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Good Samaritan Medical Center Receives Delray Medical Center Nursing Team Wins

Accreditation from the American College of Healthcare Professional of the Year from Greater
Surgeons Commission on Cancer Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce

Good Samaritan Medical Center receives accreditation from the American College The Delray Medical Center nursing team recently was awarded the Hometown
of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) for their commitment to care at their com- Heroes Award for the Healthcare Professional of the Year for 2020 from the Greater
prehensive cancer institute. Good Samaritan Medical Center has received this accred- Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce. People in the community vote on the award,
itation since 1994. and the nursing staff was honored for their dedication and commitment to patient
“Our patients deserve access to safe, high quality oncology care, and they place a care. The mission of the chamber is to strengthen and advocate for the business inter-
high value on information about how we rank against our peers to evaluate their ests of Delray Beach. “This year more than ever, it means so much to our team to have
choices for their healthcare,” said Sheri Montgomery, chief executive officer for Good our community recognize our nursing staff for their hard work, heroism and amazing
Samaritan Medical Center. “Our dedication to quality and safety are evident in this dedication during this unprecedented pandemic,” said Maggie Gill, Chief Executive
latest designation, and it is a testament to the commitment of our entire team, as is Officer of Delray Medical Center. “We are thankful for all of the support we have
the health and well-being of our community.” received, and we want to remind our community that our hospital is safe, and they
should not delay care for a new or urgent condition
Recognizing an Extraordinary

Nurse at Mariners Hospital Good Samaritan Medical Center Surgeon
Performs 1,000th Da Vinci Procedure
Mariners Hospital is proud to present Brittany
Goodman, BSN, R.N., CMSRN, with the DAISY Award for Dr. Antonella Leary recently
Extraordinary Nurses for demonstrating compassion and performed her 1,000th robotic
patient- and family-centered care, which embody the surgery with the Da Vinci
meaning of the DAISY Award and mission of Baptist robot at Good Samaritan
Health South Florida. Medical Center. Dr. Leary
Goodman was nominated by a coworker who admires specializes in female malig-
her dedication and commitment and witnessed the Brittany Goodman nancies, including cervical,
extraordinary measures of care she gives to patients and vulvar, uterine, and ovarian
their families. On multiple occasions, she has purchased items for patients when the carcinomas. By using a Da
family could not provide them. She also provided food to a homeless patient upon Vinci robot, the surgeons at
discharge from the hospital. Good Samaritan Medical
Center are able to perform complex surgeries with precision and control that is not pos-
sible with bare hands. Robotic surgery is performed with just a few tiny incisions, which
means patients may experience less pain, a shorter hospital stay and quicker recovery
times.

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