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A message from our President

Healthcare in Flux!

It seems that every day we see another I am the proud grandfather of a new baby
significant change occurring in healthcare. girl named Claire Elizabeth. I want a better
The move to value supported strongly by health system for Claire where providers are
the Obama Administration seems not to be able to coordinate her care with no impedi-
the passion of the Trump Administration. ments. To share information about her med-
Insurers involved in the insurance ical history and to recommend treatment that
Jaime Caldwell exchanges are spinning trying to figure out if comes from the synthesis of millions of med-
they are going to remain in the exchange, the ical studies. I want healthcare providers to be
pricing of their products, and if the Trump concerned about her care, to have time to
Administration will continue the cost sharing reductions. form a relationship with Claire beyond just
I don’t know about you, but when I went to school, there was always a cost associated the few minutes allotted for care. I want physi-
with uncertainty! I will not be surprised to see the cost of healthcare begin to increase at cians and hospitals to be fairly compensated
greater rates. Added to these market uncertainties, we also have the pending nursing for the coordinated care that they provide to
shortage, drug pricing, and growing technology expense. All together, it looks like the Claire. Doesn’t she deserve it? Don’t we as a
potential formation of the “perfect storm.” country deserve it?
Don’t we have a responsibility to act? Shouldn’t the healthcare industry say that we are So, what is holding us back? What is keep-
committed to advancing the Triple Aim? That quality, patient satisfaction, and cost do ing us from making that leap to the next care
impact care! Aren’t we seeing more and more articles tying the cost of care to access? Did paradigm? I have hope. The more I work with
we not just see the results of a study done by Cleveland Clinic that found that in the face our healthcare provider members the more I Claire Eizabeth
of significantly rising drug prices, patients were priced out of the market? see the passion and the drive they have to con-
tinue to improve care and access. While the dollars are important, they are still a second
to their patients. Healthcare providers, during a time of major uncertainty, are saying,
“We can’t go back, the pursuit of value works.”
Three weeks ago, I experienced the provision of healthcare in action. My daughter
chose to deliver little Claire at Memorial Hospital Miramar Not personally experiencing
childbirth for almost 30 years, I was amazed. The compassion, focus on the care delivered
to the mother and child, continual education of the mother, then parents and grandpar-
ents, level of safety afforded to the family and baby, and the level of expertise from the
environmental staff to the nurses to the delivering obstetrician … this is how healthcare
is supposed to work. All those providers coordinating care with the common goal of
ensuring the best quality outcome for the patient(s).
I think that we are on the way. Some don’t realize that the train has already left the sta-
tion and it can’t go back. A new paradigm is emerging that is focused on the quality of
patient care and the integration of new technologies that allow us to provide that care in
the most efficient way while keeping an eye on affordability. Yes, I think we are pointed
in the right direction, we have to be, because I now have a responsibility to my grand-
daughter to make that happen. Her grandfather “has her back.”

2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chantal Leconte James Ball Dr. Patrick Taylor
Chair, South Florida Hospital COO, Catholic Health Services CEO, Holy Cross Hospital
and Healthcare Association Dr. Ann Wehr
CEO, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Ana M. Viamonte Ros, MD Sr. VP/CMO, AvMed
Director Medical Staff Development
Lincoln Mendez Baptist Health Doug Bartel
Immediate Past Chairman Maria Currier Director, Business Development
South Florida Hospital Florida Blue
and Healthcare Association General Counsel, Partner
Holland & Knight, LLP
CEO, South Miami Hospital Darcy Davis
CEO, Health Care District
David Wagner William Duquette
Vice Chair, South Florida Hospital CEO, Homestead Hospital of Palm Beach County
and Healthcare Association Ralph Marrinson
CEO, Kindred Hospital, Hollywood Steven Ullmann President, Marrinson Senior
Director, University of Miami
Mary Zalaznik Health Policy Management Care Residences
Secretary, South Florida Hospital and John Couris
Healthcare Association Patricia Greenberg President & CEO
Sr. Vice President Operations, VITAS President, National Healthcare Associates
Jupiter Medical Center
Mark Doyle Michael Gittelman
Kevin Conn
Treasurer, South Florida Hospital and CEO, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Reg. VP of Operations
Healthcare Association Charles Michelson
CEO, Memorial Hospital Pembroke HealthSouth Corporation
Partner
Charles Felix Saltz Michelson Architects Enrique A. Vicéns-Rivera,
Member at Large Wael Barsoum, MD JD, MHSA
Publisher, South Florida Hospital CEO, Cleveland Clinic Hospital CEO, HealthSouth Rehabilitation
News & Healthcare Report Hospital of Miami
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