UF Health Jacksonville today awarded six recipients for their patient safety efforts across the world with the 2023 Robert Wears Patient Safety Award. The award is named in honor of Robert L. Wears, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., for his pioneering work to improve patient safety. Dr. Wears was an emergency medicine physician in the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville for nearly three decades and transformed patient safety research.
UF Health Jacksonville and Intuitive Health cut the ribbon on a groundbreaking health care asset today in Northeast Florida, an emergency room/urgent care concept that gives consumers choices while providing outstanding care to patients throughout the community. Dr. Edward Roe III, Greg Miller, executive vice president and chief operating officer…
The University of Florida Pain Assessment and Management Initiative, or PAMI, has received an Alvin E. Smith Safety of Health Care Services Grant from the Florida Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association. This $999,000 award will continue the PAMI mission of advancing innovation and safety in pain education, patient care…
UF Health Jacksonville and Intuitive Health marked a major milestone today in their initiative to bring a unique style of emergency care to Jacksonville, celebrating the construction progress of three hybrid emergency room and urgent care centers.
The city issued a permit Oct. 18 for UF Health to build a free-standing emergency clinic at Dunn Village in Northwest Jacksonville, the second Duval County stand-alone ER approved for the medical center in three weeks.
Officials at UF Health Jacksonville today announced the expansion of UF Health TraumaOne, Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia’s only adult and pediatric Level I trauma program, with the unveiling of two new critical care ground transport vehicles.
The Pain Assessment and Management Initiative, or PAMI, at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville is the 2021 recipient of the Robert L. Wears Patient Safety Leadership Award for the team category.
Recently, several upgrades were made to UF Health Jacksonville’s Pediatric Emergency Room and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, or PICU. Funds raised by volunteers and participants for UF Health Jacksonville’s Run for Heroes 5k in 2019 helped finance these changes, which included a colorful makeover to the PICU.
For people living with conditions such as arthritis, tendonitis and overuse injuries like tennis elbow, improving a patient’s symptoms and quality of life requires providers to use a multimodal approach, including procedural injections. Ultrasound-guided musculoskeletal interventions enhance precision and accuracy for the procedures used to give these patients a greater chance of symptom relief.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are realizing that the proverb, “The greatest health is wealth,” rings true. Now more than ever, we should focus on those lifestyle behaviors that make the highest deposits into our banks of good health. Research reveals adequate sleep is among those behaviors needing more attention. After all, restful sleep is essential for optimal immune function.
