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Shands at the University of Florida
Shands HealthCare is committed to meeting this demand. Our plan includes construction on the Shands at UF Cancer Hospital and reconfiguring and renovating the existing Shands at UF facility to build capacity for expanded services to help more patients. SHANDS AT UF OPENS NORTHEAST FLORIDA’S FIRST DEDICATED NEURO INTENSIVE CARE UNITUniversity of Florida and Shands HealthCare leaders today opened a new, 30-bed Shands at UF Neuro Intensive Care Unit for critically ill patients with brain disease and injuries. The unit, a $9.6-million project, provides neurosurgery and neurology patients access to UF medical experts and the latest technological resources consolidated at Shands at UF. Each private room includes monitoring equipment for round-the-clock assessment of each patient’s brain electrical activity as well as vital signs. Electroencephalogram, or EEG, equipment can detect subtle or non-apparent seizure activity, and brain-pressure monitoring also is available. The hospital will install a dedicated CT scanner immediately adjacent to the Neuro ICU. The imaging equipment will provide the medical team with fast, convenient access to information about blood vessels in the brain and neck and show areas affected by partial or complete blockages. It will also provide real-time data about patients’ brain blood flow and volume. Additionally, the hospital plans to install electronic systems for records, ordering, remote monitoring and radiology and lab-result access to eliminate paper records and make the Neuro ICU the first entirely electronic intensive-care program at Shands at UF. The UF College of Medicine has one of the nation’s largest academic neurosurgery departments. This year the UF and Shands medical teams at Shands at UF will provide neurosurgical care to more than 5,000 patients from all over the world. Other dedicated Neuro ICUs in Florida are located in Orlando, Tallahassee, Miami, St. Petersburg and Tampa. Shands at UF Recieves Magnet RedesignationIn May 2008, Shands at UF earned the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) “Magnet” status - the nursing profession’s most prestigious national honor for excellence. The facility first achieved Magnet status in 2003. Six Shands HealthCare facilities in Gainesville earned the Magnet status. This is Shands Vista’s initial Magnet designation. Shands at the University of Florida, Shands HomeCare, Shands Rehab Hospital, Shands Florida Surgical Center and Shands at UF Dialysis Center received redesignation. Magnet hospitals must meet stringent quantitative and qualitative standards that define the quality of nursing practices and patient care. The application process includes comprehensive written documentation, which is validated by site visits. ANCC appraisers conducted on-site assessments of the Shands facilities from Feb. 18-21, 2008. Shands at UF Stroke Program Becomes Primary Stroke CenterIn June 2008, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration designated Shands at UF as a "primary stroke center." A program earns this title by meeting rigorous requirements, such as providing advanced diagnostic capabilities, linking with stroke-trained emergency responders and making its stroke specialists available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The same month, the American Stroke Association and the American Heart Association recently awarded the Shands at UF Stroke Program the Bronze Initial Performance Achievement Award for implementing national guidelines in the treatment and prevention of strokes. The bronze award is the first level of recognition for programs that have met seven core measures for 90 consecutive days. U.S.News Ranks Shands at UF in top-50 HospitalsShands at the University of Florida earning top-50 rankings in 11 specialties in the 2008 edition of America’s Best Hospitals, published by U.S.News & World Report. The magazine ranked the Shands at UF academic medical center in more specialties than any other hospital in Florida. Shands at UF had the highest ranking among Florida hospitals in five specialties: endocrinology, geriatrics, heart, respiratory and urology. The full list of ranking follows:
Shands at UF Installs Florida's First 320-detector Row CT ScannerIn October 2008, Shands at the University of Florida installed the state's first 320-detector row CT scanner. This $2.5-million diagnostic tool has the potential to detect stroke and heart disease in a matter of minutes and replace dozens of other tests, which can take hours and days. Unlike any other CT system, the Aquilion ONE uses 320-detector rows capable of covering 16 centimeters, about 6 inches, of one's anatomy. It scans an entire organ in a single pass and produces not only 3-D images but also 4-D videos that show an organ's structure, movement and blood flow. UF cardiologists and radiologists said the scanner will provide more rapid assessment of the heart. It also has the potential to replace the need for diagnostic angiography in a number of intermediate-risk patients, particularly those who are brought to the Emergency Department. Shands at UF is the first academic medical center in the Southeast to install an Aquilion ONE dynamic volume CT system. Mancuso and other members of the UF Department of Radiology began working with Toshiba, the manufacturer of the Aquilion ONE, three years ago. Through a cooperative relationship, they are identifying the value and limitations of this technology and what other diagnostic imaging tests may be replaced. Learn more about the Aquilion ONE by visiting Shands.org/AquilionOne. Related News Releases
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Shands at the University of Florida is the state’s leading hospital for physician
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UF has an extremely high patient census, and our customers’ demand for services is increasing. 