Orlando Health Hospitals Ranked High Performing in 12 Medical Specialties by U.S. News & World Report

Orlando, FL (July 26, 2022) – U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, has named Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando Health South Lake Hospital, Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital and Bayfront Health St. Petersburg as 2022-2023 High Performing hospitals in a total of twelve categories. In the U.S. News & World Report 2022-2023 regional ranking of hospitals, Orlando Health also ranked #8 in Florida and #2 in the Orlando Metro Area.

The six Orlando Health facilities received High Performing ratings for the following medical specialties:

Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital and Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital

• Aortic valve surgery
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Colon cancer surgery
• Diabetes
• Heart attack
• Heart bypass surgery
• Heart failure
• Hip replacement
• Kidney failure
• Knee replacement
• Lung cancer surgery
• Stroke

Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Diabetes
• Heart failure
• Kidney failure

Orlando Health South Lake Hospital

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Heart attack
• Heart failure
• Kidney failure
• Stroke

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Kidney failure

The U.S. News & World Report ratings are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures. More than 4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions were evaluated for this most recent award period. Evaluations measured a variety of factors including hospital survival rates, complication rates, patient experience and level of nursing care. High Performing ratings for medical specialties were awarded to hospitals providing care that is significantly better than the national average.

“We are proud to be recognized for the exemplary care that our patients can expect when they choose Orlando Health,” said George Ralls, MD, Orlando Health chief medical officer. “These recent rankings from U.S. News & World Report further demonstrate that our physicians, nurses and team members are committed to providing the best healthcare possible to our patients and the communities we serve.”

The U.S. News methodology is based entirely on objective measures of quality. For more information, visit U.S. News Best Hospitals.

About Orlando Health

Orlando Health, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, is a not-for-profit healthcare organization with $8 billion of assets under management that serves the southeastern United States.

Founded more than 100 years ago, the healthcare system is recognized around the world for Central Florida’s only pediatric and adult Level One Trauma program as well as the only state-accredited Level Two Adult Trauma Center in the St. Petersburg region. It is the home of the nation’s largest neonatal intensive care unit under one roof, the only system in the southeast to offer open fetal surgery to repair the most severe forms of spina bifida, the site of an Olympic athlete training facility and operator of one of the largest and highest performing clinically integrated networks in the region. Orlando Health has pioneered life-changing medical research and its Graduate Medical Education program hosts more than 350 residents and fellows. The 3,200-bed system includes 10 award-winning hospitals, 9 hospital based ERs, and 7 free-standing emergency rooms; rehabilitation services, cancer and heart institutes, imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, physician offices for adults and pediatrics, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with FastMed Urgent Care. More than 4,200 physicians, representing more than 100 medical specialties and subspecialties have privileges across the Orlando Health system, which employs more than 23,000 team members. In FY21, Orlando Health served more than 160,000 inpatients and 3.6 million outpatients. During that same time period, Orlando Health provided approximately $648 million in total value to the communities it serves in the form of charity care, community benefit programs and services, community building activities and more. Additional information can be found at http://www.orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @orlandohealth.