Building What’s Next for Nursing Engaging, Embracing and Empowering for Greater Resilience & Results
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Keynote announcementMemorial Healthcare System lead sponsor
Plan now to be a part of the Nursing Consortium of Florida's next educational conference as we spotlight, on the 20th of May, the early adoption of strategies for building what’s next for nursing; teams that are more resilient and higher performing.
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Register today to make sure you're present as we reveal how onboarding experiences are evolving, how nurse teams are being reconfigured to enable greater opportunities for teaching, learning, and bonding, and how leadership roles are evolving to better support the new teams being formed. The program will open and close with presentations by two nationally acclaimed nurse leaders who will inform and inspire. Morning Keynote Speaker will be Ramón Lavandero, RN, MA, MSN, FAAN Senior Director of Communications and Strategic Alliances at the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. The afternoon Keynote Speaker will be the acclaimed author of Inspired Nurse and motivational speaker Huron's Rich Bluni, RN. |
The Memorial Healthcare System will be the presenting sponsor of the day-long program which will be offered in-person at the Signature Grand and virtually will also feature three panel presentations by area nurse leaders from practice and academic settings who are adopting Consortium strategies for moving beyond the current challenges and building what’s next for nursing.
For available sponsorship opportunities, please click here. Don’t miss what is certain to be a truly exceptional educational conference and networking opportunity. |
Do hospitals need more nurse CEOs?
With nearly one-third of registered nurses considering leaving their current roles amid historic
workforce shortages, healthcare executives nationwide are scrambling to face the problem. A recent article in Becker’s Hospital Review
suggests that this task may come easier for hospital and health system CEOs who
have hands-on nursing experience. But so-called "nurse CEOs" are few
and far between. The true proportion of nurses who are healthcare CEOs is
unclear due to a lack of data. The American Organization for Nursing Leadership
and the American College of Healthcare Executives told Becker's they
do not track the number of hospital and health system CEOs with nursing
backgrounds. An analysis of the CEOs leading U.S. News & World Report's top
20 hospitals reveal just two have nursing backgrounds: Johnese Spisso, RN,
president of UCLA Health and CEO of the UCLA Hospital System; and Regina
Cunningham, PhD, RN, CEO of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia. Becker's spoke with three nursing leaders to
understand why there are not more nurses in CEO roles and whether CEOs with
nursing backgrounds could bring a competitive advantage to health systems
aiming to create a better environment for these clinicians. Please click
here to read more.
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Cleveland
Clinic Florida ranked in top 50 of World’s Best Hospitals by Newsweek;
Cleveland Clinic Ohio ranked #2 in the world
Cleveland Clinic has garnered six top
positions in Newsweek’s World’s
Best Hospitals 2022 list. Cleveland Clinic’s central hospital in
Cleveland, Ohio was ranked #2 in the world, and
Consortium member
Cleveland Clinic Weston was ranked #45 in the world. The rankings are based on surveys and data
from more than 2,200 hospitals in 27 countries. According to Newsweek Global
Editor in Chief Nancy Cooper, what has set the world’s leading hospitals apart
is their continued ability to deliver the highest-quality patient care and
conduct critical medical research even as they focused on battling COVID. She
said, “Indeed, as the fourth annual ranking of the World’s Best Hospitals by
Newsweek and Statista shows, consistency in excellence is the hallmark of these
institutions …” The rankings are based on three data sources: online surveys of
more than 80,000 medical experts from around the world; results from publicly
available patient experience surveys; and medical key performance indicators,
including patient safety, infection prevention measures, and doctor-to-patient
ratios. Please click here to read more.
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Kaufman Hall publishes useful tracking metric on
observation status patients
Since 2013 when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’
established the two-midnight rule for determining observation status,
observation patients have represented a growing percentage of hospitals’ daily
censuses. Although the CMS rule technically applies only to traditional
Medicare beneficiaries, similar methods for determining observation status have
been adopted by commercial health plans. Although hospitals know that the
percentage of observation status patients has grown; what has not been clearly
determined is what might be an appropriate percentage
of observation status patients. Starting in February 2022, Kaufman
Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report began publishing
a new metric that will track the number of observation patient days as a
percentage of total days across the more than 900 hospitals that currently
contribute data for the report. While determining observation status is and
should be a decision driven by physician judgment—and the percentage of
patients in observation status will vary from hospital to hospital—this new
metric will help management understand how much their observation status
percentages vary from the median. If that variance is significant, management
can investigate and, if appropriate, address the factors or processes that are
driving the variance. Getting observation status right is important to
patients, their providers, and the organization. Please click here to read
more.
