Hospitals

FSU president Richard McCullough made the announcement Friday in an email to all university students, faculty and staff.

A long stay in intensive care can bring physical, cognitive, and mental health challenges that can take months or longer to resolve.

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare said the patient was discharged Oct. 6 but refused to vacate her room for five months, so the hospital requested an injunction to force her out.

Court-ordered medical procedures are just one of the ways pregnant patients’ rights are restricted. The effort is rooted in the concept of fetal personhood — that a fetus has equal and, in some cases, more rights than the woman sustaining it.

The Board of Governors applauded Florida State's $110 million contract with Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare and the city of Tallahassee.

Court papers say clinicians issued a discharge order Oct. 6 after deciding she no longer needed acute care. The hospital says it tried to work with her family and offered to help with transportation and identification.

Patchwork state policies and limited federal oversight have led to a fragmented system for tracking when potential organ donors provide consent or change their minds.

David Zambrana becomes the CEO of one of the largest public health systems in the country. He sees Jackson Health expanding its footprint well beyond its traditional hospital services.

The judge ordered Leapfrog to remove grades for five hospitals in the Palm Beach Health Network, which filed a lawsuit alleging misleading practices under Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.

The study, compiled for the Florida Hospital Association, examined 337 licensed facilities and found they directly employed 348,085 full-time workers and paid $34.5 billion in wages, salaries and benefits.

Hospital senior communications specialist H. Roy Adams connects physicians and other health professionals with the outside world to get their messages out and stories spread.

The 340,000-square-foot Baptist Health Sunrise Hospital will be the system’s first hospital in Broward.