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Volume 17 • Issue 1• $5.00 July 2020
THE REGION’S MONTHLY NEWSPAPER FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS & PHYSICIANS

Technology Technology

Miami Dade College Simulation

Hospital Center for Learning,

Innovation and Simulation:

Innovation Meets Opportunity

BY DR. DEBBIE PAPA
Ben Assad Mirza At the Center for Learning, Innovation and
Simulation, we integrate simulation as an innova-
tive teaching methodology that supports learning
Ahead of in a risk-free environment and evaluates perform- Dr. Barry T. Katzen
ance. Simulation in Healthcare promotes student
the Curve involvement in the clinical scenario and therefore Baptist Health
builds leadership and critical thinking skills.
NextGen HealthCare The Simulation space is designed to mirror a real Names Dr. Barry
hospital with an ambulance, 2 labor and delivery
Attorney: Holistic Advice rooms; 8 medical/surgical rooms, 2 pediatric
rooms, 9 debriefing rooms, an operating room Katzen as
and Fixed Fee Options suite, 10 examination rooms, home health apart-
ment, control rooms and standardized patient Dr. Debbie Papa Chief Medical
area.
BY BARBARA R. FALLON
To add realism to the clinical experience, the students interact with 17 high fidelity Innovation
human patient simulators, capable of running over 120 clinical scenarios. The simu-
The year 2020 undoubtedly will go
down in history for ushering in an lated ambulance mimics the road conditions while students practice skills such as Officer
enormous chapter of change in all Continued on page 25
social and economic sectors. Healthcare
law is no exception. However, for one Peter Powers - New CEO BY DANIEL CASCIATO
legal expert, the writing has been on
the wall for years; so, he shaped his law Last month, Baptist Health South
firm to champion new approaches to of Memorial Regional Hospital Florida named Barry T. Katzen, M.D.,
knowledgeable, reliable, cost effective founder and chief medical executive of
healthcare-focused law … ahead of the Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute
curve. BY DANIEL CASCIATO (MCVI), as its Chief Medical Innovation
In 2016, Ben Assad Mirza, a certified Officer.
public accountant and attorney, already Last month, Memorial Regional Hospital wel- As Chief Medical Innovation Officer,
had a successful career in civil litigation. comed Peter Powers, FACHE, Administrator and Dr. Katzen will drive a culture of innova-
His pedigree includes a Master of Law in Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Regional tion throughout the organization lever-
Taxation (concentration in Mergers & Hospital, the flagship hospital of Memorial aging the intellectual talent and creative
Acquisitions); a Juris Doctor; and a Healthcare System. Powers succeeds Zeff Ross, energy of Baptist Health’s physicians and
Bachelor in Accounting; in addition to FACHE, Executive Vice President of Memorial employees while building an entrepre-
Certification in Health Care Compliance. Healthcare System and Chief Executive Officer of neurial ecosystem of innovation partners
Nevertheless, he was ready for new chal- Memorial Regional Hospital, who retired in worldwide. His areas of responsibility
lenges and joined a large health system in December 2019, after serving in numerous leadership include the Miami Innovation Institute.
south Florida where he served as in- roles within Memorial Healthcare System since 1991. Dr. Katzen explains he has been driven
house counsel and began his own second Powers will oversee the 797-bed hospital, which is by innovation his entire clinical career
career chapter. home to Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute, and has been inspired by change.
Inside the health system he discov- Memorial Transplant Institute, Memorial Cancer Peter Powers “Part of what innovators share in com-
ered that professional operational silos Institute, Memorial Neuroscience Institute and mon is that you need to be fearless about
resulted in gaps of knowledge between Comprehensive Stroke Center, The Family Birthplace and Level I Trauma Center. implementing change,” he says. “The
policy makers, physicians, administra- He joins Memorial after serving as Chief Executive Officer for St. Anthony Hospital, spirit of an innovation program for a
tion and allied health professionals. To a Level 1 Trauma Center in Colorado, overseeing the development of service line strate- healthcare system has to be driven by
deepen his own understanding of the gies and operating plans to enhance patient care. He is credited for growing market share that comfort level of implementing
interdisciplinary nature of health care within St. Anthony Hospital’s tertiary and regional markets and significantly increasing change for positive purposes. Human
he built upon his skills toolkit in physician and employee engagement. nature tends to be resistant to change,
finance and law with credentials in Powers holds a Bachelor of Public Affairs with a minor in Business and Sociology from but it's something I am comfortable with
public health, earning his Master in Indiana University and a Master of Business Administration with Distinction from the and hope to convey to the rest of the
Public Health from Yale. University of Sydney, Australia. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare organization. In the case of Baptist

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