Shands HealthCare

Shands HealthCare is a medical network in north-central Florida, named in 2007 to the U.S. News & World Report list of the nation's top 50 hospitals. [ [http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/best-hospitals/directory/hospital.php?id=6390283 U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Hospitals 2007] ]

History

William A. Shands was a Florida state Senator, elected from the 32nd District in the mid-1940s. He was convinced that the best way to enhance the Gainesville community was to establish a teaching hospital at the University of Florida. There was general agreement that the state needed a teaching hospital, but located in a large city, such as Jacksonville, Miami or Tampa. His dedicated efforts were critical to obtaining state funding for a teaching hospital in Gainesville. The University of Florida Colleges of Medicine and Nursing opened in 1956. Two years later, the UF Teaching Hospital was started, on October 20, 1958. In 1965, it was renamed "W. A. Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics" in honor of the man who did so much to make the facility a reality. The institution later became Shands Hospital, part of the Shands HealthCare network. [ [http://www.shands.org/about/senatorshands.asp Shands website: Achievements & History-About Florida Senator William A. Shands] ]

Network

Nine not-for-profit hospitals in Shands HealthCare include a network of more than 80 primary and specialty practices and a medical staff of more than 1,000 University of Florida faculty and community physicians who cover virtually every medical specialty. In addition, Shands has a workforce of more than 7,000 staff, including 2,000 nurses. [ [http://www.shands.org/about/default.asp About Shands HealthCare] ] The 480 University of Florida faculty physicians who provide services in more than 40 satellite clinics throughout north central Florida are affiliated with Shands HealthCare. The physicians combine their patient care expertise with the latest medical advances for some of the most difficult health conditions. [ [http://company.monster.com/caresh/ Monster.com company profile: Shands HealthCare] ]

Hospitals

The Shands HealthCare system comprises:
#One children's service center - Shands Children’s Hospital at UF
#Two academic medical centers - Shands at the University of Florida & Shands Jacksonville
#Three Outpatient programs - Shands HomeCare (north Florida), University of Florida Physician Practices (Gainesville and Jacksonville) & Shands Rehab Centers (Gainesville)
#Four community hospitals - Shands AGH (Gainesville), Shands Live Oak, Shands Lake Shore (Lake City) & Shands Starke
#Specialty hospitals - Shands Rehab Hospital & Shands Vista Behavioral Health, both in Gainesville

References

External links

* [http://www.shands.org/hospitals/lakeshore/default.asp Shands Lake Shore]
* [http://www.shands.org/hospitals/liveoak/default.asp Shands Live Oak]
* [http://www.shands.org/hospitals/starke/default.asp Shands Starke]
* [http://jax.shands.org/ Shands Jacksonville]
* [http://www.shands.org/hospitals/UF/ Shands at the University of Florida]
* [http://www.shands.org/hospitals/children/ Shands Children's Hospital]
* [http://www.shands.org/hospitals/AGH/services/default.asp Shands AGH]
* [http://www.shands.org/hospitals/rehab/default.asp Shands Rehab Hospital]
* [http://www.shands.org/hospitals/vista/default.asp Shands Vista]
* [http://www.shands.org/find/outpatient/homecare/default.asp Shands HomeCare]
* [http://www.shands.org/hospitals/UF/clinics/default.asp University of Florida Physician Practices]
* [http://www.shands.org/find/outpatient/rehab/ Shands Rehab Centers]