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RESOLUTION NO. 2000- 2-l 0
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE
APPROVAL OF A CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATION AND
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OPEN HEART SURGERY
SERVICES PROGRAM AT AVENTURA HOSPITAL AND
MEDICAL CENTER; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS A ventura Hospital and Medical Center has continually provided high quality
health services to the residents of Sunny Isles Beach and its neighboring communities; and
WHEREAS the City's year-round population of approximately 14,000 residents and the
Hospital's total service area population of over 500,000 is projected to increase significantly in
the next several years; and
WHEREAS A ventura Hospital, with 407 acute care beds, provides community residents
with a broad range of high quality medical services through approximately 800 medical staff
physicians, 1,200 employees and 200 volunteers, which array of inpatient and outpatient services
include emergency services, ambulatory and inpatient general and speciality surgery services,
intensive care, diagnostic testing, laboratory services, obstetrics, pediatric services, oncology,
psychiatric services, home health care services, and many others; and
WHEREAS Sunny Isles Beach has a large elderly population to which A ventura Hospital
has demonstrated its commitment through its sophisticated cardiology services, including
prevention programs, cardiopulmonary services, cardiac catheterization laboratory, coronary care
unit, and cardiac rehabilitation programs; and
WHEREAS Aventura Hospital facilitated approximately 275 patient transfers during
1999 to hospitals with open heart surgery programs, and the nearest providers of open heart
surgery services within Health Planning District 11 are fifteen to twenty miles away; and
WHEREAS the transfer of open heart surgery patients away from our community
hospital often creates travel barriers to family visitation, increases patient anxiety, and adversely
effects continuity of care due to the inability of physicians within our community to follow their
patients; and,
WHEREAS A ventura Hospital and Medical Center has been the recipient of numerous
awards for outstanding patient care, including being nationally recognized as one of the nation's
"100 Top Hospitals: Benchmarks for Success II for four years and was the recipient of the 1998
Mercury Award for patient quality outcomes; and,
WHEREAS our residents are in need of local open heart and cardiovascular surgery
services, and A ventura Hospital and Medical Center is seeking a certificate of need approval
from the State of Florida Agency For Health Care Administration to initiate such services;
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Commission of the City of
Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, strongly supports approval of the certificate of need application
and the implementation of an open heart surgery services program at their community hospital,
A ventura Hospital and Medical Center.
This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of April,
ATTEST:
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Richard Brown-Morilla, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY
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M. Dannheisser, City Attorney
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Seconded by: C. ~ ~~~~\~ ~
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Mayor Samson
Vice Mayor Morrow
Commissioner Iglesias
Commissioner Kauffman
Commissioner Turetsky
v (Yes)
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