Memorial Healthcare System

South Florida Hospitals Respond To Surge In COVID-19 Cases, And What We Know One Month After The Surfside Collapse

Caitie Muñoz

Doctors and hospital leaders give an update on the rapid increase in COVID-positive patients at Memorial Healthcare System and Jackson Health. And a roundtable of regional reporters, on the ground over the last four weeks, help us understand where reporting on Surfside goes from here, one month after the tragic condo collapse.

A photo posted by Florida Sen. Jason Pizzo, D-North Miami Beach, on July 20 via Twitter. It appears to show the Champlain Towers South site cleared after the condo building's collapse on June 24, 2021.

COVID Surge And The Pandemic’s Effects On Latinos, Surfside Update, Baby Sharks

Leslie Ovalle Atkinson

COVID-19 cases are on the rise and some hospitals are changing visitation rules. How the pandemic has affected the Latino community. Plus, what's next for the Surfside condo collapse site? And baby hammerhead sharks are making Miami their home.

Loreen Chant, left, is the new president and chief executive officer of the Health Foundation of South Florida, the first woman to lead the organization in the 28 years since it started, and Melida Akiti is the foundation board's first Black and Latina chairperson.

Health Foundation Of South Florida Has New Leadership, And New Care Programs To Fund

Verónica Zaragovia

The South Florida Health Foundation has a roughly $162 million endowment to help fund its decades-long work to make health care more equal and accessible to low income people. Now it has new leadership to carry out its work, including a new president, Loreen Chant, who comes to the foundation from Easterseals South Florida.

Godfrey Edmond, 51, from Miami Gardens is still dealing with neuropathy and balance issues almost a year after battling COVID-19 in early March 2020.

Long Haul Journeys With COVID-19: South Florida Research Hopes To Track Lingering Symptoms

Caitie Muñoz

Nova Southeastern University was awarded $4 million from the CDC to study people left with lasting symptoms after recovering from COVID-19. It'll track people like Godfrey Edmond from Miami Gardens.

Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood is one of six Memorial Healthcare hospitals relied upon by southwest Broward residents. After those hospitals were removed from Florida Blue's preferred provider network on Sept. 1.

Memorial Healthcare Tells Florida Blue Customers To Look For New Insurer

Ron Hurtibise | South Florida Sun Sentinel

Thousands of Florida Blue policy holders in southern Broward County will have to look for a new insurer.

What Nurses Need From The Public To Help Stop The Spread Of COVID-19

Caitie Muñoz

Memorial Healthcare System's Maggie Hansen was recently appointed to the Florida Board of Nursing. She says, COVID-19 has changed nursing and that nurses need everyone's help.

Virtual Visits: How Telehealth In Florida During COVID-19 Is Being Used, Covered By Insurance

Caitie Muñoz

If you've needed to talk to your doctor since the pandemic started, it's likely been by video conference call. The transition to virtual visits has been…

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Hotels Could Be Used For Medical Surge, Says Executive At Broward's Memorial Healthcare

Alexander Gonzalez

South Florida is a coronavirus hotspot in the state. The majority of confirmed cases in Florida are in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.The…