IN MEMORIAM
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr.
C.L. Brumback on Thursday January 12, 2012. Dr. Brumback dedicated his life and practices to the people of Palm
Beach County through our Public Health Department. Dr. Brumback was Palm
Beach County's first Public Health Doctor credited with shaping the
direction of health care in our county. Through the years Dr. Brumback
championed innovative preventive practices like being one of the first to
enlist nutritionist and social workers to create a total wellness program
for migrant workers. At age 96 Dr. Brumback remained active in Public
Health as he counseled many of us on recent events or lectured his beloved
residents in the Preventive Medicine/Public Health Residency Program
which, when he started back in 1956 remains one of a kind. In addition, it
was his vision within Palm Beach County that have served as a model for
Health Departments throughout the State of Florida. There is little that
we can see today that somehow has not be influenced by a man larger than
life itself. From primary care, to the taxing district to the values we
embrace everyday, his legacy will continue with the rest of his health
department family he loved so much.
ABOUT US
The Lake Okeechobee Rural Health Network, Inc.
(LORHN) was established in 1994 as a non-profit corporation
designed to provide for the special and specific needs of the
residents, visitors, and businesses in the Lake Okeechobee area; with extended services to Glades, Hendry, Okeechobee,
Western Martin, and Western Palm Beach counties.
Originally certified by the Agency for Health Care
Administration, LORHN currently operates under the rules
established by the Florida Department of Health.
 LORHN is a network of professionals committed to identifying
innovative ways to meet the ever-changing needs and
demands of its members with the highest quality of service. LORHN provides the legal structure necessary for rural health
providers to collaborate their efforts to improve quality,
reduce cost, and avoid duplication of services.
Rural Health Networks are rapidly increasing in popularity
due to forced competition among providers for a shrinking
and less lucrative share of the health care market. This
unmanaged and often ruthless competition has promoted the
deterioration of rural health care and estranged many rural
providers and consumers. Providers who are members of
LORHN will be able to develop and implement cooperative
agreements that consolidate services and technologies. These agreements should reduce costs and stimulate
productivity among network providers, furnishing them with
a competitive advantage over non-network providers.
MISSION STATEMENT
To improve access to quality healthcare for Rural residents
of Glades, Hendry, Martin, Okeechobee, and Palm Beach
Counties and stimulate the financial viability of providers and
communities within the Network through planning and coordinated utilization of limited health care.
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