AdventHealth Celebration

AdventHealth Celebration is a non-profit hospital in Celebration, Florida owned by AdventHealth. The Mediterranean-style hospital attracts patients from around the world. The hospital has an affiliation with AdventHealth Orlando.

History

20th century

In November 1996, Florida Hospital applied with the Agency for Health Care Administration to build a hospital in Celebration, Florida for $1.2 million. The state agency criticized the cost of the project. On January 13, 1997, the Agency for Health Care Administration rejected Florida Hospital's request to build a hospital at Celebration, Florida. It had wanted to move 60 beds from Florida Hospital Kissimmee to Celebration Health. In early July, the Agency for Health Care Administration rejected Florida Hospital's second request to build a hospital. The reason was given that there was no need for more beds in the area. The Walt Disney Company wanted a hospital in Celebration, Florida and chose Florida Hospital to build and operate it. On October 1, Florida Hospital Celebration Health opened as a clinic.

21st century

On March 14, 2002, it was announced that Florida Hospital Celebration Health had applied with the Agency for Health Care Administration for 60 new beds. In early June, they were instead given permission to add only 40 new beds.

In October 2008, a helipad was built at Florida Hospital Celebration Health. On November 11, 2009, construction workers began to build a five-story patient tower at the hospital for a cost of $90 million that would increase the number of patient beds to 120. The cost of the project increased to $100 million when it also started constructing a building for the Nicholson Center For Surgical Advancement.

In late April 2011, the hospital announced it would increase the number of beds available from 112 beds to 174 beds. In late April 2017, Florida Hospital Celebration Health announced that it would build a patient tower for $80M it will open with 76 beds and would later increase to 160.

On July 19, 2018, Florida Hospital Celebration Health broke ground on a new 174,224-square foot five-story patient tower. When at full capacity the new patient tower will increase the number of beds for the hospital to 400. On September 5, Florida Hospital Celebration opened its infusion tower for cancer patients receiving outpatient infusion therapy.

On January 2, 2019, Florida Hospital Celebration Health changed its name to AdventHealth Celebration. On the first day of November, AdventHealth Celebration opened a new pediatrics emergency department which has 11-rooms.

On July 30, 2020, AdventHealth Celebration opened a five-story patient tower with 80 beds and at full capacity the tower will have 120 beds. In early January 2022, AdventHealth Celebration was one of three hospitals in the United States, to use Memic Innovative Surgery's Hominis Surgical System. It is the first and only surgical robot with human shaped arms it also has a shoulder, elbow and wrist joints.

On January 1, 2021, the United States government required all hospitals to have their chargemaster on its website. In early February 2023, almost all of the AdventHealth hospitals had their chargemaster on their website, including AdventHealth Celebration.

In early April 2024, AdventHealth filed with the South Florida Water Management District to expand AdventHealth Celebration. They plan to add a 44,966-square-foot five story patient tower at the hospital. This will be the fourth tower for AdventHealth Celebration. It will have three operating rooms and 80 beds increasing the number of hospital beds to 427. Making it one of the largest hospitals in Osceola County.

Awards and recognitions

Awards

• America's 100 Best Hospitals Award - AdventHealth Celebration won two consecutive years from Healthgrades.
• America's 250 Best Hospitals Award - AdventHealth Celebration won three consecutive years from Healthgrades.
• America's 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award - AdventHealth Celebration won three consecutive years from Healthgrades.
• America's 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention Award - AdventHealth Celebration won three consecutive years from Healthgrades.
• America's 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care Award - AdventHealth Celebration won three consecutive years from Healthgrades.

Recognitions

In early July 2022, AdventHealth Celebration was recognized as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by DNV GL Healthcare.

Notable patients

On January 9, 2023 Jair Bolsonaro was admitted with abdominal pain under an alias. His admission was talked about worldwide from the United States to Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South America.

See also

• List of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals

References

External links

• Official website
• Florida Hospital Celebration Health Expands Cardiology Services Orlando MedicalNews
• AdventHealth Celebration's Freight Farm Prioritizes Nutrition and Sustainability Central Florida Ag News
• AdventHealth Celebration's shipping container garden provides green dividend Food Management
• AdventHealth Performs First Central Florida Procedure with Innovative Single-port Robot Orlando MedicalNews