Orlando Health Central Inc

Programs: Orlando health central, inc. , dba, health central provides high quality inpatient, outpatient, and emergency healthcare to the people of west orange county through its hospital and various outpatient facilities. Previously owned and operated under the west orange healthcare district, we have served the west orange county's surgical, maternity and general healthcare needs since 1952. In an effort to achieve its objective of being a state-of-the-art, full-service hospital that will meet the future needs of its community and become a facility of choice for area residents in ocoee, the west orange healthcare district transitioned the hospital care to health central. Health central delivers comprehensive healthcare services in its 440,000-square-foot, integrated medical mall which includes a 211-bed jcaho accredited acute care hospital and physician offices, as well as a 60-bed emergency center. During the fiscal year ended september 30, 2017, health central facilities provided 51,628 days of inpatient care, 24,180 outpatient visits, and 59,532 emergency department visits. In accordance with its mission, health central provided extensive care to patients who meet its charity care guidelines without charge or at amounts less than its established rates. Health central also offers community education, school initiatives and support groups. As a not-for-profit healthcare provider, the culture of caring at health central touches the lives of many throughout the greater west orange county area. Health central's physicians, employees and volunteers know that healthcare extends beyond the walls of the hospital. Our dedicated medical professionals and volunteers often contribute to the community outside the organization, educating their neighbors and providing medical care to others in the region. Health central demonstrates a commitment to promoting health, well-being and a caring spirit throughout the community by organizing and providing services ranging from wellness events and screenings, to flu shots and high school physicals. These activities bring little or no payment to our hospital, but are sustained because they are valuable to our region and support our mission. --community programs and service-- community outreach support / education groups community wellness community health fairs pastoral outreach & spiritual care --value to the community-- fiscal year 2017: by offering the best quality of care, responding to community needs and concentrating resources in areas that truly make a difference, health central maintains a rich tradition of providing a benefit to the community. Our community benefit effort is a measured approach to meeting identified community health needs, particularly in the vulnerable, uninsured and underserved communities. As a not-for-profit, community-based organization, health central is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the people we serve. Health central is committed to charity care, which is the provision of medical attention and services to the region's most vulnerable and uninsured, regardless of a patient's ability to pay, a patient's insufficient health insurance coverage, or the existence of any government-sponsored programs covering the full cost of services. In fiscal year 2017, health central provided $8,241,402 in charity care, and $13,928,691 in medicaid shortfalls. Community education: health central university is dedicated to furthering the health related education of the community. Classes are available to area residents as well as continuing education for our healthcare professionals. Health central university consists of six academies: community health, clinical excellence, health central way, leadership development, physician excellence, and professional development. Each academy is governed by an advisory council whose members are responsible for the planning, development and implementation of all the courses offered at health central university. Health central university provides diabetes education to the community by offering the health central diabetes center, accredited by the american diabetic association. It strives to bring education, wellness and fitness to diabetics. It is a comprehensive program, which helps those who are pre-diabetics, newly diagnosed, gestational diabetes or those who just need help with blood glucose control. Classes are in a group setting. Individual times can be scheduled as needed. The education offered by health central university is held in various locations on the hospital campus. Health central it is a comprehensive program, which helps those who are pre-diabetics, newly diagnosed, gestational diabetes or those who just need help with blood glucose control. Classes are in a group setting. Individual times can be scheduled as needed. The education offered by health central university is held in various locations on the hospital campus. Health central university is governed by an advisory board composed of representatives from each of the advisory councils, representatives from orlando health central's board of directors, valencia community college, university of central florida, devry university, vitas, an md champion and hospital administration.

orlando health central, inc. Provides long-term nursing care to our community through health central park, a 228 bed, facility. Health central park consists of 5 neighborhoods (nursing wings) including a post acute care for short term rehab with 46 beds with an average length of stay of 29 days; a gated community, which specializes in providing programs and services for alzheimer's/dementia type residents for 49 residents; and an additional 3 neighborhoods providing care to long-term-care residents. We provide resident centered care. We are restraint free and provide excellent outcomes in wound care and weight management. We also provide iv therapy, hypertension management, medication management, diabetic management, dementia care, restorative nursing care and palliative care. Health central park provides full therapy services 7 days a week, 8 hours a day. Our therapy patients have excellent outcomes and after discharge usually continue their therapy as outpatients. On any given day we have about 65 to 70 patients in therapy. Our main program is our orthopedic program of excellence. The length of stay for our knee patients is 22 days; our hip patients average 28 days; and we have about 22 orthopedic patients and 78 non-orthopedic patients per month. Our therapy satisfaction is 12% higher than our peers. Health central parks workforce is made up of about 300 employees, with the nursing department being the largest of about 215; 135 of which are c. N. As. We are privileged to have a full time nurse practitioner which acts as the physician extender and attends to urgent and other medical needs on a timely basis. We also have a full time dietician and a nutritional specialist to address the clinical dietary needs of our residents. Our social workers do discharge planning and assist with the psycho-social needs of the residents along with our full recreation departments. Our staff turnover last year was at 26%. The american health care association announced health central park as a 2011 recipient of the silver - achievement in quality national quality award for its outstanding performance in the health care profession. The prestigious award highlights select facilities across the nation that serve as models of excellence for providing high quality long term care. Very few of the 700 skilled nursing facilities in florida have achieved this level of quality since the awards inception in 1996. Health central park has been consistent in its performance and dedication to providing high-quality care. Volunteers supplement our staff to high-quality care. Volunteers supplement our staff to high-quality care. They provide about 825 hours a month.

physicians services orlando health central, inc. Provides physicians services through west orange physicians group, llc (wopg), a multi-specialty practice, including services related to internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and general surgery. Wopg serves as an integral component of orlando health central, inc. 's integrated delivery system through the provision of health care services to the community they serve. Wopg provided 24,180 physician visits for the fiscal year 2017.