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Orlando, FL (March 9, 2021) – Today Orlando Health announced that its Orlando Health Registered Nurse Residency program has received accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Practice Transition Accreditation Program® (PTAP). This prestigious accreditation is reached by demonstrating excellence in transitioning newly licensed Registered Nurses into practice settings. Orlando Health is the only Central Florida hospital system to achieve this multi-site, multi-workplace designation.

LAFAYETTE, La. (March 2, 2021) – LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG) and Orlando Health today announced a further expansion of their joint venture (JV) into the St Petersburg, Fla., market.

Orlando, FL (July 19, 2021) – Orlando Health has expanded its appointment-free COVID-19 vaccines to the public to two locations. First and second doses of the Pfizer vaccine are available to anyone 12 years of age and older at its easy-to-access drive-through clinic and at the Orlando Health Scripts pharmacy located in the Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute. The drive-through clinic is located at 44 Lake Beauty Drive on its downtown Orlando campus. Patients can remain in their cars during the vaccination process. The Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute is also located on the downtown campus at 1222 S. Orange Avenue.

St. Petersburg, FL – (July 21, 2021) – Bayfront Hospital St. Petersburg is among the first hospitals in Florida to offer Inspire, an innovative FDA-approved device that treats sleep apnea without requiring patients to wear a CPAP (continuous positive air pressure) mask while they sleep. Trina Espinola, MD., the chief medical officer at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg, and Julia Pfaff, MD., who specializes in image-guided and minimally invasive otolaryngology techniques, are among the first physicians to treat patients at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg with this innovative technology.

The simplest home chores – from cooking to painting to yardwork -- can be dangerous. Your house and garage are full of gadgets, tools and devices that can injure you.

Exercise is good for your heart, but did you know it’s good for your brain, too? And even better: You don’t have to do a specific type of exercise to boost your brain power. The key is to just get moving!

Weight gain, nausea and swollen feet are typical discomforts when you’re pregnant. But for up to 8 percent of pregnant women, those seemingly harmless symptoms can signal the onset of preeclampsia. This serious condition is linked to an increase in maternal and infant mortality, and affects up to 15 percent of preterm births in the U.S. 

Winter Garden, FL (September 25, 2018) -- To meet the healthcare needs of the rapidly growing population in West Orange County, Orlando Health, with the support of the West Orange Healthcare District (The District), will soon open the doors of the Orlando Health Emergency Room and Medical Pavilion – Horizon West.  

WINTER GARDEN, FL (January 19, 2021) – Today Orlando Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its newest facility, the Orlando Health - Horizon West Hospital. Located in Winter Garden in the rapidly developing community of Horizon West, Orlando Health leaders, physicians and team members were on hand to celebrate the completion of the latest phase of the Horizon West medical campus. Horizon West Hospital will be the health system’s 10th acute care facility and the organization’s first newly constructed hospital in more than 15 years. 

Orlando, FL (January 10, 2021) – Orlando Health remains actively engaged in ensuring the COVID-19 vaccine is available and accessible to the communities it serves.