AdventHealth
American health care system
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March 1 2025 | ShorePoint Health became part of AdventHealth after being purchased for $260 million, with the price lowered due to the closure of its Punta Gorda hospital from hurricane damage. |
February 13 2025 | AdventHealth partnered with Erik Jones to donate a 'Bookworm' vending machine to Chisholm Elementary School in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. |
January 15 2025 | Construction workers broke ground on the new hospital tower. |
2024 | AdventHealth Orlando completes its fourteenth consecutive year of being recognized as the best hospital in Greater Orlando by U.S. News & World Report. |
2024 | Revised expansion plans to a $340 million, eight-story 302,000-square-foot tower with three operating theatres, eighty progressive care beds, increasing total beds to 437. |
December 13 2024 | AdventHealth announced that Terry Shaw, president and CEO, would be retiring in July 2025. |
December 5 2024 | AdventHealth announced sponsorship of Legacy Motor Club for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, after ending sponsorship with Trackhouse Racing. |
November 22 2024 | AdventHealth signed a definitive agreement to purchase ShorePoint Health in Southwest Florida from Community Health Systems for $265 million. |
July 2024 | Volusia County School Board voted 3-0 to extend its partnership with AdventHealth through June 30, 2028. By this point, AdventHealth had provided 5,200 free sports physicals, 4,300 free cardiac screenings, and $12,000 in medical supplies to students. |
July 9 2024 | Pat Williams, founder of the Orlando Magic, was admitted to AdventHealth Orlando with pneumonia. |
July 8 2024 | Andrew Weinfeld takes office as chief clinical officer for AdventHealth East Florida Division. |
June 2024 | AdventHealth selected Andrew Weinfeld as chief clinical officer for its East Florida Division. |
May 14 2024 | AdventHealth extended its tournament sponsorship through 2029. |
April 2024 | Filed with the South Florida Water Management District to expand the hospital, initially planning a 44,966-square-foot five-story patient tower. |
April 2024 | AdventHealth purchased the PGA Tour tournament, replacing the previous owner Eventive Sports. |
April 2024 | AdventHealth became a founding member of the Coalition for Health AI. |
April 21 2024 | Rajan Wadhawan officially took office as chief clinical officer for AdventHealth West Florida Division. |
March 2024 | AdventHealth hired ESA to install 7,500 solar panels on office buildings and parking garages, including solar canopies and charging stations. The solar system will produce 4,200 megawatts of electricity and save $20 million over 20 years. |
March 2024 | AdventHealth became a founding member of the Trustworthy and Responsible AI Network. |
March 2024 | AdventHealth selected Rajan Wadhawan as chief clinical officer for its West Florida Division. |
March 2024 | AdventHealth launched AirStar 1 helicopter to transport patients between smaller and larger hospitals, based at Lakeland Linder International Airport and serving West and Central Florida Divisions. |
February 2024 | AdventHealth signed a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement with Scout Clean Energy for 90-megawatts of electricity from their Texas wind farm, which will provide 380,000 megawatts of electricity (approximately 40% of their energy needs). |
February 28 2024 | AdventHealth and Medline Industries opened a 375,000-square-foot warehouse distribution center in Apopka, Florida. |
February 15 2024 | AdventHealth partnered with Erik Jones to donate a 'Bookworm' vending machine to Blue Lake Elementary School in DeLand, Florida, with an annual $5,000 donation for books. |
February 13 2024 | AdventHealth extended its sponsorship of Speedweeks to 2028 and received naming rights to lactation rooms at the racetrack. |
February 3 2024 | The final AdventHealth hospital completed the transition to Epic Systems, concluding a $660 million electronic health record system upgrade. |
January 2024 | Performed the world's first histotripsy on a patient with a kidney tumor. |
January 2024 | AdventHealth Lake Wales expanded its medical services by adding a new mammography unit, enhancing diagnostic capabilities for breast health screening. |
January 12 2024 | AdventHealth became the exclusive health care provider of the Daytona Tortugas minor league baseball team. |
2023 | U.S. News & World Report ranks AdventHealth Orlando tied for second place among hospitals in Florida. |
2023 | Became the 3rd largest hospital in the United States, highlighting its significant growth and importance in the healthcare landscape. |
2023 | AdventHealth Celebration was tied with AdventHealth Kissimmee as the second largest employer in Osceola County, employing 3,565 people. |
2023 | AdventHealth Orlando became the largest hospital in the United States with 1,400 beds. |
November 9 2023 | AdventHealth Porter reopened at 7:00 a.m., resuming emergency and acute care services after boiler repairs. |
November 1 2023 | A temporary boiler was installed at AdventHealth Porter after the previous two boilers failed. |
October 30 2023 | AdventHealth Porter closed after losing heat and hot water when its second boiler failed during a cold snap. 90 patients were transferred to other AdventHealth facilities by South Metro Fire Rescue and local EMS. |
October 25 2023 | AdventHealth Porter signed a commercial agreement with Aclarion to introduce Nociscan technology, becoming the first health facility in Denver to use this technology for treating chronic low back pain. |
September 13 2023 | UChicago Medicine announced plans to purchase a controlling interest in AdventHealth hospitals in Illinois. |
August 2 2023 | AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. |
July 2023 | AdventHealth created an AI Advisory Board to meet monthly and incorporate new AI technology into healthcare. |
July 31 2023 | Construction of the hospital was completed. |
June 21 2023 | Denver District Court Judge accepted a $6.5 million class action settlement for the patients affected by the sterilization breach. |
June 12 2023 | AdventHealth officially exited the nursing home market by selling 8 facilities in Florida, one in Texas, and one in Kansas due to high operating costs. |
June 2 2023 | A 30,000-square-foot medical office building adjacent to the hospital was opened. |
May 17 2023 | AdventHealth held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the AdventHealth ER at Flamingo Crossings Town Center in Horizon West. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse attended the grand opening celebration. |
March 2023 | AdventHealth entered into an official healthcare partnership with the Orlando Guardians, a professional sports team. |
March 18 2023 | AdventHealth partnered with Hailie Deegan to celebrate Women in NASCAR at Atlanta Motor Speedway, featuring names of women in NASCAR on her truck. |
February 2023 | Loma Linda University School of Medicine partnered with AdventHealth Orlando, allowing students to complete their third and fourth years at the hospital. |
February 2023 | AdventHealth Lake Wales, along with almost all other AdventHealth hospitals, published their chargemaster on their website in compliance with the 2021 government law. |
February 14 2023 | Centura Health announced its plan to split up, with AdventHealth hospitals set to rebrand. |
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