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• Bayfront Health St. Petersburg Joins the Orlando Health Family

  St. Petersburg, FL (October 1, 2020) – Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is now officially part of Orlando Health Inc. Orlando Health, a private, not-for-profit healthcare organization headquartered in Central Florida, officially closed on the hospital purchase from Community Health Systems (CHS) on Wednesday, September 30. The City of St. Petersburg, which owns the land that the hospital sits on, approved transferring the lease to Orlando Health in July. 

• St. Petersburg City Council approves Bayfront Health land lease agreement with Orlando Health

  St. Petersburg, FL (July 9, 2020) – Today, Orlando Health received approval from the St. Petersburg City Council on a 50-year agreement to lease the land on which Bayfront Health is located. City approval of the land lease was required in order for Orlando Health to move forward with its acquisition of the hospital. In June, the healthcare organization signed a definitive agreement with Community Health Systems (CHS) to purchase Bayfront Health St. Petersburg.

• Annette Seabrook, MPT, MHA, FACHE named President of new Orlando Health freestanding rehabilitation institute

  Orlando, FL (September 20, 2022) – Annette Seabrook, MPT, MHA, FACHE has been named president of Orlando Health’s new freestanding inpatient rehabilitation institute. Located on the Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital campus, the 54-bed inpatient facility will provide a full range of advanced rehabilitation services and will specialize in care for patients suffering from complex neurological conditions.

• Orlando Health Internal Medicine practice earns national recognition for patient-centered care

  Patient-Centered Medical Home™ standards emphasize enhanced care through patient-clinician affiliation.

• Orlando Health Heart & Vascular Institute is first in the state to implant new defibrillator for patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest

  New technology gives high risk patients timely treatment when minutes matter most.

• Orlando Health Facilities Earn Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery Accreditation

  Accreditation distinguishes Orlando Health hospitals from many other facilities by providing the highest quality of care to its patients as determined by an independent, external process of evaluation.

• A New Name for Florida Medical Clinic

  Orlando, FL (April 18, 2024) – Starting May 1, 2024, Florida Medical Clinic will be Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health. The 30-year-old multi-specialty physician network joined forces with Orlando Health in August 2023. The rebrand, which includes a new logo, reinforces the partnership between the two organizations throughout Hillsborough and Pasco counties.

• Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Research and Education opens

  Orlando, Fla. (February 7, 2022) – Phase one of the new Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Research and Education (CARE) officially opened today. Located on the downtown Orlando campus adjacent to Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center, the center features technologically advanced procedure rooms, preoperative and recovery bays and support space for patients and staff. Phase two of the center, which will increase square footage creating additional space for patient care and staff, will open in the summer of 2022. The highly specialized gastrointestinal diagnostic and treatment center will serve as the flagship destination of the Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute, one of the most comprehensive gastrointestinal programs in the southeastern United States.

• Orlando Health Announces Team of Gastroenterologists Leading the Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute

  Orlando Health announced the nationally and internationally recognized team of gastroenterologists who designed and developed the Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute, a highly specialized gastrointestinal diagnostic and treatment center to serve patients from across the southeastern United States.

• 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.