AdventHealth

Early history On February 15, 1973, Southern Adventist Health and Hospital Systems, Inc. was founded at Florida Hospital Orlando. The organization unified nine hospitals across the Southern Union Conference, bringing together facilities that had operated independently for decades. The system later adopted the name Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation. On December 26, 1979, the system applied for the trade name Adventist Health System. Mardian J. Blair served as president and chief executive officer of Adventist Health System from 1984 until his retirement on January 1, 2000. He was succeeded by Thomas L. Werner, who had been selected for the role in August 1999. 2005-2018 In early November 2005, Thomas L. Werner announced his retirement as president and CEO of Adventist Health System. He was succeeded by Donald L. Jernigan, who was appointed to the position in late February 2006 and officially took office on March 1. During Jernigan's tenure, the organization relocated its corporate headquarters from Winter Park, Florida, to a new administrative campus in Altamonte Springs. The first phase, a five-story office building, opened in 2011 and received a Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The second office building opened in 2013. In late July 2016, construction began on a five-story office building and a seven-story parking garage, the third office building opened in 2018. On December 7, Adventist Health System board of directors chose Terry Shaw as president and CEO, he took office the same day. In late April 2017, Adventist Health System had chosen David Ottati to be CEO for its rearranged Central Florida Division - North Region. He took office on May 1, replacing Florida Hospital East Florida Region CEO Rob Fulbright who died of a cardiac event at forty-seven. On August 14, 2018, Adventist Health System announced that it would be rebranding its facilities to AdventHealth. Adventist Health System for two years had been working on rebranding, starting with a committee to study the topic. At the time of the announcement it had forty-six hospital campuses and 80,000 employees. The name change will make it easier for patients using the hospital networks new medical app, to schedule an appointment and to find a location. 2019-present On January 2, 2019, its subsidiaries Florida Hospital, Gordon Hospital, Manchester Memorial Hospital, Metroplex Health System, Park Ridge Health and Shawnee Mission Health rebranded to AdventHealth. Except for its facilities in Colorado, Illinois and Texas that were part of joint ventures. Beginning in 2020, AdventHealth in central Florida hired 10,000 nurses to fill a predicted future shortage. It created a Nursing Advisory Panel to get input from nurses. The panel told the hospital network that they wanted more money and to continue their education. As a result, AdventHealth invested a total of $140 million to improve the pay and education of its nurses. On January 6, 2021, AdventHealth announced that Daryl Tol president and CEO of AdventHealth Central Florida Division had resigned. On January 14, it had chosen Randy Haffner to be the new president and CEO of its Central Florida Division. He took office on February 1. On August 19, AdventHealth announced that Mike Schultz president and CEO of AdventHealth West Florida Division would retire at the end of the year and that he would be replaced by David Ottati. In late July 2023, AdventHealth created an AI Advisory Board which would be meeting every month to incorporate new AI technology into healthcare. In early March 2024, AdventHealth launched its AirStar 1 helicopter to transport patients faster from its smaller hospitals to larger hospitals. Originally AdventHealth West Florida Division had relied on other companies for transporting patients. AirStar 1 will be based at Lakeland Linder International Airport and it will serve both the West and Central Florida Divisions. In late March, AdventHealth had chosen Rajan Wadhawan to be chief clinical officer for its West Florida Division. He took office on April 21. In late June, AdventHealth had chosen Andrew Weinfeld to be chief clinical officer for its East Florida Division. He took office on July 8. On December 13, AdventHealth announced that its president and CEO Terry Shaw would be retiring. On April 3, 2025, AdventHealth announced that it had chosen David Banks as president and CEO, he took office the same day. On November 4, AdventHealth had chosen Todd Goodman as chief financial officer, he will take office February 1, 2026, replacing Paul Rathbun who will be retiring. On March 26, 2026, AdventHealth announced that all patient rooms in all of its hospitals would become smart rooms. AdventHealth Castle Rock and AdventHealth Manchester were the first hospitals to change patient rooms to smart rooms. Many patients support the technology, while others consider it an invasion of privacy, even thou the cameras do not record. Patients who are uncomfortable with the technology may opt out of using it. ==Founding member==

