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December 6
SFHHA Annual Meeting and Dinner VITAS HEALTHCARE
The South Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association’s Annual Meeting and
Dinner will be held December 6 at the Signature Grand, Davie. For more informa-
tion, visit www.sfhha.com.
Patrick D. Hale
December 7
As CIO and EVP of VITAS Healthcare since
Ribbons for the Children 2013, Patrick D. Hale has left his imprint on the
The 13th Annual Ribbons for the Children to benefit the Children’s Diagnostic 40-year-old hospice provider. He was named one
& Treatment Center and support children and families infected and affected by of South Florida’s top large-company chief infor-
HIV/AIDS will be held at RIVA Residences Fort Lauderdale, 1180 N. Federal mation officers in 2017 by South Florida Business
Highway, on Friday, December, 7 from 6 - 9:00 p.m. For more information, visit Journal. In 2018 he accepted a PEX Network
http://childrensdiagnostic.com/ribbons-for-the-children/ Award for VITAS’ mobile solutions to improving
patient admissions and increasing clinicians’
December 13 speed to the bedside.
SFHEF Networking Event “At VITAS, we want to change the world by
South Florida Healthcare Executive Forum, Inc. presents Holiday Networker offering a level of care far beyond what exists any-
2018 on Thursday, December 13 at Colada, 525 N. Federal Hwy #400, Fort where else,” says Hale, who credits his team for their success. “We have pro-
Lauderdale. For more information, visit www.sfhef.org. ductive debates in our management meetings, but at the end of the day we
come together with 100 percent commitment.”
December 13 Hale, a graduate of Michigan State University, co-chairs the South Florida
Caregiver 911 Hospital and Healthcare Association’s HIT (Health Information Technology)
Caregiver 911: Caregiving Solutions Start Here will take place December 13 at committee. He is a member of the Healthcare Information and Management
Ruby Auditorium, Miami Jewish Health Systems, 5200 NE 2nd Ave., Miami from Systems Society (HIMSS) and the College of Healthcare Information
10 am – 2 pm. Limited free tickets for caregivers. Register at caregiver.com or call Management Executives.
(954) 362-8126.

December 20 JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER
South Florida Healthcare Networking Group Meeting
You are invited to the monthly meeting of the South Florida Healthcare
Networking Group (SFHNG) hosted by Delray Medical Center on Thursday, Thomas R. Schoenig
December 20 from 7:45 to 10 a.m. Download the reservation form at www.south-
floridahospitalnews.com or please call (561) 368-6950. Thomas R. Schoenig is responsible for keeping
Jupiter Medical Center connected with informa-
January 23 tion through a web of health care applications and
SFHEF Board Installation Dinner a sophisticated network of data input and com-
South Florida Healthcare Executive Forum, Inc. presents the Annual Board munications devices. He also played a lead role in
Installation Dinner on Wednesday, January 23 from 5-8 pm at the Signature Grand, the implementation of Jupiter Medical Center’s
6900 West State Rd 84, Davie. For more information or tickets, visit new electronic health record system.
www.sfhef.org or contact Karissa Ostoski at karissa.ostoski@gmail.com. Schoenig previously worked in Altamonte
Springs, Florida, as the regional chief information
January 23 officer for Adventist Health System, a 44-hospital,
Ortho Hour 8,100-bed health care system. He was a member
Respected orthopedic surgeon Dr. William Leone will discuss combining the lat- of senior leadership and led technology service
est surgical techniques and technologies with good, old-fashioned patient care to delivery for two regions within Adventist—first, over the Midwest region,
achieve the best and most-consistent results and experience for hip and knee sur- which included five acute care facilities in Illinois and Wisconsin. Then he
gery, during "Ortho Hour" on Wednesday, January 23 at 4 p.m. at the Sister moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth area and oversaw technology service delivery
Innocent Conference Center at Holy Cross Hospital, 4725 N. Federal Highway, for four acute care facilities, two nursing and rehabilitation centers, and numer-
Fort Lauderdale. Ortho Hour is free and open to the public. For reservations, ous physician practices.
please call (954) 351-5886. In addition to Adventist, Schoenig has held senior IT leadership positions at
hospitals and health care systems across the country, from Wyoming to Las
Vegas to the greater Dallas area. He holds a BA in Chemistry from Monmouth
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College in Illinois.
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