2000-019 RESOLUTION NO. 2000-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE
AVENTURA HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER'S
CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATION AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OPEN HEART SURGERY
SERVICES PROGRAM; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center~ located in the City of
Aventura, has for many years continually provided high quality health services to the
residents of our city and neighboring communities; and
WHEREAS, the City's year-round population of approximately 23,000 residents
increases to over 30,000 people seasonally during each year and the Hospital's total
service area population of over 500,000 is projected to increase by more than 3 percent
annually through the year 2003; and
WHEREAS, the 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 specialty surgery services, intensive care, diagnostic testing, laboratory
services, obstetrics, pediatric services, oncology, psychiatric services, home health
care services, and many others; and
WHEREAS, the City has a large elderly population to which the 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
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WHEREAS, the 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, Aventura 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" for four years and
wes 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 Aventura Hospital and Medical Center is seeking certificate of
need approval from the State of Florida Agency For Health Care Administration to
initiate such services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. This City Commission strongly supports and advocates approval of
the certificate of need application and implementation of an open heart surgery
services program at Aventura's sole community hospital, Aventura Hospital and
Medical Center.
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Section 2. This City Commission urges the State of Florida Agency for Health
Care Administration to approve the certificate of need application filed by the Aventura
Hospital and Medical Center to initiate these services.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by Commissioner go~ers-L~bert ,
who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by Commissioner
Perlow
, and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Arthur Berger ),es
Commissioner Jay R. Beskin yes
Commissioner Ken Cohen yes
Commissioner Harry Holzberg yes
Commissioner Jeffrey M. Perlow yes
Commissioner Patricia Rogers-Libert ),es
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder ;yes
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of April, 200Q:
ARTHUR I. SNYDER, MAYOR
ATTEST: ,~ .-~
T-~ P, ESA M S~, JC M(~
C'ERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
C lTYATT~)RNEY