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Boca Raton Community Hospital Celebrates<br />
achievements &<br />
national recognition<br />
Boca Raton Community Hospital<br />
continues to provide leading edge health<br />
care to the residents of our community<br />
and South Florida.<br />
• Several of our clinical programs<br />
have been ranked as national<br />
and state leaders for 2010 by<br />
HealthGrades ® , the leading<br />
independent healthcare ratings<br />
organization, including:<br />
• #1 in the state of Florida and<br />
top 5% nationally for cardiac<br />
surgery<br />
• #1 in the state of Florida<br />
and top 5% nationally for<br />
gastroenterology care<br />
• #2 in the state of Florida and<br />
top 5% nationally for the<br />
treatment of stroke<br />
• #3 in the state of Florida and<br />
top 5% nationally for cardiac<br />
care<br />
• top 5% of all hospitals<br />
nationally for clinical<br />
excellence and patient safety<br />
(HealthGrades ® does not rank oncology<br />
programs due to the multidisciplinary<br />
complexity of this disease)<br />
• BRCH’s Stroke Center was certified<br />
by the state of Florida and has<br />
received the Gold Seal of Approval<br />
from The Joint Commission for<br />
Primary Stroke Centers. For many<br />
people in the area, BRCH is now the<br />
closest facility offering approved<br />
stroke services.<br />
<strong>Vision</strong> 2010 | 4<br />
Tim Williams, M.D. and Charles Shang<br />
• The Institute for Women’s Health<br />
& Wellness’ Center for Breast Care<br />
was named one of the nation’s<br />
Top Women’s Imaging Centers<br />
to Watch in 2009 by Imaging<br />
Technology News, joining such<br />
preeminent institutions as Baylor<br />
University and Vanderbilt Medical<br />
Centers.<br />
• Lynn Cancer Institute installed<br />
the first AccuBoost breast cancer<br />
radiotherapy system in South<br />
Florida. Rashmi Benda, MD, a<br />
radiation oncologist at BRCH, was<br />
instrumental in the development of<br />
the new technology, which delivers<br />
an additional dose of radiation<br />
accurately and reliably for breast<br />
cancer patients.<br />
• The Harvey & Phyllis Sandler<br />
Pavilion, housing the Lynn Cancer<br />
Institute and our outpatient Imaging<br />
Center, won a Building of America<br />
Award and was featured in Real<br />
Estate and Construction Review -<br />
Florida Edition.<br />
• The Foundation funded the<br />
purchase of Endobronchial<br />
Ultrasonography (EBUS). The<br />
technology allows the physician to<br />
perform real time biopsies of lymph<br />
nodes under accurate ultrasound<br />
guidance as well as other<br />
mediastinal masses and accurately<br />
stage lung cancer.<br />
• The Institute for Women’s Health<br />
& Wellness/Center for Breast Care