JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Children’s medical care in Jacksonville is entering a new era following an announcement by Wolfson Children’s Hospital.
Wolfson has agreed to partner with Nemours Children’s Health while at the same time dropping its partnership with UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital located in Gainesville.
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“Wolfson Children’s Hospital is the only children’s 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’s cares for the community’s children in physician offices and specialty clinics for outpatient follow-up appointments and ongoing treatments. Additionally, Nemours Children’s doctors have long-provided inpatient care for children at Wolfson Children’s Hospital. The announcement is about Nemours Children’s Health doctors and advanced practice providers covering more specialties at Wolfson Children’s Hospital like NICU, PICU, neurosurgery and others,” Baptist Health spokesperson Wesley Roberts said.
Under the old agreement which included UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, there were certain medical services that required pediatric patients to travel to Gainesville, which may have put a strain on some families.
The new agreement would allow pediatric patients in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia to remain in the region for special medical services.