A NEW ERA IN HEALTH CARE
UF Health is growing and expanding. We’ve added new hospitals, new practices and new affiliations. We’ve even entered into an agreement to develop a health care campus.
The growth and expansion efforts are part of a larger vision to ensure that the communities we serve have convenient access to quality health care and that we keep pace with the phenomenal population growth of the area.
Learn more about the newest members of the UF Health family.
UF Health Central Florida
UF Health Leesburg Hospital
Building on a strategic affiliation that has connected local residents to leading-edge stroke care and other health care services for several years, UF Health and Central Florida Health agreed to evolve their relationship, with UF Health acquiring its two regional hospitals last month.
UF Health and the 660-bed regional system, comprised of UF Health Leesburg Hospital and UF Health The Villages® Hospital, will concentrate on leveraging each other’s strengths and creating a smoother and more coordinated patient experience for residents of Lake, Sumter and Marion counties.
Over time, long-term capital plans for facility improvements and new equipment and technologies will be considered, including construction of a new general acute care hospital in association with The Villages®.
UF Health The Villages® Hospital
UF Health The Villages® Hospital Freestanding E.R.
UF Health officials and local community and government leaders recently celebrated the new UF Health The Villages® Hospital Freestanding E.R. with a ribbon-cutting and open house.
The newest freestanding emergency room provides convenient access to high-quality health care in Wildwood and surrounding communities as the demand for services continues to grow.
The modern, 25,000-square-foot facility is open 24/7 and features a full complement of staff, including physicians, nurses and patient care technicians, and is equipped with 16 beds, two of which are situated inside state-of-the-art trauma bays. To allow for future expansion, the facility contains additional space that eventually will accommodate a total of 24 beds.
The UF Health The Villages® Freestanding E.R. also features laboratory, pharmacy and respiratory therapy services, as well as the latest diagnostic imaging technologies.
Halifax Health | UF Health – Medical Center of Deltona
UF Health and Halifax Health have collaborated for years to bring neurosurgery and heart and vascular surgery services to Volusia, Flagler and Brevard counties.
And now, the new six-story, 95-room Halifax Health | UF Health – Medical Center of Deltona, which opened Feb. 4, is another extension of that collaboration.
The state-of-the-art facility was designed with clinicians’ input and includes four operating rooms, three multipurpose special procedure rooms, 13 intensive care rooms and 30 medical and surgical rooms. There’s still room for the hospital to expand another three stories if needed. An attached two-story medical annex building will be completed this spring.
The new medical center provides patients in Volusia and surrounding communities with greater access to care, including access to more specialty services, more advanced technology and increased access to clinical trials.
“Our goal is to make care available to patients where they live, work and spend time,” said Ed Jimenez, UF Health Shands CEO.
UF Health The Oaks
The new UF Health The Oaks location is filled with beautiful artwork thanks to the UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine program and UF Health staff and faculty. The minute someone drives up, they see a beautiful piece of artwork that features images from around North Central Florida. Walking inside, visitors will see additional pieces that are used in a way to provide flow throughout the space. In addition, mobiles were commissioned to add movement to the main corridor. The mobiles are modern versions of the five fingers on a hand, which represent the healing hands of health care.
In addition, mobiles were commissioned to add movement to the main corridor. The mobiles are modern versions of the five fingers on a hand, which represent the healing hands of health care. Once inside the practices, the artwork transitions to landscape photography.
