Best in Care - Centennial Issue - (Page 11)

Not All Hospitals Are Alike Getting Well Never Felt So Good When patients come to Florida Hospital Altamonte, they enter a new century of care. One where each patient has their own GetWell:) Network. It may look like a 42-inch ﬂat-screen television, but it’s so much more. It is the new interactive patient care system that not only engages patients in their care experience but makes them happier and healthier. e complimentary system is designed to inform and empower patients during their stay, providing hundreds of educational videos to guide patients back to good health, entertainment and relaxation content, Internet, personal e-mail, games, movies and more. “It’s amazing. I feel like I’ve been upgraded to spa level,” laughs Martha Brana, a recent patient at Florida Hospital Altamonte. H Find out how Florida Hospital stacks up ospitals are not all alike. They vary in quality due to differences in training, experience and services. These differences matter more when patients need medical care for complex conditions such as open-heart surgery, cancer care and brain surgery. Take a look at why Florida Hospital has been recognized as Central Florida’s hospital of choice and why more people travel from around the world for care at Florida Hospital than any other hospital in the country. Studies show that hospitals that perform more procedures develop clinical expertise that can mean the difference between success and failure, especially with complex procedures and when problems arise. Florida Hospital treats more patients overall than any hospital in the country and cares for more patients than any hospital in the state for cardiovascular surgery, cancer care, stroke and neurosurgery, and orthopaedic surgery. Florida Hospital Orlando is an acute-care hospital, meaning it sees the most complex and critical cases. As the largest hospital in the Adventist Health System, Florida Hospital Orlando is a destination hospital for complex medical cases and treats patients from throughout the world. At Florida Hospital’s core are the “centers of excellence” where superior outcomes, research and clinical trials, physician expertise, technology and experience are what sets it apart from other hospitals. Florida Hospital has received this designation for cancer, cardiology, children’s health, diabetes, neuroscience, orthopaedics and robotic surgery. Florida Hospital integrates the best research evidence with clinical expertise to ensure that patients receive the very best care. For example, a study of patients who had robotic-assisted surgery to treat uterine cancer revealed superior outcomes to those of conventional surgery. Robotic surgery patients had less pain, reduced scarring, dramatically lower complication rates and shorter hospital stays. As a result, Florida Hospital patients were able to begin the healing process earlier and recovered faster. This is just one example of how Florida Hospital is pushing the boundaries of care, exceeding national standards, and why it has received the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® Performance Improvement Leadership award. Through the National Research Corporation, Central Floridians have overwhelmingly selected Florida Hospital as their preferred hospital for the past 10 years. It has also been recognized as having the best doctors, best nurses and best technology. OUTCOMES EXPERIENCE CONSUMER CHOICE SERVICES If you’d like to learn more about how Florida Hospital is exceeding the standard of care, visit TakeMeToFloridaHospital.com. “If someone were to ask what transplantation meant to me, I would have to say life. It’s about living life to the fullest—without limitations.” —Dennis Kelly, Florida Hospital transplant patient EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS Transplants Oﬀer the Gift of Hope e GetWell:) Network is just one of the many innovative technologies that Florida Hospital is bringing to the patient’s bedside. Currently, it is available at Florida Hospital Altamonte and will be expanding to all locations over the next several years. GET WELL WITH GETWELL: Giving an organ to a loved one, a friend or someone in need is giving the gift of life. Each year Florida Hospital gives new hope to patients through kidney, bone marrow, liver, pancreas and kidney/pancreas transplants. is coming year, the program will be expanded to include heart and lung transplants as well. As one of the ﬁrst and most successful programs in the country, Florida Hospital has completed nearly 2,600 transplants over the past 35 years. Exceeding national patient graft and survival rates, the Florida Hospital team of board-certiﬁed transplant physicians, specialized nursing teams and tissue-typing experts is the most experienced in all of Florida. To learn more about Florida Hospital’s transplant program and how you can become an organ donor, call 407-303-1700 or visit TakeMeToFloridaHospital.com. TakeMeToFloridaHospital.com I 11 WOULD YOU LIKE TO DONATE LIFE? http://www.TakeMeToFloridaHospital.com http://www.TakeMeToFloridaHospital.com http://www.TakeMeToFloridaHospital.com

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Florida Hospital Best in Care Centennial 2008

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