In early March 2024, AdventHealth along with Advocate Health, Boston Children's Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Duke Health, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Mass General Brigham, MedStar Health, Mercy, Mount Sinai Health System, Northwestern Medicine, Providence, Sharp HealthCare, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center became founding members of Trustworthy and Responsible AI Network with Microsoft as the leader. In late March, AdventHealth along with Florida Blue Foundation, and Gordon Food Service became partners and founding members of the Culinary Health Institute; which was being built on the 4 Roots Farm Campus in Orlando, by John Rivers' founder of 4 Rivers Smokehouse. At the institute AdventHealth, the Orange County Public Schools and Valencia College would be teaching classes. Also in late March, AdventHealth along with Amazon, Boston Children's Hospital, CVS Health, Duke Health, Google, ideas42, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Mass General Brigham, Mayo Clinic, MedStar Health, Mount Sinai Health System, Microsoft, National Health Council, Penn Medicine, Providence, Sharp HealthCare, Stanford Medicine, University of California Health System, UNC Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Yale New Haven Health System became founding members of Coalition for Health AI. ==Former properties==

On December 20, 2005, HCA Healthcare agreed to purchase from Adventist Health System Tennessee Christian Medical Center, an office building and a therapy center in Madison, Tennessee. As well as Tennessee Christian Medical Center Portland in Portland, Tennessee. On March 31, 2006, HCA Healthcare acquired the properties for $19.7 million. On January 4, 2013, Buddy LaCour and investors purchased the vacant lot where Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial once stood for $2 million. On October 31, 2014, Emory-Adventist Hospital in Smyrna, Georgia closed. On December 29, 2016, Adventist Health System sold its remaining interest of Greeneville Takoma Regional Hospital in Greeneville, Tennessee to Wellmont Health System for $13.5 million. On February 3, 2020, it was announced that AdventHealth would sell Central Texas Medical Center to Christus Health. On April 1, it joined Christus Health and was rebranded as Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-San Marcos. In late May 2022, Ormond Holdings LLC/Blackstream Development LLC purchased the vacant lot where Florida Hospital Oceanside stood for $2.05 million. On June 12, 2023, AdventHealth officially left the nursing home market after it sold 8 facilities in Florida, one in Texas and one in Kansas, due to the high cost of operating the facilities. ==Awards and recognitions==

From 2011 to 2017, Adventist Health System received from Gallup the Gallup Great Workplace Award for creating an engaged workplace culture that drives business outcomes. From 2013 to 2021, Adventist Health System and later AdventHealth, received from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives the CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Award for meeting specific IT requirements in four focus areas: infrastructure, business and administrative management, clinical quality and safety, and clinical integration. In 2022, AdventHealth received Leapfrog Group's Emerald Award for the first time for outstanding achievement by a healthcare system. In 2024, for the very first time AdventHealth was named in first place by Gartner in its Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 list, and was named first place again in 2025. ==Finances==

In late May 2025, AdventHealth made more money than Amazon, ExxonMobil and The Walt Disney Company. ==Charity and relief work==

In early September 2019, AdventHealth sent doctors, an architect and a construction manager to The Bahamas to assess the nations hospitals after being hit by Hurricane Dorian. While there they chose Rand Memorial Hospital in Freeport to help it rebuild, the hospital network created a page for people to donate money for the hospital. In December 2023, the hospital network along with Andrews Memorial Hospital and GSI Foundation donated 40 beds to the Ministry of Health and Wellness worth US$120,000 (J$17.4 million). The beds went to Spanish Town Hospital and May Pen Hospital in May Pen. In April 2025, AdventHealth along with Andrews Memorial Hospital and GSI Foundation donated 70 beds to the Ministry of Health and Wellness worth US$175,000 (J$27.7 million). The beds went to Princess Margaret Hospital in Lyssons and other hospitals in southern Jamaica. ==Technology contracts==

Electronic health record In October 2002, Adventist Health System signed a six-year contract with Cerner. In early February 2020, AdventHealth announced that it was leaving Cerner and that it would implement Epic Systems electronic health record system for 37 of its hospitals. AdventHealth began changing over to Epic Systems in March, the new system will be powered with the cloud after partnering with Virtustream. On February 3, 2024, the last AdventHealth hospital switched over to Epic Systems. All total the hospital network spent $660 million. Renewable energy In early February 2024, AdventHealth signed a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement with Scout Clean Energy for 90-megawatts of electricity from their wind farm in Texas. The farm will provide the hospital network with 380,000 megawatt of electricity, this would supply about 40% of the electricity that they need. AdventHealth plans to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2026. In late March, it hired ESA to install 7,500 solar panels on its office buildings and parking garages. And they were also hired to add solar canopies and charging stations for the parking lots. The solar system will produce 4,200 megawatts of electricity and save AdventHealth $20 million over 20 years. On March 18, 2025, ESA finished installing the solar panels at the hospital network, it plans by 2030 to have emissions cut in half and in 2050 to be net zero. In early April, AdventHealth subscribed with Orlando Utilities Commission to receive solar energy from its new Harmony II Solar Energy Center east of St. Cloud, Florida. Wireless networks On October 21, 2025, AdventHealth signed a contract with Verizon Business to use its networks 5G and Neutral Host. ==Testifying to government==

