Nemours’ Response to State’s CON Decision on a Proposed Nemours Children’s Hospital in Central Florida
Nemours Enterprise
Friday, June 16, 2006 @ 12:00 AM EDT
The preliminary denial of this Certificate Of Need (CON) application is just the first step in a journey toward ultimate approval. Most CON’s for new hospitals are denied at the initial application. As a matter of fact, in 2005, almost 80 percent of the applications were denied.
Nemours will employ all of its options to continue to pursue a children’s hospital in Orlando. We are as committed to this project as the day that it was announced.
Today, Central Florida lacks the pediatric research, subspecialty services and training, and integrated multi-disciplinary system of care that Nemours is planning to provide with its children’s hospital. But for Nemours building this hospital, those needs will not be met in this market.
Research shows that the community very much wants Nemours children’s hospital to be built. This decision is simply a reflection of the challenges inherent within the CON process and way in which these decisions are currently made within the State of Florida.
Again, we are as committed to this project as the day it was announced.
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About Nemours
Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.
Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and major children’s specialty clinics in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr) and New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees). Having recently received preliminary approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital as part of an integrated pediatric health campus in Orlando. KidsHealth.org, the world’s most visited pediatric health care Web site for parents, kids and teens, is a project of Nemours.
Nemours employs over 4,400 individuals, including 430 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2007. The organization’s goal is to align with parents, physicians, community leaders, children’s advocates and elected officials to ensure optimal wellness for every child. Additional information about Nemours can be found at www.nemours.org.
