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The latest health news is important to you and your family. Click on the links below to read up-to-date health information.
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June 24, 2008
WB Continues Top Maternity Hospital
Best-Performing Hospitals Have 76 Percent Fewer Cesarean Section Complications among Women, According to Study BOCA RATON, FL -- West Boca Medical Center announced today that it has been recognized with a five-star rating for clinical excellence i...
May 12, 2008
West Boca Becomes Smoke-Free Campus
BOCA RATON, FL -- West Boca Medical Center (WBMC) announced it will ban smoking from its campus effective May 12. No smoking will be permitted on any part of the premises, including smoking inside vehicles.
"After months of preparation for this ...
May 9, 2008
Nurse Finalists For Excellence Awards
West Boca Medical Center is proud to have two finalists for the Nursing Spectrum 2008 Nursing Excellence Award.
The finalists are role models for other nurses in a variety of areas, such as outstanding compassion, clinical innovation, professionali...
May 7, 2008
NICU Groundbreaking Starts Expansion
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- West Boca Medical Center, one of the area's leading pediatric medical providers, celebrated its growth with a novel groundbreaking.
Some former patients of West Boca's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NI...
January 2007
New Governing Board Members
West Boca Medical Center CEO Walt Mickens announced that community leaders Marlaine Smith and J.C. Perrin have joined the hospital’s board of directors for a two-year term beginning this month. “We are pleased to have these two very active members of...
January 2007
Robotic Surgery
West Boca Medical Center CEO Walt Mickens announced that the hospital is the first in Palm Beach County to acquire the new da Vinci S Surgical System—a computer-enhanced system that puts a computer between the surgeon’s hands and ...
July 2006
WBMC Maternity Receives HealthGrades 5-Star Rating
West Boca Medical Center announced that it has been recognized with a five-star rating for clinical excellence in maternity care from HealthGrades, a leading source for independent healthcare quality information. In addition, West Boca Medical Center...
June 2006
WBMC Receives Kids Crown Awards
West Boca Medical Center recently received a Gold Award for the Best Pediatric Emergency Services in Palm Beach County from South Florida Parenting magazine’s annual Kids Crown Awards.
In addition, West Boca Medical Center’s BirthCare Pavilion was...
June 2006
WBMC Welcomes New HRD
West Boca Medical Center announced that Stephanie Sherman is the hospital’s new director of human resources.
Sherman has more than 15 years of experience in human resource leadership most recently serving as interim director and human resources mana...
June 2006
WBMC Names New Clinical Directors
West Boca Medical Center recently welcomed named three new directors to its management team. The new directors are Cheryl Davis, RN, director of the telemetry, Leslie Leibowitz, RN, MSN, director of the medical-surgical unit and Maria Torres, RN, MSN...
June 2006
WBMC Names Healthcare Heroes
West Boca Medical Center named Harold Oster, R.N., of the ambulatory care unit and Wendy Fontana, histotechnologist of the laboratory department, as the hospital’s annual Healthcare heroes.
“These heroes are a demonstration of what it means to go...
June 2006
WBMC Nurses Promoted to Director
Two nurses from West Boca Medical Center have been promoted to director.
Louise Toby-Harris, RNC, MA, is the hospital’s new director of maternity services. She has more than 30 years of nursing experience and has worked at West Boca Med...
May 29, 2006
Outstanding Physicians
As part of its Doctors’ Day celebration, West Boca Medical Center recently announced the winners of its 2006 Physician Recognition Awards. The winners are: Feyisola Awonusonu, MD, Albert Dabbah, MD, Melissa Friedman, MD and Gilbert Rigaud, MD.
T...
May 12, 2006
Merit Scholarship
Tenet Healthcare Foundation and West Boca Medical Center have awarded Michael S. Wolynski a Tenet Healthcare Foundation Merit Scholarship. Wolynski, the son of Brigid Wolynski, a unit secretary in the Emergency Department at West Boca Medical Center...
May 2, 2006
WBMC Wins COE
Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) announced today that West Boca Medical Center in West Boca Raton has been selected to the company’s 2006 Circle of Excellence.
The Circle of Excellence honors those Tenet hospitals that have performed a...
December 2003
Cystic Fibrosis Program
West Boca Medical Center's Cystic Fibrosis Program Named Finalist for Healthcare Award
West Boca Medical Center’s Cystic Fibrosis Program was recently named a finalist for the 2003 Excellence in Healthcare Award – Hospital Based Program Ca...
March 2003
Dining On Call
Some hospitals' food may have a bad reputation, but at West Boca Medical Center, one of the draws is the menu. The hospital, in conjunction with Morrison Healthcare Food Services, offers a program known as "Dining On Call".
"The "Dining On Call...
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| | News Flash | | West Boca Medical Center Birthcare classes
- Parenting 101
- Baby Care Series
- LDRP Tour
- Childbirth Preparation to Include Lamaze
- Lamaze Refresher/Vaginal Birth After C-Section
- Chat with the Anesthesiologist
- Sibling Preparation
- Breast-Feeding Classes & Support Gro...
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