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ACHE Spotlight:

Ademola Ayo Akinkunmi,
Director of Patient Care

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Medical-Surgical/Telemetry,

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being built. He says that he is eternally He credits Jackson Memorial Hospital
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for the myriad opportunities he has had in and Adrian Parker, FACHE for encourag-
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his healthcare journey. ing him to join ACHE and to sit for the Q H Z E Q
Since moving to the U.S. from Nigeria, board of governors’ exam.
Ayo has held many roles in health care “Being a member of ACHE has been
including working in the Emergency, value-adding all around,” he said. “Besides
Medical-Surgical, and Behavioral Health the networking advantage, I have been
departments; and serving in case manage- amazed by the cutting-edge industry
ment, as a nurse manager, and as the asso- knowledge ACHE provides through regu-
ciate director of primary care centers. He is larly organized local chapter events, and
currently the director of Patient Care the currency of the articles in the Journal $ 6 $ ) ( + $ 9 ( 1 1 ) 2 5 1 ( : % 2 5 1 & 6 2 0
Services for the Medical-Surgical/ of Healthcare Management.
Telemetry division at Jackson Memorial “It’s incredible to be able to hear the
Hospital. thoughts of leaders in the healthcare
“I wanted to learn as much as I could industry,” he continued. “There’s so much
when it came to healthcare because I information about where healthcare is
wanted to understand how all of the differ- going and what trends are happening;
ent pieces come together,” explained Ayo you can project this information onto
of his eclectic career. “I decided to work in your own organization to figure out if
outpatient/primary care, for example, you’re on trend or not, and if you’re stay-
because I believe that this is where health- ing ahead of the curve.”
care has trended, and I wanted to learn as Ayo decided to pursue fellowship, and
much as I could, firsthand.” recently received his FACHE credential.
Ayo obtained his RN and BSN from “If something’s worth doing, it’s worth
Miami Dade College and earned his mas- doing well,” he said. “The exam is tough; Specializing in Medically
ter’s in Health Administration at Florida it tests different areas of knowledge in
Atlantic University. Though he came from healthcare, which is pretty daunting. But Complex Patients
a financial and banking background, his even if you take it and don’t pass, you
interest in healthcare was piqued when his still haven’t lost because of knowledge Kindred Hospitals are owned by Kindred
uncle had an accident that required a long gained. Healthcare, Inc., a national network of Long Term
recovery. Ayo stayed with him in a “When you speak, you speak from a Acute Care Hospitals (LTACH's).
Nigerian hospital for about six months different vantage position; you can see
before returning to college. things other people don’t see—you Kindred Hospitals provide specialized, high quality
“That experience shaped me,” he said. become more insightful and discerning,” care for acutely ill patients. For more than a decade,
“I saw that healthcare wasn’t just about he added of the growth that occurs. we have fine-tuned the art of medically complex care.
medications, but about the whole person. “ACHE provides you the platform that
I realized that I wanted to study something enables you to see the forest for the trees.” Our services range from complex catastrophic
else, and when I got the opportunity to Ayo appreciates all of the mentors that illnesses that require intensive care, post-surgical medical
move to the U.S., I knew that I wanted to have gotten him to this point, as well as rehabilitation to patients suffering from chronic diseases requiring respiratory and
be a nurse. the support of Jackson Health System, rehabilitative therapies. Kindred Hospitals provide outcome-oriented
“The doctors were cool, but the nurses, which he considers “one huge mentorship cost effective care for patients with a wide spectrum of
who were spending 12 hours a day with program.” He pays his success forward by medical conditions.
patients, really made an impression on seeking out mentees and by continuing to
me,” he added. “Becoming a nurse was a encourage other healthcare leaders. Admissions to Kindred Hospitals may be
self-actualization of some sort.” “I am very comfortable holding the lad- recommended by physicians, acute-care hospitals,
When Ayo heard about the American der for others,” he adds. rehabilitation hospitals, managed care providers, case
management companies or by the patient’s family.
In all cases family tours are encouraged.
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