Bloodless Medicine Clinic Opens at Jackson Memorial Hospital

Jackson Health System has opened a bloodless medicine clinic, catering to those who are opposed to receiving blood transfusions - either because of religious convictions, safety concerns or other personal reasons. The clinic, which officially opened on October 23 in Ryder Trauma Center at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, will be run by a medical team with expertise in bloodless surgical techniques.

Bloodless medicine is an approach used to manage diseases and conditions without the use of blood products or transfusions from a donor during surgery. Some of the techniques used include performing minimally invasive procedures or saving a patient's own blood and using during surgery by reinfusion.

Led by Mauricio Lynn, MD, a UM/Jackson trauma surgeon and Director of the Bloodless Surgery Center, the staff at Jackson's bloodless clinic will assist patients with their medical needs. When necessary, the patients will be referred to UM/Jackson specialists in a variety of disciplines with an expertise in bloodless medicine and surgical techniques.

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Broward Based Mednax Acquires Anesthesiology Practice 

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Celia Ampel | SFBJ

Mednax will acquire a Georgia anesthesiology practice Friday (10-31-14), the Sunrise-based network's ninth acquisition this year.

The medical practice ownership company (NYSE: MD) acquired the NEXus Medical Group in Macon, Ga. The group's 64 anesthesia providers and six other staff members will join Mednax's American Anesthesiology division.

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Places Hospital in top one third of institutions nationwide

Boca Raton Regional Hospital is the recipient of an "A" grade in the latest Hospital Safety Score� ratings, administered by The Leapfrog Group, an independent, national nonprofit organization focused on healthcare safety and accountability.

Issued biannually, the Hospital Safety Score - calculated under the guidance of a six-member panel representing such institutions as Johns Hopkins and Harvard - uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single grade representing a hospital's overall success in keeping patients safe from infections, injuries, and medical and medication errors.

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