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News | 2008
Winter Haven Hospital is Awarded Prestigious Nursing Magnet Designation
December 17, 2008As Polk County's first healthcare organization to achieve Magnet status, Winter Haven Hospital joins 305 hospitals across the country - about 5 percent of the nation's total - to be recognized for excellence in patient care. Hospital staffers have worked for more than five years to meet the program's rigorous requirements.
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Building Patient and Family Partnerships in Care
December 05, 2008Winter Haven Hospital is committed to providing excellent health care. We believe that this is best accomplished through teamwork. We ask that you be part of our team when visiting your loved one. You can help us provide safer care by learning about a resource that is now available to you.
This resource is called “Condition H.” The “H” stands for help. We have created this process to encourage family members to alert the Rapid Response Team in case of an emergency. The Rapid Response Team is a group of clinicians. These clinicians can rapidly bring advanced assessment and management skills to a patient when his or her condition may be worsening. The team will act before the patient’s condition becomes unstable. The Rapid Response Team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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FormsFast Goes Live - Attention Physicians and Office Personnel!
November 24, 2008On Tuesday, November 18, 2008, FormsFast went live as the new online resource that Physicians and Office Personnel can use to access routine forms used to move patients through clinical services at Winter Haven Hospital.
Winter Haven Hospital helps patients, families, friends stay connected with new CarePages.com service
November 21, 2008
Winter Haven Hospital now offers patients, their families and friends direct access to CarePages.com, an online community of millions of people coming together to share the challenges, hopes and triumphs of anyone facing a life-changing health event.
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Winter Haven Hospital Procures Leading-Edge Vein-Viewing Technology through the assistance of Winter Haven Hospital’s Annual Fund
October 30, 2008Utilizing donations from the foundation’s annual fund, Winter Haven Hospital has now adopted state of-the-art technology in vascular access, the VeinViewer by Luminetx®. The VeinViewer enables medical professionals to see vasculature up to 8mm below the surface of the skin, projecting a visual roadmap to the patient’s vessels.
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Stroke Center at Winter Haven Hospital Wins National ‘Gold Award’ for Quality Improvement
October 23, 2008WINTER HAVEN, FL - (October 14, 2008) - Winter Haven Hospital is pleased to announce that its nationally-accredited Stroke Center has received a Gold Award of Excellence from the American Stroke Association for successfully meeting the standards for an in-hospital quality improvement program. The recognition makes Winter Haven Hospital one of only 53 hospitals in the nation to receive such an honor.
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West Expansion Project
September 25, 2008See a Virtual Tour of our new West Expansion Project!
Smoke and Tobacco Free Campus
August 29, 2008Winter Haven Hospital will join many Florida hospitals and over 500 in the country in having a Smoke and Tobacco Free campus beginning October 1, 2008. This will apply to patients, employees, physicians, volunteers and visitors, as the hospital seeks to assure a healthy environment.
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Winter Haven Hospital Launches Around-The-Clock Physician Care For Expectant Mothers
August 20, 2008While many obstetricians divide their time between office and hospital, the Regency Medical Center (the women’s division of Winter Haven Hospital) has introduced an Obstetrics & Gynecology (OB/GYN) hospitalist program, a service that allows hospital-based doctors to focus on providing care to patients in the labor and delivery unit.
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Public Notice - Magnet Recognition Program® Site Visit
Tuesday, August 12, 2008Winter Haven Hospital has applied to the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for the prestigious designation of Magnet. The Magnet designation recognizes excellence in nursing services.
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Supply of O-positive blood has run dangerously low
Friday, August 1, 2008
Some people can't afford to give blood.
Regular blood donors have been called to help with the shortage of blood, but they say they can't afford the gas to drive to the blood bank, according to Robbie Taylor, client service coordinator for Blood Banks of Mid-Florida Medical Services.
[News Chief] Supply of O-positive blood dangerously low
Herman's Hermits with Peter Noone will 'invade' 2008 Hospital Foundation Gala
Friday, May 30, 2008The British are coming! The pop sounds of the '60s will fill Nora Mayo Hall when Herman's Hermits, featuring original lead singer Peter Noone, perform in November at the 19th annual Gala hosted by the Mid-Florida Medical Services Foundation.
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Women's Health Fair Wrap-Up
Saturday, May 17, 2008266 women took a day for themselves and attended the Women's Health Fair, held Saturday, May 17, at the Regency Medical Center. Women of all ages, from 20 to 90, enjoyed the day which included numerous health screenings, free massage, and a luncheon fashion show.
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The 4th Annual Winter Haven Hospital's Annual Invitational Mountain Lake Resort
Friday May 9, 2008The 2008 Winter Haven Hospital Invitational, sponsored by Bright House Networks, was on Friday May 9, 2008. Seventeen foursomes played at one of the most prestigious courses in all of Central Florida, Mountain Lake. The golf course is a private top-ranked course designed in 1916 by Seth Raynor. Golfweek has named Mountain Lake the #1 Classic Residential Golf Course in the U.S. for the past four years in a row!
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The 2008 Quest is Complete
Thursday, May 1, 2008
The 2008 edition of the tournament affectionately know as “The 100” was on Thursday, May 1, at the Lake Region Yacht and Country Club. Eight teams of golfers played 100 holes of golf, challenging friends and colleagues to support them for each hole played. The tournament reached a new record this year by raising a total of $201,485, bringing the three year total to over $375,000! All proceeds support Winter Haven Hospital’s Stroke Center, the first Primary Stroke Care Center serving Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties.
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Citrus Classic
Saturday, March 1, 2008The month of March was kicked off with wonderful weather and exercise at the 28th annual Citrus Classic event. "We do this major event each year to promote wellness and encourage young people to participate in one of the three events (10k run, 5K run or 3 mile walk). We are proud to be Polk County's largest run/walk event and this year we had 715 participants" said Gail Pyle, Race Director. For the last 6 years Westwood Middle School has won the School Challenge Trophy and they had 124 students participating.
Third Annual Quest for the Cup
Thursday, January 24, 2008Launched two years ago by four intrepid golfers, The 100 has quickly grown into one of east Polk County’s premier charity events. Last year, six teams of golfers raised close to $140,0000. Organizers have their sights set on even higher numbers this year.
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Major Facility Expansion
From the beginning, this massive project has been designed with patients and families in mind.
To facilitate quick and easy access throughout the construction process, Winter Haven Hospital’s 287-car parking structure has been completed. A temporary entrance/exit near the parking structure is now open and in use. Meanwhile, construction continues on the new 60,000 square-foot expansion to the front of the hospital.
When completed, the beautiful new Volunteer Auxilary Grand Lobby will create the kind of healing environment we believe our community should expect from a first-class healthcare organization. One of the first things guests will notice is a welcome and information desk. Adjacent to this area, a soothing water feature will have a pond that appears to flow from the interior to the exterior of the lobby. A healing garden, located on the south end of the lobby, will complete the relaxing and tranquil atmosphere.
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Launch of new web site!
We are very pleased to officially launch the new Winter Haven Hospital web site. Please feel free to browse and have a look around.
