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Chairman’s Corner Annual Hospital Town Meeting

The New Year 2022 Tuesday, February 1, 2022 –

By Barry J. Haberman, BPCA Chair and President

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, a Happy 5:30 To 7:00
Hanukkah and a Healthy and Happy New Year.
A whole year has gone by and 2022 is here. Hopefully, the By Arthur Dermer, Volunteer – DRMSL
COVID-19 Pandemic will decline with the available vaccines
and we can get back to the Great Boca Pointe Lifestyle. The Boca Pointe Community Association and the
This year our new Holiday Lighting Program is fantastic. Club at Boca Pointe invite you and your neighbors
It creates an uplifting feeling in these trying times. to our 13th annual Boca Raton Regional Hospital
During this New Year, please take time to thank those Town Hall meeting in the clubhouse at Boca Pointe.
who volunteer on many Boards and committees. The staff and volunteers work extremely This extraordinary program will include a state-of-
hard to effectuate the many changes that have occurred in Boca Pointe. the- Hospital presentation about Emergency Medicine
My wife, Gail and I look forward to the good changes in this forthcoming year and wish and the updates to the emergency room facilities.
everyone Happy and Healthy Holiday Cheer for this New Year.  The keynote speaker will be Dr. Evan Goldstein,
the managing partner of the Emergency Medicine
Group at Boca Regional Hospital. He also serves
High Season Traffic At Gates as Vice President/Vice Chief of Staff of Emergency Medicine and is an affiliate
professor at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic
University. Throughout his career, he has held leadership roles in numerous
By Justin Mocha, Director of Security MedTech companies. He will talk about the latest
life-saving advances in Stroke and Heart Treatments
We are officially entering the height of “the season” in South Florida—while and the plans to make the Hospital into a world-class
compiling our monthly security report for November, I noticed that Boca Pointe Emergency Medicine center.
guards logged in 74,427 vehicles for the month. An all-time high for November. Lincoln Mendez, President and Chief Executive
While the COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed down our traffic at first, we have Officer, Boca Raton Regional Hospital, will give
seen the frequency of home deliveries (meals, consumer goods, etc.) explode at the an update on COVID-19 in our community and the
gates, and that is continuing into the season. ongoing plans to expand Boca Regional to meet the
I’d ask that residents and guests please be patient while in line at the gatehouses. ongoing needs of our community. Mr. Mendez joined
I’d also like to offer some best practices to ensure that we can process your guests Boca Regional as President in 2019. His 30 year
and vendors as smoothly as possible. career in hospital administration included holding
• Make use of Fast Pass! Guests who have a Fast Pass and Photo Identification ready the Presidency in many major hospitals in Florida.
when they approach the gate are quickly processed. All the guard has to do is scan the He is currently a Board Member of the Florida
pass, verify identification, and they can process the entry. You can send your guests passes Atlantic University College of Medicine. This must Lincoln Mendez, President,
directly using GateAccess.net or the GateAccess mobile app. Or, your guests can obtain attend event will also keep you informed about Boca BRRH
one at the gate when they enter. It is a huge timesaver. Regional’s plans to transform the landscape of the
• Put your guests on the list! The most common cause for backup at the gates is guests campus area.
or residents who are not on the list. Courtesy phone calls are just that—a courtesy. Mark Larkin, CFRE, President, Boca Raton
Guards are instructed not to place courtesy calls if the line of cars is backed up to Regional Hospital Foundation, will deliver the
a point where it could be dangerous. opening remarks.
I’ve been told by some residents that they don’t put their guests on the list because they This presentation will be of great value to us all.
want a call to let them know when they enter. You can register to receive texts or e-mails The program is open to ALL RESIDENTS of Boca
when your guests enter instead. GateAccess mobile app and GateAccess.net both have Pointe. Non-Club members in particular are welcome
the option to do so in the “Contact Information” settings. This way you will be notified to attend. Please try to attend and bring a friend or
when a guest enters without slowing down the gatehouse with making phone calls. neighbor. A wine and cheese reception will be held
Errors do occur, and sometimes we have to follow up on performance issues with at 5:30 pm to be followed by the feature program at
the security staff. Please reach out to me if you experience any issues. We have long 6:00. There will be NO solicitations of any kind.
established processes in place to re-train, coach, and—if it comes to it, discipline Please RSVP to Mark Easton at 561-955-4642 or
security staff. This works optimally when we are informed of any problems our measton@baptisthealth.net.  Dr. Evan Goldstein
guests or residents experience as soon as possible.
I can be reached at (561) 672-3309 or at Justin.Mocha@aus.com.
If you see something, Say Something. 
Please Help

It’s a New Year! Now is the time to clean out your closets!! The homeless
shelters are accepting used clothing. Please bring any clean, gently used
clothing that you would like to donate. The drop off location is at the BPCA
office located at 6909 SW 18th St., Suite A120 in the Boardwalk shopping
plaza. The donations are distributed to local churches and homeless shelters.
Help make a difference to those less fortunate.
Thank you!! 