Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center 

With 808 acute care beds, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is among the largest acute care facilities in the region and serves as one of Florida’s six major teaching hospitals. Located in downtown Orlando, it has continuously served the Central Florida community since its founding in 1918.

The flagship hospital provides intensive and progressive-care services focused on cardiovascular, digestive health, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics and trauma. It is among Florida’s 10 Level I Trauma Centers, and one of the busiest in the state and nation. Orlando Health has the only hospital in the area licensed for air transport from the scene of accidents across 15 counties in a 100-mile radius. Numerous hospital programs are recognized for excellence, including designation as a Verified Burn Center by the American Burn Association, one of only a few in Florida, providing high-level care for burn patients from time of injury through rehabilitation. The hospital also holds Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center, Hip Joint Replacement, Knee Joint Replacement and Spine Surgery certifications from The Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest accrediting body in healthcare.

Orlando Health ORMC has achieved Magnet® recognition, the gold standard for nursing’s contribution to quality patient care, safety, research and service excellence, from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Additionally, 17 hospital units — the most of any hospital in Florida — hold Beacon Awards for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for following evidence-based practices that improve patient and family outcomes. And our emergency department is one of a select number across the country to receive the Lantern Award from the Emergency Nurses Association, considered the gold standard for measuring quality and safety in emergency nursing.

Exemplary care efforts have consistently earned Orlando Health ORMC quality and safety recognitions, including repeat Best Regional Hospital rankings from U.S. News & World with national top-50 rankings in two adult specialties — cardiology, heart and vascular surgery and diabetes and endocrinology — along with high performing ratings in six additional specialties and in 21 of 22 procedures and conditions. The hospital also has received a fourth consecutive Top Teaching Hospital award from the patient safety advocates at The Leapfrog Group. The Orlando Health system has earned numerous quality and workplace recognitions, including Great Hospitals in America from Becker’s Hospital Review,  Great Place to Work® Certification, 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare from Becker’s Healthcare, America’s Most Innovative Companies from Fortune/Statista, Top Workplaces USA from USA Today and Joy in Medicine™ from the American Medical Association.