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On January 30th, a historic multi-million dollar donation will be made to the Boca Raton Community Hospital. This donation -- the largest of its kind to any community hospital will help fund the medical center of the future. This new institution will serve as a national model of hospital safety, while also educating a new generation of medical professionals. The donor and the amount is anonymous at this time.
This announcement to develop a state-of-the-art facility follows a monumental public-private partnership between Boca Raton Community Hospital (BRCH), Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine (UMMSOM). The pioneering facility will draw from the experience of medical centers of excellence around the country, and will itself become a standard for hospital safety. As the first new academic medical center to be established in the United States in nearly a decade, the program will address the anticipated nationwide shortage of health care professionals and nurses.
As consumers and the empowered patient continue to drive healthcare decisions, there is a growing need to prepare to address the healthcare needs of the aging baby boom generation. The following spokespeople will be available for interviews to discuss how this new facility can meet these healthcare concerns:
- Gary Strack, President and CEO of Boca Raton Community Hospital
- Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida
- Richard Schmidt, President and CEO of Schmidt Companies, Inc. and Chairman of the Boca Raton Community Hospital Board of Trustees
- Frank Brogan, President of Florida Atlantic University
- Pascal Goldschmidt, MD, Dean of the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine
-John Reiling, Health Care Administration and Operations Expert for Boca Raton Community Hospital
More information re announcement event:
Boca Raton Community Hospital to Receive Largest Gift to Community Hospital Ever
-Helps Create Academic Medical Center-
WHAT:
Boca Raton Community Hospital will receive the largest gift ever given to a community hospital and the third-largest among all hospitals and health systems in the United States (based upon information from the Advisory Board for the latest year available, 2005) to help build a new academic medical center that will serve as a national model of hospital safety while educating a new generation of medical professionals.
The announcement follows a unique public-private affiliation among Boca Raton Community Hospital (BRCH), Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (UMMSOM) to develop an academic medical center with the state-of-the-art facility as the primary community-based teaching hospital in service to South Florida.
WHY:
The community hospital known for its medical centers of excellence will contribute to the birth of the first new academic medical center in the United States in the past decade and become a standard for hospital safety. The teaching hospital will also help to address an anticipated nationwide shortage of health care professionals.
The academic structure of the new center will allow medical students at Florida Atlantic University’s Boca Raton Campus to spend all four years of their medical training in the Boca Raton community area while earning a degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
WHEN:
Tuesday, January 30, 2006, at 11 a.m.; on-site interviews 12 p.m.-2 p.m.ET
WHERE:
Avitat Aviation Park, 3300 Airport Road, Boca Raton, Florida
WHO:
The following spokespeople will be available for interviews: Gary Strack, President & CEO, Boca Raton Community Hospital
Richard Schmidt, President & CEO, Schmidt Companies, Inc. and Chairman of the Boca Raton Community Hospital Board of Trustees
- John Reiling, Project Manager, Boca Raton Community Hospital
- Richard Greenwald, MD, Vice President, Medical Affairs, Boca Raton Community Hospital
- Paul Risner, Vice President and General Counsel, Boca Raton Community Hospital
- Frank Brogan, President, Florida Atlantic University
- Pascal Goldschmidt, MD, Dean, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Please let me know if you'd like to arrange an interview. Meanwhile, thank you for your consideration.
Regards, Andrea Cohen, 973-763-1137
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