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UM Miller School
moves up in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Medical School Rankings
The University of Miami’s Leonard
M. Miller School of Medicine rose two spots in U.S. News
& World Report’s 2023 Best Graduate Schools - Medical School rankings.
The Miller School also moved up to the No. 6 spot for Diversity. Henri
R. Ford, M.D., M.H.A., dean and chief academic officer of the Miller School
commented, “These rankings reflect our commitment to remain and continuously
improve as a preeminent medical school, leading the way in training the next
generation of physicians and physician-scientists, and advancing meaningful
research for some of the most complex diseases.” The U.S. News “Best Graduate
Schools” rankings are based on a weighted average of eight indicators,
including peer assessment of quality, research activity through NIH grants,
student selectivity, and faculty resources. The National Institutes of Health
research grants awarded to faculty at the Miller School totaled nearly $153
million in 2021, maintaining its No. 40 national ranking. Please click here to read more. |
Boca Raton Regional Hospital breaks ground for Gloria
Drummond Patient Tower
Boca Raton Regional Hospital, a Consortium member, has broken
ground to start construction of the new Gloria Drummond Patient Tower. The new
seven-story facility is the cornerstone for the hospital’s campus transformation
and its $250 million Keeping the Promise capital
campaign. Attending the ground-breaking event was Elaine J. Wold and the
Bay Branch Foundation who made a $25 million gift to the hospital’s Keeping
the Promise fund. Mrs. Wold named the tower in memory of Boca Raton Regional’s founder, Gloria Drummond, her close and life-long friend. “I
believe we all have a responsibility to improve the level of health care in our
area, to forge new directions, and bring new medicine to our families
here,” said Mrs. Wold. Please click here to read more.
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Lee Health aligns with Cleveland Clinic’s Heart,
Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Consortium members Lee Health and Cleveland Clinic have
entered into an agreement allowing Lee Health to become an alliance member of
Cleveland Clinic’s Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular &
Thoracic Institute. The agreement unites one of Southwest Florida’s leading
health care providers with the top-ranked cardiac program in the U.S. to
elevate patient care in Southwest Florida. The strategic alliance creats a
framework for how the two health systems work together to assess opportunities
to share best practices and enhance existing clinical or operational projects
or establish new ones. Lee Health has a long history of excellence in cardiac
care, with HealthPark Medical Center having been recognized multiple times as
one of the Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals in the country by IBM Watson. The
Ohio-based Cleveland Clinic Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic
Institute is one of the world’s largest, most experienced cardiac, thoracic and
vascular surgery programs. Cleveland Clinic has been ranked the No. 1 hospital
in the country for cardiology and cardiac surgery for 27 years in a row
by U.S. News & World Report. Please click here to read more. |
Baptist
Health South Florida joins with Rehab Boost to develop AI software that detects
movement abnormalities
Consortium member Baptist Health South Florida, the largest healthcare
organization in the region, has entered into an agreement with Rehab Boost, a pioneer in artificial
intelligence (AI) to develop an innovative platform to diagnose movement
abnormalities. This body motion recognition technology is being developed under
the name of “Gait Boost, LLC.” It is a first-of-its-kind platform, and it also
marks Baptist
Health Innovations’ first startup company. Gait Boost, will focus on a
person’s gait, better known as a person’s manner of walking. Abnormalities in
movement may provide early indicators of severe sicknesses or medical
conditions. Mark Coticchia, Corporate VP, Baptist Health Innovations said, “Gait
Boost is intended to work at the intersection of technology and medical
knowledge, ultimately offering a new way to identify abnormalities. The
opportunity and ability to diagnose patients sooner than currently available
with new medical approaches, advancements and innovation is precisely why
Baptist Health Innovations was created – to commercialize novel ideas for
patient benefit.” Please click here to read more.
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McKinsey launches new health initiative aimed at
increasing life expectancy
McKinsey
& Company has launched a new division, McKinsey Health Institute (MHI),
a non-profit entity whose mission is to catalyze the actions needed across
continents, sectors, and communities to realize possible gains in life
expectancy and quality of life. MHI’s goal
is to add “years to life and life to
years.” The
institute will focus on several areas critical to the benefit of society, beginning with a priority of brain health. Mckinsey says the McKinsey Health Institute is an enduring entity within the firm, founded on the
conviction that, over the next decade, humanity could add as much as 45 billion
extra years of higher-quality life (roughly six years per person on average—and
substantially more in some countries and populations). MHI’s mission is to
catalyze the actions needed across continents, sectors, and communities to
realize this possibility. Please click here to read more.
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FAU program helps veteran students match with shelter
dogs
A
new program at Consortium member Florida Atlantic University, “FAU Veteran Canine
Rescue Mission” matches FAU student veterans and alumni veterans with dogs from
the Humane Society of Broward County,
which will be trained by Happy With Dogs
for service, emotional support or companionship.
