April 2007 in the News on Orlando Medical News

April 2007 in the News

Florida Hospital and Adventist Health System Executive Named Public Citizen of the Year

Rich Morrison, corporate vice-president of government affairs for Florida Hospital and Adventist Health System, has been selected by the local and state chapters of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) as the Public Citizen of the Year. Morrison was selected because of his extensive work helping to create a better healthcare safety net for the uninsured through the Primary Care Access Network (PCAN).

McCree Completes New In-Office Surgery Center

McCree recently completed construction on an interior renovation project that includes an in-office surgery suite for Orlando Plastic Surgery Center, located at 3872 Oakwater Circle. The 1,345 square foot renovation includes an operating room, recovery room, pre-op room, bathroom, supply storage areas, and instrument processing room.

Murillo-Aristondo Joins Nemours Division Of Pulmonology
ORLANDO - Nemours Children's Clinic, a division of Nemours, recently announced that Lissette Murillo-Aristondo, ARNP has joined the pulmonology division in Central Florida.
Murillo-Aristondo received her bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Miami and later became a licensed ARNP (Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner) at Florida International University. Prior to joining Nemours, Murillo-Aristondo served as a pediatric primary care nurse practitioner at the Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC.

Shermen Group Announces Plans to Build OMC in Celebration

The Shermen Group, a development firm with offices in New York, Boston, and Celebration, FL, recently announced its plans to build the Osceola Medical Center (OMC) in Celebration. Construction on the 90,000 square foot, Class A medical office facility will begin this June, and the complex will be operational in February 2008. The new building sits on a 7-acre site that offers ample parking for owners and visitors alike. This facility represents the last available medical entitlements in Celebration.

Gala To Benefit Central Florida Couples Struggling With Infertility  

ORLANDO - The 3rd annual Fertile Dreams Embracing Hope gala will be held Saturday, April 21, at the Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando. Amanda Ober, WESH Channel 2 news reporter, will act as emcee.   
Proceeds from the event go toward Embracing Hope grants. The grants, which may be used at any fertility clinic in the United States , provide $10,000 toward the cost of infertility treatments. The first Embracing Hope recipients, Yadira Campos and Jamie Medina, of St. Cloud , are expecting twins this spring.   
 For more information or to reserve tickets, contact Nadia Laljie at Fertility C.A.R.E. at 407-672-1106 or  e-mail info@fertiledreams.org.  

Ken Griffey Jr. Steps Up to Bat to Help Raise Money for Florida Hospital's Centennial Campaign
ORLANDO - All-Star MVP and Cincinnati Reds baseball player Ken Griffey Jr. is hoping to hit a grand slam for Florida Hospital to build awareness and raise funds. In an exciting announcement recently, Griffey traded in his baseball uniform for a white lab coat as he was named Chairperson of Florida Hospital's Centennial Campaign.
To keep pace with the healthcare needs of the growing and aging population, Florida Hospital has determined that it will need $1.6 billion by 2010. That is why it is asking the Central Florida community for support.
Florida Hospital's Centennial Campaign officially kicked off in November 2006 at Florida Hospital's Annual Gala. The campaign will last through the end of 2008. At the end of 2006, Florida Hospital had raised approximately $65 million toward its goal of raising $100 million by 2008. Funds from the Centennial Campaign will help support a number of areas and initiatives throughout the hospital.

Orlando Regional Healthcare and South Lake Hospital Increase Altitude in Patient Care

ORLANDO - The sky is the limit to what Orlando Regional Healthcare will do to meet the needs of critically ill patients across Central Florida. The hospital recently added a second helicopter to expand The Air Care Team's air ambulance program. The second helicopter will be based at South Lake Hospital , providing residents in Lake County faster access to specialized care.
The new addition serves many functions including taking trauma and emergency services to the scene, improving access to a range of medical services including cardiology, neurology and orthopedics.
The second helicopter is a Bell 206 L4 LongRanger, considered one of the safest most used aircraft in the air medical industry. The pilots and medical crew have trained for numerous hours in the second helicopter to provide the same high standard of care it has provided to the community for more than 20 years.
The Air Care Team has provided medical services in a single helicopter, 24 hours a day, seven days a week since 1984. Since then, the Air Care Team has flown more than 19,000 patients with more than 1.2 million accident-free rescue missions. The Air Care Team averages 100 flights per month and services an area encompassing a 100-mile radius of Orlando . As the only hospital-based scene responder in Central Florida, the Air Care Team responds directly to scenes of accidents upon request of law enforcement and EMS personnel, as well as transports critically ill patients between hospitals.
Omniflight Helicopters Inc., which has been a leader in providing air medical transportation services to the health care industry for 45 years, provides the aviation services to Orlando Regional's Air Care Team. The two have worked together since the program began.

New Program From National Kidney Foundation To Educate And Empower Dialysis Patients

Mickey and Goofy will not be the only characters charming the crowds in Orlando this Spring. A brand new cast of cartoon characters will debut at the National Kidney Foundation's (NKF) Spring Clinical Meetings, held from April 10-14 in Orlando, as part of a major new patient education program from the NKF.
NKF members and other meeting attendees will receive a special preview of the program that the foundation will soon roll out to the entire dialysis community. The program is distinguished as the first "reality series" of, by, and for the community.
The centerpiece of the program is a comic-strip style "graphic novella" that visually tells the story of a group of patients and their healthcare team in a dialysis center similar to hundreds of centers across the U.S. The program follows these characters through the ups and downs of crises, conflicts, discoveries, and triumphs: the shock of being diagnosed with kidney disease, coping with the diagnosis and feelings about going on dialysis, role-reversals in family relationships, job-related stress, sticking with the kidney-healthy diet, managing multiple related conditions, dealing with personal issues and much more. The NKF will update the program six times per year-every other month-to spotlight new issues, and to continue to offer new tools to empower patients.
The program combines educational and empowering information in a range of media: posters for display on the walls of dialysis centers and physicians' offices; websites; print and online learning aids, teaching aids; and more. An Editorial Board comprised of patients, physicians, nurses, dietitians, social workers, technicians, and family members suggests key issues to address in the reality series.

Florida Hospital Employee Awarded Christian Service Award
Recently at its annual mission conference, Adventist Health System (AHS) honored Florida Hospital employee Clifford Coll with its Christian Service Award. The award is given to people who are outstanding Christian examples and who provide compassionate and untiring service to others.
For more than 16 years, Coll has been ministering in Florida Hospital Orlando, first as a housekeeper, and since 2002, as a greeter. Each day, he provides information, directions, and even emotional support to patients, visitors, and staff at the hospital.

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