UF Health Jacksonville research to improve recovery from post-traumatic stress

Media contact: Dan Leveton, Media Relations Manager 904-244-3268 Researchers from UF Health Jacksonville and the University of Florida College of Medicine –…

Lack of health literacy leads to dramatic hike in preventable ER visits

Patients unable to adequately understand basic health information are more than twice as likely to experience a preventable emergency room visit resulting in…

Florida’s prescription drug database is underused, UF Health researchers find

Nearly seven years after a statewide database was created to encourage safer prescribing and to reduce opiate abuse and diversion, the number of emergency…

UF Health Emergency Center – Kanapaha expands access to emergency care.

University of Florida Health celebrated the opening of its newest freestanding emergency room, the UF Health Emergency Center – Kanapaha, Monday (Sept. 26),…

UF Health Jacksonville First in Florida to Receive Top Chest Pain Center Accreditation

Hospital honored for most advanced cardiac care in region UF Health Jacksonville has been awarded the top recognition for heart disease care, becoming the only…

UF Health breaks ground on new freestanding E.R.

University of Florida Health leaders broke ground today (Dec. 2) on a new full-service, freestanding emergency room in a heavily populated area southwest of…

Climbing for Dad

Siblings Amy and Chris Bucciarelli took to Africa’s highest peak to honor their father, Dr. Richard Bucciarelli, and raise money to help cancer patients. They…

UF Health Shands Chest Pain E.R. receives accreditation from national nonprofit

To see an archived video about the Chest Pain E.R. At the time of its opening in 2011, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFMRtnxD-fc The University…

Emergency medicine researcher approved for UF’s first PCORI funding award

A research team at the University of Florida has been approved for a funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, or PCORI, to study…

UF Health opens Gainesville’s newest 24/7 emergency department

UF Health leaders celebrated the opening of Gainesville’s newest full-service, 24/7 emergency department on Wednesday, July 24, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony…

Something to sing about

Pete Hennings didn’t know if he would ever be able to speak again. The outlook isn’t the brightest for someone whose esophagus has been removed due to…

Starting a stopped heart

What started as an ordinary day turned unimaginable for UF professor Dr. Steve Pearton when he collapsed in the Reitz Union while eating lunch with his…