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THE NEWSCASTER-Nature Coast News
Seven Rivers Regional Medical
Community Events
Center CEO to officer of Seven Rivers Regional
Retire
VBS at Parsons Memorial Presbyterian Church
Parsons Memorial Presbyterian Church will be hosting a Vacation Bible School
on July 18th from 10am to 1pm. Age 3-12 There will be crafts, bible story, music, and
CRYSTAL RIVER_ Joyce Brancato, chief executive
small snack. Please have your child bring spare change for the hunger mission. Parsons
Medical Center, has announced that she will retire on August 5 after 30 years at the hospi-
Memorial Church 5850 Riverside Dr. Yankeetown by coast guard station. More info 352-
tal. Brancato first joined the hospital on that date in 1985 as a night shift charge nurse in the
489-5274.
intensive care unit. Over the succeeding years, she served in a number of roles across the
organization including quality coordinator and risk manager. She was named chief operat-
Back to School Safety and Stuff the Bus for YTS
ing officer in 1993, a role she held until her promotion to CEO in 2005.
The Inglis Recreation Committee (IRC) will be hosting a "Back to School Safety
Under her leadership, the hospital has grown and thrived as Brancato has overseen
and Stuff the Bus" event at the Inglis Community Center on Saturday, August 8th from 1-3
projects to accommodate more patients by expanding the ICU and ER, adding obstetric ser-
PM. The IRC has a goal of providing a backpack and supplies for each student enrolled
vices, comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation and more. Brancato has recruited more than
in Yankeetown School for the 2015-2016 school year. Monetary donations and/or school
30 physicians to the area, including primary care and specialists.
supplies may be dropped off at Shrimp Landing, the Inglis Town Hall, and the Inglis Post
"I've known Joyce for 26 years and have watched her grow both personally and
Office.
professionally from a registered nurse to the Administrator of our hospital," said Denis W.
FREE Levy County "Teen Driver Improvement Program"
Grillo, DO, chairman, Seven Rivers Regional Governing Board. "I know her to be patient-
The Levy County Sheriff's Office, Community Relations Division is offering a
care focused and she has left her imprint on the organization. She leaves us prepared for
Teen Driver Improvement Program to all Levy County students who have a current Opera-
continued success in the future. We wish her all the best as she enters this new phase of her
tors License, Learners Permit or who are about to get their Learners Permit at Yankeetown
life."
School, August: 12.
Seven Rivers Regional has earned steady recognition for quality during Bran-
There is no charge for the 4-hour program which consists of classroom instruction,
cato's tenure. The hospital is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and has earned
videos, power point presentations and hands-on time during which the students will drive
the Gold Seal of ApprovalTM as a Certified Primary Stroke Center. The medical center has
golf carts through a course to learn, first hand, the dangers of their choices they make while
an innovative alliance with UF Health for stroke care, is nationally recognized as a Blue
driving. The progam is a graphic presentation that will show students the human conse-
Distinction Center+ in the areas of knee and hip replacement by the Blue Cross and Blue
quences of their driving choices. Parental waivers are required, due to the graphic nature
Shield companies and has earned the American Heart Association's Get With The Guide-
of the presentation. Waivers are available, online, at www.levyso.com - click on the Teen
lines-Heart Failure Gold Plus quality achievement award.
Driver Improvement Icon on left side of the screen, then "at school." All students will be
Brancato is a district board of trustee for the College of Central Florida. As she
required to pre-register for the class by calling or emailing Lt.Shawn Hunt at 352-486-5111
retires, she looks forward to supporting their efforts to expand regional health sciences
or shunt@levyso.com; or Sgt.Max Long at 352-486-5111 or mlong@levyso.com.
education.
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