Nemours Celebrates Opening of New Children's Clinic Orlando

Orlando, Florida
Monday, February 25, 2008 @ 05:50 PM EST
by: Jarrod Cady
(407) 427-0827
jcady@nemours.org

Orlando, FL - Nemours, one of the nation’s largest children’s health systems, celebrated the opening of the new Nemours Children’s Clinic Orlando, located at 1717 South Orange Avenue in Orlando with a press conference and ribbon cutting on February 21. Since 1997, the clinic has operated out of five locations throughout downtown Orlando. The new 30,000 square-foot facility represents a $3 million investment in the Nemours Children’s Clinic Orlando and the central Florida community.

“Nemours is committed to Central Florida and to the Orlando Clinic,” stated Dr. David Bailey, president and chief executive officer for Nemours. “The consolidation of locations to one comprehensive clinic will provide convenience for patients, families and physicians and more streamlined care for complex cases requiring multiple specialists, which is the case for many of our patients.”

The new Nemours Children’s Clinic Orlando offers:

• Color coded way-finding system to guide patients to the needed subspecialty department
• On premise pharmacy through a continued partnership with CVS Pharmacy
• Expedited and confidential patient visits by offering patient pagers during check-in and patient rooms equipped to administer the check-out process
• Patient rooms with a lake view for children requiring lengthy transfusions or therapies
• Pet therapy program to improve the physical, social and emotional well-being of children

The ribbon cutting ceremony officially opened the doors to the new Nemours Children’s Clinic Orlando.

Pictured above from left to right: Orange County Commissioner Linda Stewart; Seth Rosenblatt, director of patient operations for Nemours; Gidget Ruscetta, associate administrator for Nemours; Dr. David Bailey, president and CEO for Nemours; Dr. Judy Wall, medical director for Nemours Children’s Clinic Orlando; John Lord, chairman of the board for Nemours; City of Orlando Commissioner Robert Stuart.

modified: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 @ 08:54 AM EST
created: Monday, February 25, 2008 @ 06:05 PM EST

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 approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital 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 4,200 individuals, including 400 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2006. 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.