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• On the Spiritual Care Team, No 2 Days Are the Same

  To be a chaplain at Orlando Health is to have a job filled with amazing experiences almost every day. One of the most memorable experiences I've ever had as a chaplain was when I got to spend time with a Holocaust survivor during the final few weeks of her life. She told me stories about her experience in concentration camps, stories she had never shared with her family or close friends because she felt it would be a burden. As she was facing the end of her life, however, she told me she felt the need to tell someone.

• How Our Air Care Team Trains and Helps Critically Injured Patients

  Since 1984, Orlando Regional Medical Center's (ORMC) Air Care Team has flown more than 33,000 patients, helping them get the trauma and critical care services they need soon after an injury.

• Can’t Live Without Your Cell? Being Too Attached to Your Smartphone is a Real Thing

  Have you ever fallen asleep with your smartphone clenched in your hand — and woke up with it still there?

• Medical Librarians: The Real Life "Siri's" of the Health Information World

  Think of medical librarians as the "Siri’s" of the medical world—only more accurate (sorry Apple). In an age of instant answers, we serve as a resource for timely, accurate information that medical professionals can quickly access. We are master searchers, database gurus and all-around experts when it comes to finding and accessing medical information. When a physician needs information about a rare complication, a nurse needs the latest treatment guidelines or a pharmacist needs safety information on a new drug—the medical librarian is their time-saving “go to” resource.  And ultimately, patients benefit from their well-informed and up-to-date health care providers.