Newsroom
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Cardiac Surgery Excels at Memorial Hospital
May 03, 2013
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has awarded Memorial Hospital its highest possible rating of 3-Stars.
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Memorial Physician Named a National Award Winner
April 05, 2013
Dr. Dennis McCarthy, an anesthesiologist at Memorial Hospital for more than 15 years, is the first Memorial Physician ever to be named a National Frist Award winner.
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Memorial Hospital Makes It Easier To Update Family Members During Surgery
March 28, 2013
Memorial Hospital now makes it easy for patients to update their family members during the surgery process.
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Memorial Hospital is Honored For its Treatment of Stroke Patients
November 21, 2012
Memorial Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award for the fourth year in a row.
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Memorial Hospital Proud to be Official Hospital of the Gator Bowl
November 20, 2012
While we still don’t know who will be playing in this year’s Gator Bowl, we do know the official hospital: Memorial Hospital!
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Memorial Statement on Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
October 19, 2012
No NECC products were given to Memorial patients. As soon as we learned of the recall of products received from NECC we immediately pulled them from our inventory.
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Memorial Hospital Stands Alone In Jacksonville
September 24, 2012
Once again, Memorial Hospital is the only Jacksonville hospital to be named a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by the Joint Commission.
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The Memorial Hospital Family Celebrates Gold!
August 03, 2012
If you see Food Services Employee Goretti Ying with a big smile on her face you can understand why - her nephew won gold!
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Memorial Hospital Hosts Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Heart Failure
July 26, 2012
Memorial Hospital today announces its participation as the only local hospital enrolling patients in an important trial that shows promise for the treatment of chronic, advanced heart failure.
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Special Beginnings at Memorial Hospital Launches with First-in-the-Area Billboard
July 18, 2012
Memorial Hospital is proud to announce an exciting change for its Women’s Center.
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Memorial Hospital Announces Annual Frist Award Winners
July 16, 2012
The Frist Humanitarian Awards recognize a physician, employee and volunteer at Memorial Hospital who demonstrate extraordinary concern for the welfare and happiness of patients and their community.
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Memorial Hospital Ranked High-Performing in Nine Specialties by U.S. News & World Report
July 16, 2012
Memorial Hospital has been named a “U.S. News & World Report Best Regional Hospital” in the publication’s annual Best Hospitals issue.
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Memorial Hospital Ranks in the Top 10% of Hospitals for Patient Safety by Consumer Reports
July 06, 2012
In a study conducted by the trusted group Consumer Reports, Memorial Hospital was ranked in the top 10% of hospitals in Florida for patient safety.
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Memorial Applauds Medicare’s Decision To Cover The Laparoscopic Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy
July 03, 2012
With the rise of obesity reaching epidemic proportions, it is valuable to allow another surgical option to patients in the treatment of morbid obesity.
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Memorial Hospital Out Scores Most Local Hospitals When it Comes to Patient Safety
June 08, 2012
Memorial Hospital received a “B” grade in a recent patient safety survey released by the independent Leapfrog Group.
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Memorial Hospital Breaks Ground On St. Johns County ER
April 16, 2012
The 12 bed, 11,000 foot facility will be located at 3635 Race Track Road, and it is set to open at the end of the year.
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Memorial Hospital to Build Free-Standing ER in St. Johns County
April 05, 2012
Memorial Hospital will bring quality emergency care to St. Johns County when it opens a free-standing emergency room towards the end of 2012. The 12 bed, 11,000 foot facility will be located at 3635 Race Track Road.
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New, First-In-The-Area Surgery Is A "Hole In One"
April 04, 2012
Memorial hospital is among the first in the nation to perform single-site robotic surgery.
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Memorial First in the Nation
December 09, 2011
Out of more than 5,800 hospitals in the United States, Memorial Hospital is the first to receive the Joint Commission’s Disease Specific Certification for Sepsis. Just as the Joint Commission certifies Primary Stroke Centers and other programs, they are now certifying Sepsis programs.
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Memorial Hospital Honored For Its Treatment of Stroke Patients
October 11, 2011
Memorial Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award for the third year in a row.
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Memorial Hospital Opens New State-Of-The-Art Breast Center
September 16, 2011
Memorial Hospital opens $2.5 million dollar Breast Imaging Center.
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Memorial Hospital Ranked High-Performing In 8 Specialties By U.S News
August 10, 2011
Memorial Hospital has been named among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals in its annual Best Hospitals publication.
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Breast Center Earns Center of Excellence Designation
March 09, 2011
Memorial Hospital’s Breast Center has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR), making it the only COE in Jacksonville.
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Breast Center Earns Full NAPBC Accreditation
March 01, 2011
Memorial Hospital's Breast Center has been granted a full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. There are only nine centers in Florida, including Memorial's, that have this elite designation.
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Memorial Health & St. Vincent’s Healthcare Come to an Agreement on West Jacksonville Hospital
January 13, 2011
Memorial Health and St. Vincent’s HealthCare have come to an agreement over the development of a Memorial Health proposed 85-bed acute care hospital on Jacksonville’s Westside.
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HCA & USF Health Working Together to Improve Trauma Care
November 15, 2010
HCA and USF Health announced today that they are forming a statewide trauma network dedicated to improving access to quality trauma care and services in Florida.
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Memorial Hospital Receives Stroke Award
July 21, 2010
Memorial Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award for the second year in a row. The award recognizes Memorial’s commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines.
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Memorial Hospital Grows Alongside Our Community
June 03, 2010
Memorial Hospital is upgrading the Memorial ExpressCare facility.
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Memorial Hospital Has an App for That
June 01, 2010
There are iPhone applications for just about everything! Now, doctors at Memorial Hospital have an iPhone application that gives them access to patient records 24/7.
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Memorial Hospital Ranks as Best in Jacksonville for Bariaric Surgery
May 26, 2010
An independent study published today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, analyzed patient outcomes at all hospitals in 19 states that perform bariatric surgeries and found that Memorial Hospital ranked in the top 10% in terms of quality of care for the fifth year in a row.
