South broward hospital district board of commissioners

Discussion 2.1: Choose Your Organization! Curtis Hill posted Jan 12, 2021 5:03 PM This page automatically marks posts as read as you scroll.Adjust automatic marking as read setting The selected healthcare organization is the Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, Fla-1014. This healthcare facility was established in 1953 under the umbrella of the Memorial Healthcare System that also includes the Memorial Regional Hospital South and the Memorial Hospital Pembroke among others (LeValley & Page, 2011). The hospitals under this flagship are public and non-profit hospital system. They are governed by the South Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners that consists seven-member district board. The members are the appointee of the Governor whereas the Chief Executive Officer and the President is the being appointed by the Board of the Commissioners. The website of the organization is www.mhs.net/locations/memorial-regional The Memorial Regional facility is among one of the seven-level I trauma centers in the state. The facility is selected because it using an expanded and modernized ED that makes it a busy facility within Broward County. Another reason for the selection of this facility is that it also operates institutions. The Hospital is running the Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute; Memorial Cancer Institute; and a Breast Cancer Center as well as the Memorial Neuroscience Center. The facility is also hosting the largest number of patients. It admits 37,431 patients with its ED receiving a total of 126,288 patients. It also hosts a total of 8,169 inpatients and 6,464 outpatient surgeries (Memorial Healthcare System, n.d). The hospital is hosting several specialists for example pathologists, cardiologists, pediatricians, emergency medical teams, neonatal and perinatal medical specialists, neurosurgeons, obstetric and gynecologists, pulmonologists, physician assistants, and internal medicine specialists. The hospital is having more than 6,700 employees who partner with physicians, and hundreds of volunteering members who are helping in the improvement of the health of the communities (Memorial Healthcare System, n.d ). References LeValley, C., & Page, L. (2011, November 21). 20 Largest Public Hospitals in the United States. Retrieved from Becker's Hospital Review: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/lists-and-statistics/20-largest-public-hospitals-in-the-united-states.html Memorial Healthcare System. (n.d ). Memorial Regional Hospital. Retrieved from https://www.mhs.net/locations/memorial-regional