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2018: A Year in Review... 2018: A Year in Review... 2018: A Year in Review...

Growth, Expansion and a Focus on Serving the Community

A Year in Review for Broward Health

This past year, Broward funds that are now pro- • The opening of Broward Health • Broward Health North received Joint
Health commemorated 80 viding long-term coun- Coral Springs’ new $65 million tower Commission Gold Seal of Approval® for
years of service to Broward seling for those affected. that features The Maternity Place, a Advanced Certification for Total Hip and
County. As the system “Broward Health was Level II NICU and expanded surgical Total Knee Replacement, February 2018.
reached that milestone, its impacted on a profes- services. Broward Health also expanded its
commitment to providing sional and personal • Salah Foundation Children’s robotic surgery program, offering
high-quality care was con- level,” said Broward Hospital at Broward Health Medical patients a more precise surgical interven-
firmed with the expansion Health Acting Center finalizing phase I of renovations tion with the possibility of fewer compli-
of key service lines, strategic President/CEO Gino to the neonatal intensive care, bringing cations and faster recovery times. By the
capital improvement proj- Santorio. “Today, state-of-the art care to the smallest close of 2018, all four Broward Health
ects and the restructuring of Broward Health remains patients, as part of a $52 million project. Hospitals will offer robotic surgery
key leadership roles, all deeply committed to As a result of these capital improve- across a wide array of specialties.
while providing award-win- healing our communi- ments and Broward Health Physician These organizational improvements
ning quality care to the Gino Santorio ty.” Group hiring more than 20 new physi- were accomplished while trimming more
community at a time when With ongoing com- cians in areas such as cardiology, trans- than $30 million from the budget and
it needed it most. mitment to medical plant surgery, thoracic surgery, hematol- reducing taxes by approximately $20
Life changed in Broward County on excellence, Broward Health was also ogy/endocrinology and endocrinology, million.
February 14, 2018, as the tragic shooting driven to enhance services and increase Broward Health was repeatedly recog- "Broward Health has implemented
in Parkland unfolded at Marjory access to the highest quality of care nized for its quality. meaningful changes throughout the sys-
Stoneman Douglas High School. through: • Broward Health Medical Center, tem, reflective of our focus on delivering
Broward Health was tasked with caring • The completion of Broward Health Broward Health North and Broward the highest quality care to our patients,”
for 17 patients who were transported to North’s $70 million multi-year project Health Coral Springs received the Get said Andrew Klein, chairman of the
Broward Health North and Broward that included the new Emergency with the Guidelines recognition from the North Broward Hospital District Board of
Health Medical Center. Emergency and Department and Trauma Center, expand- American Heart Association and the Commissioners. “As one of the largest
trauma care providers sprang into action ed surgical services and a new central American Stroke Association. public healthcare systems, all of us at
to save lives, and months later continue energy plant that has increased energy • Broward Health Medical Center is a Broward Health are very proud of the
to foster relationships with the victims. efficiency. 2018 Aetna Designated Institute of comprehensive service we provide to our
Healing, however, went beyond those • Renovations of the medical and sur- Quality (IOQ) Cardiac Care for the community and the lives we save, and
wounded. Broward Health quickly real- gical units, Emergency Department and Cardiac Medical Intervention, Rhythm are looking forward to our next 80 years
ized the toll this event had on the com- Wound Care Center being completed at and Surgery programs for comprehen- of service as Broward County’s preferred
munity and rallied to raise and donate Broward Health Imperial Point. sive heart and vascular treatment. choice for care.”

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