As a Comprehensive Stroke Center, Orlando Regional Medical Center provides more immediate access to advanced stroke interventions to treat the nation's fourth leading cause of death.
Over a period of three years, the CAC, which is part of the Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families, will receive $992,255 from the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) for the development of prevention, education, advocacy, and treatment services. The grant focuses on child victims of sexual assault ages 3 years to 17 years and their non-offending caregivers.
JetBlue Airways, Golf Channel, and Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge have teamed up to raise $1 million over the next five years to help save the lives of Central Florida’s tiniest babies.
Arnold Palmer Medical Center, which comprises Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies, has achieved Magnet® designation, the “gold standard” for nursing’s contribution to quality patient care, safety, research, and service excellence.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando is participating in a clinical trial to evaluate a new oral medication (BKM120) in combination with Fulvestrant to treat locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer that is hormone receptor positive and HER2 Neu negative and that has progressed on an aromatase inhibitor. BKM120 belongs to a new class of drugs called PI3K inhibitors, which in combination with traditional treatments may be able to slow or stop cancer growth.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando is participating in a clinical trial that could shorten that treatment by a third, making it easier and more convenient for patients to get treated successfully for their cancer.
Internationally recognized program brings advanced surgical options to Central Florida.
Orlando Regional Medical Center launches pilot to evaluate effectiveness of home visits, virtual visits, and telemonitoring to provide hospital-level care at patients’ homes.
Winnie Palmer Hospital saw 50 Percent fewer late pre-term babies admitted into the NICU after a reduction in early elective deliveries. Added benefits were seen in reduced healthcare costs and morbidities.
MD Anderson - Orlando, known for inspiring hope through extraordinary care in Central Florida has now received a prestigious national certification from the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI®) Certification Program, an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
PGA Tour golfers Brian Davis, Brian Gay, and D.A. Points are joining forces to form Team APH in honor of Arnold Palmer and the legacy he has built through Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies.
Until now people afflicted with lymphedema, a chronic condition that leads to swelling of the arms and legs, had very little options for treatment other than therapy and massage. Now they have a new surgical option, a vascularized lymph node transfer, which is expected to bring relief and life changing results. The surgical team at Orlando Health performed the first ever vascularized lymph node transfer (VLNT) in the state of Florida. This microsurgical procedure transfers lymph nodes from one area of the body to another that is affected by a blockage in the lymphatic vessels, also called lymphedema.
Health care organization pilots quality and safety data transparency program at South Seminole Hospital in Longwood.
The new tobacco-free hirinig rule applies to all forms of tobacco use. It will require all individuals who receive a job offer from Orlando Health to be screened for cotinine, a by-product of nicotine. Offers of employment will be rescinded for those who test positive at high levels.
With less than a month until the start of tournament week for the Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented by MasterCard, hospital patients and three local PGA Tour golfers came together at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children to say thank you to Arnold Palmer.
Personalized care program for former NFL players launches with cardiology, orthopedics & bariatrics/weight management.
One year after MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando launched a pilot lung cancer screening program for patients most at risk for developing the disease, such screenings are now being recommended by the American Cancer Society. MD Anderson - Orlando was the first in Central Florida to offer this type of lung cancer screening program which targets those most at risk for lung cancer, smokers and former smokers, in the hopes of catching any sign of cancer early, and improving survival rates.
Close to 400 of the community’s most influential women were on hand at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies to celebrate women and join the conversation about the vision for the future of women’s healthcare.
Isabella and Jayden were the most popular baby names in 2012. Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies, which consistently ranks among the top three labor and delivery hospitals nationwide, delivered 13,857 babies in 2012 and 111 were named Isabella and 90 Jayden. Other popular names were Sophia, Emma, Elijah, and Jacob.
Students from Orlando’s Memorial Middle School compete regularly in sports and the classroom. This time, they faced off in the kitchen. Planet Hollywood Orlando hosted a group of students from the school for a showdown to see who can prepare the healthiest and tastiest meal. They were coached by the accomplished team of chefs at Planet Hollywood in an Iron Chef-style competition.
PNC Donates $150,000 to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Plus $5,000 to First Tee of Central Florida as Part of Family-Oriented Tournament.
Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies is launching a new blog for health and wellness called According to Winnie, an informative and interactive online community where women can join conversations on healthcare, prevention and wellness, dieting, recipes, family health, and more.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is recognizing the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children with the Beacon Award for Excellence.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando will soon be providing cancer patients with a valuable new tool in their fight against cancer. The cancer hospital has broken ground on the Proton Therapy Center at MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, a $25 million facility along Orange Avenue which will house Central Florida’s first proton therapy center.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando has opened a unique new facility focused on the clinical and emotional fight against cancer. The Gynecologic Cancer Center provides patients with a spa like atmosphere as they battle their gynecologic cancer.
Using social media, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is inviting the world into the operating room as Aiden Burghardt , an 18-month-old boy, undergoes open-heart surgery to repair a congenital heart defect.
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is opening Florida’s first center for children unable to eat by mouth. The Feeding Difficulties Center is an outpatient intensive feeding center dedicated to treating children with feeding difficulties.
A new study by researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando finds that Tolfenamic acid (TA), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), commonly used to relieve pain, inflammation and migraines has now been found to reduce esophageal tumors.
Bronchial thermoplasty, an innovative technique that uses radiofrequency (heat), helps patients breathe easier by lessening the severity of asthma attacks and preventing future attacks.
Cancer patients in the Southeast now have access to the world’s most advanced radiation treatment system. MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando has installed the first TomoHD™ System in Florida.
Memorial Day weekend in Orlando means it’s time for some of the country’s elite high school track and field athletes to gather and compete at the 36th Annual Golden South Classic presented by adidas®.
Larry the Cable Guy, whose real name is Dan Whitney, was on hand at Orlando Health to open the Wyatt Whitney Hip & Orthopedic Institute. Named after the comedian’s five-year-old son, it houses a number of specialists and resources dedicated to the treatment of hip and orthopedic conditions.
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been named a Level-4 Epilepsy Center – the highest designation available for the treatment of epilepsy. The designation is made by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) to evaluate the appropriateness and quality of specialized epilepsy care.
Clinical trial at the Orlando Health Heart Institute evaluates the use of stem cells from the pelvic bone marrow to improve heart function. Patients’ own stem cells may preserve heart muscle function after a heart attack.
Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies is announcing plans to expand its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The $13 million expansion will add 30 beds to the unit, making it the largest NICU in the United States.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando has received a $75,000 grant, funded by the Shirley E. Noland Foundation, which will support the Pancreatic Cancer Translational Research Project. The project will take the latest research findings to develop new treatment programs for patients with pancreatic cancer.
Clinical trial at Orlando Regional Medical Center evaluates technology designed to restore blood flow to the heart.
Mark Roh, M.D., an internationally renowned liver cancer surgeon has been named Incoming President of MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando and will take over as President next year. Dr. Roh also serves as the cancer center’s Medical and Scientific Director, overseeing all clinical activities within the cancer center and clinical, basic and translational research programs.
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is the first hospital in the United States to receive innovative new x-ray imaging technology that decreases radiation exposure to young patients and produces high-quality images.
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