Labor and delivery | HCA Florida Osceola Hospital (2024)

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What level of NICU is HCA Osceola? ›

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital provides the highest level of NICU services in Osceola County — a Level III NICU for newborns who need additional medical care after birth.

Advanced healthcare services in Osceola County

HCA Florida Osceola Hospital is a 407-bed tertiary care hospital accredited by The Joint Commission and are designated as a Level II Trauma Center.

With the 60^th anniversary of opening of what is now Osceola Regional Health Center I am grateful for an opportunity to add recollections. Osceola Hospital, located at 502 Second Avenue in Sibley, began in 1914.

Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, we put our patients first and affirm the unique worth of each individual. Exceptional healthcare is built on a foundation of inclusion, compassion and respect for our patients and for each other.

Our Level IV NICU provides the highest level of intensive care designated in Florida.

Level II: Intensive care for sick and premature infants. Level III: Comprehensive care for more seriously ill newborns. Level IV: Major surgery, surgical repair of serious congenital heart and anomolies that require cardiopulmonary bypass and/or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for medical conditions.

Kelly Macken-Marble, CEO of Osceola Medical Center, has been a leader in the healthcare industry for nearly 30 years.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is the oldest hospital in America. We trace our roots back to 1736 when a six-bed infirmary opened on the second floor of the New York City Almshouse. This was just four years after the birth of George Washington and 40 years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Orlando Health was founded in 1918 on the heels of World War I and in the midst of a deadly flu pandemic. Orange General Hospital, as it was known then, was supported financially by community members and a dedicated group of doctors.

The new hospitals include a 90-bed acute care facility in Gainesville, a 60-bed hospital near The Villages and a 100-bed acute care hospital in Fort Myers. Construction is expected to begin next year.

What does HCA Florida stand for? ›

What does HCA stand for? HCA stands for the Health Corporation of America, which was founded in 1968.

On November 17, 2006, HCA became a private company for the third time when it completed a merger in which the company was acquired by a private investor group including affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Bain Capital, together with Merrill Lynch and HCA Healthcare founder Thomas F. Frist, Jr.

A hospital with a Level I NICU is equipped to care for: Healthy preterm babies born between 35- and 37-weeks' gestation, and. Babies whose health is stable, meaning that they can breathe on their own, feed and maintain their body temperature.

Level I: Well newborn nursery. Level II: Special care nursery. Level III: Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) Level IV: Regional neonatal intensive-care unit (regional NICU)

There were a total of 35,601 NICU beds (5,592 Level II, 20,631 Level III, and 9378 Level IV). See Fig. 2 for the distribution of NICU beds according to state and number of beds normalized to population density (beds per number of people by 0.1 square miles).

A level IV NICU designation must meet all level III capabilities, plus have the ability to care for infants born earlier than 32 weeks gestation and weighing less than 1,500 grams, provide life support, perform advanced imaging including MRI and echocardiography, and provide a full range of respiratory support, among ...