead of the curve. fellow.
Our services range from complex catastrophic And one of the best ways to “There are a lot of chal-
illnesses that require intensive care, post-surgical medical do this is to have a network lenges in health care, includ-
rehabilitation to patients suffering from chronic diseases requiring respiratory and of colleagues in different ing the fact that the rapid
rehabilitative therapies. Kindred Hospitals provide outcome-oriented areas of the industry that rate of change means that
cost effective care for patients with a wide spectrum of can offer information and you have to deal with a lot of
medical conditions. advice. competing priorities,” he
According to Scott said of his career path. “But
Admissions to Kindred Hospitals may be Singer, associate adminis- far and away, the best part of
recommended by physicians, acute-care hospitals, trator for Joe DiMaggio my job is getting to see the
rehabilitation hospitals, managed care providers, case Children’s Hospital, part of Scott Singer difference that my team
management companies or by the patient’s family. the Memorial Health care makes in the lives of patients
In all cases family tours are encouraged. System, this is one of the and their families every day.
best reasons to join an organization such “While a lot of the departments that I
as the American College of Healthcare oversee are not in direct patient care,
Executives (ACHE) and its local chapter, they do an amazing job of supporting the
Kindred Hospital Kindred Hospital Kindred Hospital Kindred Hospital the South Florida Healthcare Executive whole process,” he added. “They leave a
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Coral Gables The Palm Beaches Forum (SFHEF). lasting impression on our families. It’s an
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954-764-8900, ext. 5136 954-920-9000 305-448-1585 561-904-8451 important because it provides a way to of children in this community.”
interface with other organizations outside Singer first became active in ACHE’s
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of your own; it’s easy to get home-blind student chapter as an undergraduate.
within your own organization,” he After moving to South Florida, he began
explained. attending networking and educational
“For example, if you’re looking at regis- events before joining the board, where he
tration and patient flow within your hospi- served in a number of capacities between
tal, it makes sense to find out what other 2009-14. Now a fellow in the college, he
hospitals are doing. What ideas are out encourages others to take advantage of
there? With the contacts you make in all a membership offers.
SFHEF, you can reach out to hospital “The educational offerings provide a
leaders and ask if your staff can take a great opportunity for members to get
tour of their facilities. It’s not a cold call; face-to-face education credits for a cost-
you already have a relationship.” effective price at the local level—they
At the 226-bed, full-service children’s don’t have to travel out of the area,” he
hospital, Singer oversees the non-nurs- explained.
ing functions of the facility, including “There are also a number of good
construction, therapy services, food and development opportunities. Local chap-
nutrition, housekeeping and facilities ters provide a lot of value; there is an
management. He has held this position event almost every month, and these
for the past six years, and been employed rotate around different geographies so
with Memorial Healthcare System for the that members can meet new people.
past 15 years. “By far, ACHE is the most widely rec-
“While earning my master’s degree, I ognized professional organizations for
worked as a graduate assistant of strate- healthcare leaders—not just within hos-
gic planning at Ohio State University pitals, but throughout the healthcare
(OSU) Medical Center, and knew that continuum,” he added. “And the organi-
this was the career I wanted to pursue,” zation is there for its members. Whatever
explained Singer, who earned a bachelor you need—references to advance to fel-
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