JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Children\u2019s medical care in Jacksonville is entering a new era following an announcement by Wolfson Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n
Wolfson has agreed to partner with Nemours Children\u2019s Health while at the same time dropping its partnership with UF Health Shands Children\u2019s Hospital located in Gainesville.<\/p>\n
\u201cWolfson Children\u2019s Hospital is the only children\u2019s hospital in the region. This is where patients go for a higher level of medical care such as addressing a health emergency, being admitted for treatment, having surgery, or receiving care that requires an overnight stay or around-the-clock monitoring by specialized teams. In Jacksonville, Nemours Children\u2019s cares for the community\u2019s children in physician offices and specialty clinics for outpatient follow-up appointments and ongoing treatments. Additionally, Nemours Children\u2019s doctors have long-provided inpatient care for children at Wolfson Children\u2019s Hospital. The announcement is about Nemours Children\u2019s Health doctors and advanced practice providers covering more specialties at Wolfson Children\u2019s Hospital like NICU, PICU, neurosurgery and others,\u201d Baptist Health spokesperson Wesley Roberts said.<\/p>\n
Under the old agreement which included UF Health Shands Children\u2019s Hospital, there were certain medical services that required pediatric patients to travel to Gainesville, which may have put a strain on some families.<\/p>\n
The new agreement would allow pediatric patients in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia to remain in the region for special medical services. <\/p>\n
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