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Broward Health Embraces the Power

of Information Technology

In today’s healthcare arena, data is abundant, but usage of that ment of patients in the most effective care setting. The availability
data is key to organizational transformation. Broward Health has of daily scorecards allowed for transparent visualization on agreed
embraced the digital evolution and by doing so is on the path to upon metrics, with the ability to focus on opportunities in a timely
revolutionized patient care. manner.
“Broward Health is focusing on using analytics to deliver action- “We have made great strides with data capture and analytics to
able data,” said Kathy Ross, chief information officer, Broward enhance our clinical decision support within our electronic health
Health. “We are using analytics at the bedside to improve our care record system,” said Katy Branch, clinical pharmacy and research
delivery. In finance we are better enabling the organization to pre- systems manager, Broward Health. “This data provides Broward
pare for the continued shift to value/quality healthcare.” Health’s clinicians the information they need to target process
In the past year, Broward Health’s IT has partnered with the improvement efforts in the highest impact areas. We now have
Finance Department to develop multiple dashboards to increase focused visibility to both value and nuisance alerts. We can see
the visibility of its business. Broward Health can now visualize the every alert fired, who it fired for, when it alerted and the clinician’s
data to improve analysis and decision making. The real-time dash- response.”
boards help reduce data duplicates, as well as standardize data ele- The data has already shown its value. Clinicians are reporting
ments and analysis. The dashboards allow for increased productiv- enhanced provider experience and patient safety through the cap-
ity and highlight areas that need focus, which in turn supports tured information.
improvements in patient care operations. At a recent Board of Commissioners meeting, Michael Morrison,
“In medicine, the spotlight tends to shine on the technological M.D., chief of staff at Broward Health Medical Center, shared that “Broward Health
advances we see in front of our eyes all the time – the robotic pro- he has seen results with the implementation of the patient is focusing on using
cedures and advances in gene targeted therapy, to name a few,” said throughput software. He expressed that it has drastically reduced
Kenneth Zilnick, M.D., cardiologist and chair of pharmacy and the number of patients leaving without being seen in the analytics to deliver
therapeutics at Broward Health Medical Center. “However, behind Emergency Department, therefore providing more efficient patient actionable data. We
the scenes we continue to develop intelligent systems that inte- care.
grate our networks and analyze data in real time with a mission to Broward Health has realized the value of actionable data and are using analytics at
guide our therapy, and continue to enhance patient outcomes.” incorporating it into daily operations. But even as Broward Health
Broward Health has prioritized its enterprise strategy around celebrates its recent IT successes, it is cognizant that technological the bedside to improve
patient flow logistics. Information Technology partnered with cli- innovation will bring new challenges and opportunities to health- our care delivery.”
nicians and operational leaders to completely shift the ownership care. With a willingness to change and be part of the continued
and accountability for patient throughput. The goal was to have digital revolution, Broward Health and the greater healthcare -Kathy Ross
one centralized location for patient entry and provide timely place- industry will find greater opportunities for patient care.

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Holy Cross Hospital Executive Director, NAI/Merin Hunter Codman
Perioperative Services Named 2018 Announces 2018 Broker
Director of the Year of the Year

NAI/Merin Hunter Codman, Inc. is pleased to announce
that Managing Director, Lesley Sheinberg has been named
its 2018 Broker of the Year.
This is the second Broker of the Year award for Sheinberg
who is also is a multiple time CoStar
Group, Inc, Power Broker Award winner. She has repre-
sented institutional and private equity commercial real Lesley Sheinberg
estate clients for over 20 years and is one of Palm Beach
County’s leading medical office and healthcare real estate specialists. Sheinberg has
completed over 1,000,000-square feet of lease transactions and in excess of $20 mil-
lion of investment sales.

Holy Cross Hospital Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Taren Ruggiero, RN,
MSN; Chandler Cissel (nephew), Mallory Marrero (daughter), Jorge Marrero (hus-
band), Holy Cross Hospital 2018 Director of the Year and Executive Director,
Perioperative Services, Chrissy Marrero, RN; Holy Cross Hospital President and CEO
Dr. Patrick A. Taylor; and Jana Blackwell (sister)

Each year, Holy Cross Hospital recognizes an Associate who demonstrates leadership,
serves as an inspiration to others, embraces new responsibilities and offers innovative
and thoughtful insights. For 2018, the Director of the Year is Chrissy Marrero, R.N., Holy
Cross Hospital’s Executive Director of Surgical Services.
Recognized as an out-of-the-box thinker who is receptive to change and understands
the strategic direction of the organization, aligning programs and actions to meet those
goals, Marrero is known to treat everyone like family , always lending an ear and a hand.
Her constant pursuit of excellence and commitment to the Holy Cross mission,
Associates and patients is evidenced by her time and service with the non-profit hospi-
tal.Marrero began her career at Holy Cross in 1993 as an advanced clinical nurse in the
operating room. Over the years she has served as OR coordinator, operations coordinator,
nurse manager, director of outpatient surgery , director of clinical education, and, most
recently , executive director of the OR.

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