All Search Results
-
Orlando Health Foundation - West Florida
-
Flesh-Eating Bacteria at Florida Beaches: How You Can Stay Safe
When temperatures hit 90 degrees or more, many of us hit the beach to cool off.
-
Success Story: Follow-up to the first vascularized lymph node transfer surgery in Florida
When Jean Hutchinson was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, she took it in stride and moved forward with the necessary treatment to beat the disease. After undergoing surgery and radiation, she breathed a sigh of relief and was ready to put cancer behind her. Then one day she looked in the mirror and noticed her right arm looked a little puffy.
-
Orlando Health Unveils Renovated Emergency Department At Central Florida’s Only Level One Trauma Center
Orlando, FL (January 24, 2025) – On Friday, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) unveiled its completely redesigned and renovated emergency department. Orlando Health ORMC is the proud home of Central Florida’s only Level One Trauma Center. This redesign marks the largest renovation and expansion of the downtown hospital’s emergency department in the last 10 years. The $25 million endeavor was fully funded through philanthropy.
-
Florida Medical Clinic
-
Association of Public Health Laboratories partners with Orlando Health, Florida Department of Health to launch system that enables faster test results sharing and enhances patient care
Orlando, FL (December 10, 2024) Orlando Health and Florida Department of Health are the first in the nation to use Detor, an Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) developed groundbreaking intermediary solution. Detor enables electronic test orders and results to be shared seamlessly between public health laboratories and healthcare providers.
-
CMS: Orlando Health Has Highest-Rated Hospitals in Central Florida
Orlando Health recently earned more quality distinctions when two of its hospitals were rated the highest of any in Central Florida by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), according to Dr. Thomas Kelley, vice president of quality and clinical transformation at Orlando Health.
-
New Medical Director Brings Expanded Fetal Procedures to Central Florida
Orlando, FL (June 9, 2022) – Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies is pleased to welcome Emanuel “Mike” Vlastos, MD as the newest member of the expert team at the Fetal Care Center. With more than 20 years of experience, Dr. Vlastos is a board-certified maternal-fetal medicine physician who offers advanced expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of fetal anomalies, often before the baby is born.
-
Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch Hospital
-
Measles Outbreak in California – Could it Happen in Florida?
For the past several decades, most people living in the United States have not had to worry about contracting childhood communicable diseases. Prevalence of childhood vaccinations has served to create herd immunity, protecting the more vulnerable of our society from these diseases. Yet in December 2014, an outbreak of measles started in California. As of January 30, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports a total of 102 cases, with one outbreak representing 92% of those cases.
How could a measles outbreak happen?
California, like Orlando, is a popular tourist destination for many international travelers. Many travelers come from locations where vaccinations are not required. One person, who possibly had just returned from overseas travel to a developing country where the risk for measles is high, contracts the disease and infiltrates the crowds, spreading germs around. Measles is highly contagious, so even if 90% of the people are vaccinated, the remaining 10% who are not vaccinated will become infected.
