Grand Rounds

Oviedo Medical Center Adds Nitrous Oxide for L&D

Nov 19, 2018 at 08:21 pm by Staff

Oviedo Medical Center's "Memorable Beginnings" Labor and Delivery unit is now offering Nitrous Oxide as an option for pain management in labor. Nitrous Oxide is a quick-acti.... Read More

Leesburg Regional Medical Center Awarded Advanced Re-Certification for Primary Stroke Center

Nov 19, 2018 at 06:42 pm by Staff

Leesburg Regional Medical Center announced that it has earned recertification and The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke.... Read More

Orlando Health Oncology Program Ranked Among The Best in the Nation

Nov 19, 2018 at 06:36 pm by Staff

Becker's Hospital Review has named Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center one of the 100 best programs for cancer treatment and research in the country. . Becker's Hospi.... Read More

Retired officer thanks clinical team after surviving three rare heart procedures

Nov 19, 2018 at 06:32 pm by Staff

. Tom Morrarty spent his life fighting crime and the past year fighting for his life. Last Thanksgiving, Morrarty was in critical heart failure. Doctors kept him alive v.... Read More

More than 1,000 Florida Hospital employees blanket Orlando as part of annual "Day of Caring"

Nov 15, 2018 at 04:14 pm by Staff

From Orlando to Tampa, team members will spend Friday volunteering at local nonprofits. More than 1,000 Florida Hospital team members will be volunteering throughout the.... Read More

Two Orlando HCA Hospitals Receive Laepfrog "A" Grades for Patient Safety

Nov 15, 2018 at 12:52 pm by Staff

. Two local HCA North Florida Division hospitals - Osceola Regional Medical Center and Central Florida Regional Hospital - were awarded 'A' grades from The Leapfrog Group's Fa.... Read More

Rocket to Deliver Cell Samples to ISS to Study Effects of Microgravity on Muscles

Nov 12, 2018 at 10:54 am by Staff

. Several Central Floridians will soon be going into space -- well, a small part of them, anyway. . Muscle cells from research study participants at Florida Hospital's T.... Read More

Orlando's Stephanie Garris Awarded National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics and CVS Health Foundation 2018 Safety Net Health Care Champion

Nov 09, 2018 at 08:44 pm by Staff

To highlight the important work being done across the country to provide affordable, accessible health care to the medically underserved, the National Association of Free and.... Read More

Arnold Palmer Hospital Receives Grant to Support Childhood Cancer Research

Nov 08, 2018 at 12:38 pm by Staff

. The St. Baldrick's Foundation awarded Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children with a $50,000 grant, which will help ensure more patients can be treated in ear.... Read More

Three Orlando Health Hospitals Receive 'A' Grades for Patient Safety

Nov 08, 2018 at 12:26 pm by Staff

Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center and Orlando Health South Lake Hospital were awarded 'A' grades from The Leapfrog.... Read More

New Initiative Aims to Protect Hearts of Breast Cancer Patients

Nov 03, 2018 at 09:52 pm by Staff

. As a breast cancer survivor, the last thing Mary Lynn Brown expected to hear was the treatment that saved her life had inadvertently injured her heart. She wasn't alone..... Read More

$5 Million Gift Expands Pediatric Neurological Care in Central Florida

Nov 03, 2018 at 09:49 pm by Staff

. An Orlando woman with a long history of philanthropy is helping expand care for children with neurological conditions in Central Florida. At her 87th birthday celebration,.... Read More

Dr. Rajan Wadhawan to lead Florida Hospital for Children, Florida Hospital for Women

Nov 03, 2018 at 09:23 pm by Staff

. Dr. Rajan Wadhawan has been promoted to senior executive officer, and will lead both Florida Hospital for Children and Florida Hospital for Women. Wadhawan previously serve.... Read More

Homelessness Among Veterans Down Nearly 16.9 Percent in Central Florida Since 2017 and 73.7 Percent Since 2010

Nov 02, 2018 at 05:35 pm by Staff

. Fewer than 185 Veterans were homeless on a given night in January 2018 in Orange, Seminole and Osceola Counties, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department.... Read More

Zion Medical Announces Results of First Human Clinical Trial of HIV drug Gammora, Offering Potential Cure

Nov 01, 2018 at 09:10 pm by Staff

. Gammora is designed to kill HIV-infected cells, without harming uninfected cells - unlike current antiretroviral drugs which merely suppress the spreading of the virus.... Read More

Orlando VA Medical Center Celebrates National Veterans and Military Families Month 2018 with Events Honoring Veterans

Nov 01, 2018 at 10:22 am by Staff

. President Donald Trump declared November 2018 the second annual National Veterans and Military Families Month to "salute the brave and dedicated patriots who have worn.... Read More

"Night on Broadway" Famous Faces Masquerade Ball Brings Down the House

Oct 31, 2018 at 10:29 am by Staff

. Annual event raises nearly $400,000 to continue free medical care for the region's uninsured The Great White Way was shining bright in Central Florida on Saturday, Oct.... Read More

American College of Healthcare Trustees Appoints Irma Rastegayeva, MSc, MSEM to its Board of Directors

Oct 23, 2018 at 10:24 pm by Staff

. The American College of Healthcare Trustees, a social enterprise that promotes good governance, leadership, and decision-making in healthcare, announces today that it has.... Read More

Doctors' Goodwill Foundation Announces Masquerade Ball to Benefit the Opioid Crisis and Suicide in Brevard County

Oct 23, 2018 at 09:23 am by Staff

. TITUSVILLE - Drug overdose deaths continue to soar. The local and national opioid epidemic is spiraling out of control. Death rates in the last 12-months increased by 17 p.... Read More

LIFT Orlando Breaks Ground on Senior Housing in Communities of West Lakes

Oct 23, 2018 at 08:49 am by Staff

. The Pendana at West Lakes Senior Residences will be built on Orange Center Boulevard, adjacent to the recently opened Pendana at West Lakes mixed-income community LIFT O.... Read More