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The
program is designed to help veterans deal with stress and mental well-being.
There are more than 1,300 military and veteran students currently at FAU.
The
program was launched through a generous gift from the Phil and
Susan Smith Family
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UM Health System dedicates premier urology
institute to train urologists and to advance research
Consortium member University of Miami Health
System has established the Desai Sethi Urology Institute led by founding
director Dipen Parekh, M.D. This premier Urology Institute will train the next
generation of urologists while advancing breakthroughs in research that can be
applied to clinical care. Dr. Parekh says, “Thanks to a generous commitment
from the Desai Sethi Family Foundation the University of Miami is building a
premier Urology Institute, one of a select few in the nation.” Please click here to read more.
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Super Bowl winner talks mental health during luncheon at
Palm Beach State College
![null]() Consortium member Palm Beach State College recently welcomed Brand
Powell, wide receiver for Super Bowl 2022 winner Los Angeles Rams, to an
on-campus lunch and presentation, titled “My Life, My Journey.”
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Powell
gave an inspiring talk about his career and how he deals with mental stress on
and off the field. Powell is a University of Florida graduate who grew up in
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Florida, playing football in the streets with his seven
brothers. He said that maintaining good mental health is the greatest challenge
most athletes deal with today. He believes that good focus is what has led to
his success in football. He says that he turns his phone off at times and stays
off social media to help maintain his focus. He noted that “Social media
influences a lot of players. It has ruined a lot of careers. You have thousands
of followers. It’s a lot of people telling you you’re good, you deserve this,
but they don’t really know you or your situation.” He said, “I focus on what I
have to do, what I’ve been studying and what the coaches have been saying. If you do this, be yourself, work really hard
and be a good person to your teammates, everything else will take care of
itself.” Please click here to read more.
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Miami Transplant Institute announces newly enhanced Lung
Transplant Center
The Miami Transplant Institute (MTI), an affiliation
between Consortium members Jackson Health System and UHealth – University of
Miami Health System, is now home to a newly enhanced transplant lung center for
adult and pediatric patients with complex lung disease. The lung transplant center will serve as a destination
for advanced lung disease patients from across the U.S. and abroad. It will be
led by internationally renowned surgeon Tiago Machuca, MD, PhD. Doctor Machuca joined MTI In February 2022 as
director of the lung transplant center, assistant director of global oncology
at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and professor of clinical surgery at
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Prior to that he was chief of
the division of thoracic surgery and an associate professor of surgery at the
University of Florida College of Medicine. He also served as director of adult
ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) and surgical director of the Lung
Transplant Program at UF Shands Transplant Center. In addition to Dr. Machuca,
a second thoracic surgeon and two transplant pulmonologists will join MTI, and
recruitment is ongoing for additional members of the multi-specialty team.
Please click here to read more
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McKinsey advises how medical providers can help patients
struggling with unmet basic needs
A recent article by McKinsey & Company says health
systems, hospitals, and community health clinics have a substantial part
to play in patients’ lives. As trusted sources of healthcare and information,
US providers may help patients understand the links between unmet basic
needs—or social determinants of health (SDOH)—and health while supporting
patients in meeting these needs. While unmet
basic needs disproportionately affect Medicaid-insured patients, more
than 45 percent of consumers across coverage types experience at least one
unmet basic need. Even patients with higher
salaries may be struggling with unmet needs. Ninety percent
of the United States’ $3.8 trillion in annual healthcare expenditures
are for people with chronic and mental-health conditions, with 60
percent of adults across the United States facing one chronic disease and
40 percent facing two or more chronic diseases. Unmet basic
needs contribute to this by leading to clinical exacerbations, unnecessary and
avoidable utilization, and poor outcomes. Please click here to read more.
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Sylvester Researchers Uncover New Cellular Oxygen-sensing
Pathway
A team of researchers at UHealth Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer
Center has
identified a new cellular oxygen-sensing pathway – a discovery that could
potentially lead to new approaches for treating cancer and other diseases. Dr. Fangliang
Zhang, Ph.D., associate professor of molecular and cellular pharmacology at the
center said ”Turning oxygen into energy
is essential for all animals, plants and fungi, as well as other eukaryotes
whose cells have functional mitochondria, the so-called powerhouse for the
cell.” After seven years of biochemical studies focusing on the genes that turn
certain proteins on or off in the cells, the Sylvester researchers identified
an alternative pathway for oxygen-sensing based on the protein
arginyltransferase 1 (ATE1), which was derived from the ancestor of
mitochondria going back billions of years to the early days of life on the
planet. Please click here to read more.
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