Page 6 - Martin Downs Bulletin - June '20

Page 6, Martin Downs

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Jupiter Medical Center Earns According to The
Leapfrog Group, its hospital
Highest Safety Rating From safety grade is rated using up

The Leapfrog Group to 28 national performance
measures that are combined
to produce a single letter grade
Only Hospital In Palm Beach County To Earn representing a hospital’s
‘A’ Grade Designation overall performance in
keeping patients safe from
Jupiter Medical Center, the number one ranked hospital preventable harm and
for safety, quality and patient satisfaction in Palm Beach medical errors.
County and the Treasure Coast region, today announced The Leapfrog Group also
it has been awarded an “A” safety grade rating and is the recognized Jupiter Medical
only hospital in Palm Beach County to earn the top rating Center as a “Top Hospital,”
for Spring of 2020. The “A” safety rating awarded by The an annual distinction
Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit focused on rating earned by only six percent
and measuring hospital safety, quality and affordability, is of hospitals nationwide.
considered “the gold standard measure of patient safety.” Additionally, Jupiter Medical Center remains the only About Jupiter Medical Center
Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades are assigned to over 2,600 hospital in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River Rated number one for safety, quality and patient
general acute-care hospitals across the nation twice annually. counties to receive a 4-star safety and quality rating from the satisfaction, Jupiter Medical Center is the leading
“As healthcare consumers are considering or choosing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). destination for world-class health care in Palm Beach
to undergo medical treatment, we know that one of the These national and regional accreditations place County and across the Treasure Coast region. Recognized
most significant deciding factors is safety and quality. Jupiter Medical Center as the undisputed leader in the as the region’s only independent, not-for-profit hospital,
With this national designation, patients can have complete measures that matter the most to patients – receiving the Jupiter Medical Center offers a comprehensive continuum
confidence that the care they receive from Jupiter Medical highest quality of care in a safe environment. of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services, expertise
Center is the ‘safest’ available in Palm Beach County “From the moment of arrival at Jupiter Medical Center and specialties, including orthopedics and spine care,
and the Treasure Coast region,” said Dr. Amit Rastogi, to post-procedure checkups and at every stage along the cancer care, cardiac and vascular care, comprehensive
president and CEO of Jupiter Medical Center. “Our ‘A’ way, we remain focused on the safety of each patient, as stroke, obstetrics and maternity care, pediatrics,
grade rating by The Leapfrog Group for the Spring of well as the safety of our medical staff and team members,” emergency care as well as diagnostic imaging, screening,
2020 is a direct result of our organization’s unwavering Dr. Rastogi said. testing and urgent care.
commitment to providing the highest level of care to For more information about Jupiter Medical Center’s For more information about Jupiter Medical Center,
our patients with safety and quality at the forefront of safety and quality measures, visit https://www.jupitermed. please call (561) 263-2234 or visit www.jupitermed.com.
everything we do.” com/first-in-safety

VSOA Offers Online Art Cooper Wolowitz, In addition to
offering online art
who is 8 years old,
Instruction; Free Videos says “I was so sad classes, Barletta has
when I found out that created four videos that
By Jackie Holfelder I couldn’t leave my are available free of
Art has helped soften the impact of the isolation house to go to school, charge and are suitable
necessitated by COVID-19 for people of all ages. but I was especially for children as young as
Without missing a beat, Visionary School of Arts upset that I couldn’t go seven through adult.
(VSOA) – a nonprofit located in Stuart – went entirely to Visionary because “The making of the
online March 23 and has been providing students ages 6 art lesson day is my videos has required
to 18 with course classes that are small, interactive and favorite day of the much time, equipment
filled with the camaraderie that the young students usually week. Art is the best and expertise, but it is
enjoy when attending VSOA’s Indian Street facility cure if you’re feeling more than worth it,”
VSOA staff worked tirelessly, preparing kits that sad or isolated. When she says. To download
contained ramekins of paint, watercolors, individual you create, you get yours, go to www.
brushes, canvas, paper and drawing tools for each student to forget all of your Cooper Woloritz, 8 years old, with visionary-school-of- Abigail Cornea, 11 years old, with
to be picked up curbside by parents. troubles for a little the picture he drew during online arts.mykajabi.com/ the picture she drew during online
Several young students of VSOA deemed the classes while!” instruction by VSOA free-trial-offer. instruction from VSOA
a success. Abigail Cornea, For information
aged 11, shares “The online art classes that I have been
L
about Visionary School of Arts’ online classes, video courses
L AVARGNA AW PLLC doing with Visionary are different than what I am used and summer camp, visit visionaryschoolofarts.org.
to, but I enjoy being able to continue my artwork while
Photos by Lynne Barletta
at home.”
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