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Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center is nationally recognized for its commitment to providing high-quality AFib care

Orlando, Fla. (July 29, 2022) —Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - AFIB Gold quality achievement award for its commitment to managing atrial fibrillation (AFib), ultimately helping to reduce patients’ stroke risk.

Orlando Health Named in the Top 10 for Large Employers in the Top Workplaces in Central Florida!

Orlando Health has been named a Central Florida Top Workplace for 2019 by the Orlando Sentinel! In an announcement made at a Top Workplaces

Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute’s two cardiology groups merge

ORLANDO, Fla. (April 1, 2016) --- Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute’s two cardiology groups have joined to form one of the largest cardiovascular practices in Florida. Mid-Florida Cardiology Specialists and Orlando Heart Center will begin the merger process on April 1, 2016. Named the Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute, the new combined practice consists of 42 physicians, 280 team members and 13 locations throughout Central Florida. For patients and their families, the new practice means diverse expertise, vast experience, greater efficiency and added conveniences.

Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center researchers show a blood test for traumatic brain injury performs just as well as clinical guidelines, may reduce the need for computed tomography scans

Orlando, Fla. (March 14, 2022) --- A new study by researchers at Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) found a blood test for traumatic brain injury performs just as well as the clinical guidelines emergency medicine physicians use to decide if a patient with a mild traumatic brain injury or concussion needs a computed tomography (CT) scan. The discovery of the high performance TBI biomarkers blood test may improve the detection of brain injuries on CT, while reducing the need for CT scans. The study was recently published in JAMA Network Open, an international, peer-reviewed, open access, general medical journal.

Orlando Health revising visitor policies in response to coronavirus

Orlando, FL (March 13, 2020) – In order to maintain a safe environment for patients, guests and team members, Orlando Health has modified its visitor policies. The new policies went into effect Friday, March 13, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.

CMS Taps Orlando Health ACO for Online Series of Success Stories

Orlando Health Hospitals Named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® List

Orlando, FL (April 27, 2021) – Multiple Orlando Health hospitals have been named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® list. Orlando Health South Lake was named in the medium community hospital category and, in addition, received special recognition as an Everest Award winner. Everest Award winners are hospitals that earned the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals designation and had the highest rates of improvement during a five-year period. Orlando Health South Lake is one of only 20 hospitals to receive the Everest Award and one of only two in the medium community hospital category.

Orlando Health Enters into a Stalking Horse Purchase Agreement with Steward Health Care for Three East Central Florida Operations

Orlando, FL – (August 14, 2024) – Orlando Health today announced that it has entered into a binding asset purchase agreement to purchase from Steward Health Care (“Steward” or the “Company”), its East Central Florida operations, comprised of Rockledge Regional Medical Center, Melbourne Regional Medical Center, Sebastian River Medical Center, and Steward Medical Group Practices. Orlando Health is a private, not-for-profit healthcare organization serving the Southeastern United States and Puerto Rico. Earlier this month, the system entered into a definitive agreement to purchase majority interest in Baptist Healthcare, located in central Alabama. Steward Health Care is the country’s largest physician-led, minority-owned, integrated health care system. Orlando Health’s qualified bid has been designated as the stalking horse and, subject to the terms of the agreement, Orlando Health’s bid will be subject to higher or better qualified bids received by August 26th, 2024, at which time a bankruptcy court-approved auction may occur.

Orlando Health hospitals awarded top grades for patient safety

Orlando, FL (November 16, 2022) – Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC), Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital and Orlando Health South Lake Hospital have received “A” grades for patient safety by The Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit organization committed to driving quality, safety and transparency in the U.S. health system. For Orlando Health South Lake, this is its 9th consecutive “A” grade from Leapfrog.

Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital using defibrillators with enhanced shock capability for difficult-to-defibrillate patients

Orlando, FL (April 22, 2024) Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital will begin using defibrillators with an enhanced energy shock capability that can improve the odds of reviving difficult-to-defibrillate patients who experience sudden cardiac arrest.