Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida

Not to be confused with Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware.
Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida
Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida
Map
Geography
Location6535 Nemours Pkwy, Orlando, Florida, United States
Coordinates28°22′36″N 81°16′25″W / 28.376702°N 81.273605°W / 28.376702; -81.273605
Organization
FundingNon-profit hospital
Affiliated universityUniversity of Central Florida College of Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds130
HelipadYes
History
Construction started2009
Opened2012
Links
Websitewww.nemours.org/locations/orlando-nemours-childrens-hospital.html
ListsHospitals in Florida

Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida (NCHFL) is a freestanding, 130-bed,[1] pediatric acute care children's hospital located in Lake Nona Medical City in Orlando, Florida. It is affiliated with the University of Central Florida College of Medicine[2] and is a member of the Nemours Children's Health, one of two freestanding hospitals in the system. The hospital, a multi-year recipient of The Leapfrog Award for quality and safety,[3] provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21[4][5] throughout Central Florida and beyond. It features a regional pediatric intensive-care unit, neonatal intensive care units, and cardiac intensive care unit,[6] serving both central Florida and the greater Florida regions.

The hospital also has a helipad and transport vehicles to transport critically ill patients to and from the hospital. In addition, Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida features its own Nemours Children’s Hospital Residency Program (established in 2017) and, in partnership with the University of Central Florida’s College of Education started PedsAcademy,[7] the first hospital-based inpatient education and teacher training program.[8]

  1. ^ "Nemours Children's Hospital". Children's Hospital Association. Archived from the original on 2020-08-31. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  2. ^ "The Nemours Foundation". University of Central Florida College of Medicine. Archived from the original on 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  3. ^ "Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida Earns 2021 Leapfrog Top Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and Safety". www.orlandomedicalnews.com. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  4. ^ "2016 Community Health Needs Assessment Implementation Plan" (PDF). Nemours Children's Hospital. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Coronavirus | Nemours Children's Health System". www.nemours.org. Archived from the original on 2020-05-30. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  6. ^ "Nemours Children's Health Researchers to Present at World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery". DAIC. 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  7. ^ "UCF's PedsAcademy at Nemours Children's Hospital". College of Community Innovation and Education. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  8. ^ "Nemours and UCF Transform Education for Hospitalized Children". Nemours. Retrieved 2023-03-21.