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Volume 17 • Issue 10 • $5.00 April 2021
THE REGION’S MONTHLY NEWSPAPER FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS & PHYSICIANS

Skidmore Brings Healthcare,

Legislative Experience to Palm Beach

County Medical Society CEO Role

BY VANESSA ORR

For the past two months, Kelly Skidmore has been serv-
ing as the CEO of the Palm Beach County Medical Society
(PBCMS), a position previously held by Tenna Wiles for
the past 22 years. She brings a wealth of healthcare expe-
rience to this role, as well as advocacy and legislative
Dr. Frank Astor Dr. Conor Delaney
expertise as a former and current member of the Florida
WITHmyDOC House of Representatives. Dr. Conor
“I was delighted to be offered the position,” said
Skidmore, who most recently served as the public rela-
Software tions specialist for the Marine Industries Association of Delaney Joins
South Florida, the largest trade association in the south- Kelly Skidmore
Platform Monitors included serving as the vice-president of community relations for UnitedHealth Cleveland Clinic
eastern United States. Her healthcare experience has
Patients' Vital Group and as the vice-president of advocacy and public policy for The Arthritis Florida as
Foundation.
In her new role, Skidmore is responsible for the two different branches of the
Signs from Home organization, which include the Palm Beach County Medical Society, a traditional President
physicians’ trade association, and Palm Beach County Medical Society Services, a
grant-driven, community-based organization that improves patients’ access to health-
and CEO
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BY DANIEL CASCIATO
"The technology is new, but of course
patient care is not new. Modern health- Every Concussion Is Unique Last fall, Cleveland Clinic named
care demands the accurate measurement Conor Delaney, M.D., Ph.D., as President
and analysis of data relevant to a Doctors will tell you, “If you’ve seen one and CEO of the Cleveland Clinic Florida
patient's condition and prognosis." That region. Delaney oversees a region that
is how Dr. Frank Astor describes concussion, you’ve seen one concussion.” includes five hospitals, a state-of-the-art
WITHmyDOC, a software platform research center and numerous outpatient
designed to optimize remote patient centers located in five counties across
monitoring (RPM). BY MANNY GONZALEZ- in sports or should you hold Southeast Florida.
The "WITH" in WITHmyDOC stands BRITO, DO back because you’re worried Delaney previously served as chairman
for Web-based Intelligence Trans - about concussions? Before of Cleveland Clinic’s Digestive Disease
forming Healthcare, and Dr. Astor No two brains are alike. you decide, you should have and Surgery Institute (DDSI), where he
explains it as a telehealth program that It’s what makes you all the facts. was responsible for the departments of
monitors a patient's medical and unique and when your Concussions are the most Colorectal Surgery, Gastroenterology,
lifestyle data, including vital signs such brain is injured, treat- common type of mild trau- Hepatology, Nutrition and General
as weight, temperature, oxygen satura- ments must be tailored to matic brain injuries. Not all Surgery throughout Cleveland Clinic.
tion, and blood glucose. “The RPMd® your needs. Even the concussions have serious The team performs 48,000 surgical cases
platform captures the data and has arti- causes and symptoms of a consequences and not all and 90,000 endoscopic procedures per
ficial intelligence within it, and it under- concussion may differ. concussions stem from year.
stands alerts, which means that when Most of us know a blow sports injuries. Furthermore, “It was a mix of excitement and a priv-
patients' physiological measures are out- to the head may cause a Dr. Manny Gonzalez-Brito concussions occur in all age ilege to be able to lead a team who were
side of their normal range, it is able to concussion. Concussions groups and in numerous set- providing care to so many patients,” says
alert providers to the patients' vital signs are also caused by a jolt to the head, face tings. It’s possible for a fall at home or a Dr. Delaney. “I saw this new position as
in real-time." or neck. Concussions are highlighted car accident to result in a concussion. president and CEO as the next step in
Dr. Astor said that in addition to indi- when a sports figure gets injured. that journey and an opportunity to pro-
vidual monitoring, RPM is an excellent I’m a proponent of sports. We know, The Symptoms vide care to even more patients, particu-
tool for Population Health management scientifically speaking, participation in In some cases, symptoms are immedi- larly in Florida.”
to assess larger segments and groups of sports benefits your overall wellbeing. In ate. Sometimes, however, they can take a Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital was
patients. Those patients may be includ- young athletes, joining a team builds week or more to show up. Telltale signs named the No. 1 hospital in the Miami-
ed in accountable care organizations, self-esteem and leadership skills; it include: Dade metropolitan area for the third year
community health centers, or large enhances decision-making and athletes 1. Headaches in a row, according to the 2020-2021
physician practices, and what the physi- are less likely to develop depression or 2. Imbalance annual ranking of Best Hospitals by U.S.
cian gains is better oversight of every anxiety. 3. Sleep disturbance News and World Report. Weston Hospital
single patient since they can be moni- Should you allow your child to engage 4. Cognitive deficits also tied for the No.5 best hospital in

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