On September 20, 2021, Neil Finkler the chief clinical officer of the AdventHealth Central Florida Division, told the House Health & Human Services Committee that there was a shortage of nurses before the COVID-19 pandemic. That many have left the profession altogether, or have accepted $10,000 to become traveling nurses in COVID-19 hot spots around the United States. To alleviate the problem, AdventHealth is requiring nurses to take on additional patients, and looking for a way to get patients out of its hospitals. ==COVID-19==

In early March 2020, AdventHealth received $110 million from the CARES Act. On May 16, AdventHealth Central Florida Division terminated its partnership with COVID-19 testing laboratory MicroGen DX, after it failed to deliver on time and for giving unreliable results by leaving COVID-19 tests at room temperature for days, affecting over 60,000 tests by May 21. This caused MicroGen DX to be investigated by the Food and Drug Administration. On July 28, Ron DeSantis visited AdventHealth Orlando; and had a press conference and roundtable discussion about Florida's response to the virus. While at the hospital he praised it for allowing end-of-life visitation. The following day AdventHealth administered it to over 20,000 frontline workers in Orlando and Celebration, Florida. They also shared it with HCA Healthcare, Nemours Children's Health and Orlando Health. On December 23, AdventHealth opened a monoclonal antibody outpatient clinic at AdventHealth Orlando, COVID-19 patients were treated with Casirivimab/imdevimab and Bamlanivimab to keep them out of the hospital. On January 4, 2021, AdventHealth Central Florida Division moved to "yellow status" and two days later it moved to "red status". By early April, geneticists at AdventHealth in central Florida with the help of Helix a company based in California, had tested 1,000 patients for COVID-19 variants. On July 22, AdventHealth Central Florida Division moved to "yellow status". Elective surgeries were deferred, visitors were limited and everyone was required to wear a mask. On July 26, AdventHealth Central Florida Division moved to "red status". It began rescheduling non-emergency elective surgeries to increase capacity. On July 30, AdventHealth Central Florida Division willingly moved to "black status" and stopped doing elective surgeries. On August 26, it was announced that the morgues at AdventHealth Central Florida Division were at capacity. To solve this problem 10 of its hospitals were using rented coolers. AdventHealth blamed funeral homes for the backlog. For a better fix to the problem the hospital network ordered 14 portable morgues which would hold 168 cadavers. On August 31, AdventHealth Central Florida Division announced that it would return to "red status" on September 1, which will allow outpatient surgeries to resume. On September 9, AdventHealth Central Florida Division moved to "yellow status" and resumed 85 percent to 90 percent of its operations. This will allow it to schedule new surgeries to maximize its capacity. On September 15, AdventHealth Central Florida Division announced it would move to move to "green status" on September 16 and patients will no longer have their surgeries deferred or rescheduled. In early October 2021, researchers from AdventHealth Research Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee discovered that Ondansetron lowered the mortality rate among COVID-19 patients on ventilators. On December 2, AdventHealth stopped requiring its employees from being vaccinated against COVID-19. The hospital network did this after a federal judges in Missouri and Louisiana blocked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which had required healthcare workers to be vaccinated. Later in early January 2022, the United States Supreme Court upheld the vaccine mandate. On January 17, AdventHealth began restricting patients to one visitor a day at six hospitals in the Tampa Bay area. ==AdventHealth Orchestra==

In July 2020, the AdventHealth Orchestra was founded at AdventHealth Orlando by Richard Hickam. It is made up of sixty employees who play percussion instruments, string instruments and wind instruments. The orchestra had its first concert in November 2021, at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts it was in honor of those who died of COVID-19. ==Brain-eating amoebas test==

On September 1, 2022, it was announced that physicians at AdventHealth Central Florida Division developed a new five hour test for brain-eating amoebas. The test detects the three most common amoebas contracted from sources of freshwater. Before the new test the laboratory specimens from hospitals were preserved and transported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The Smelski family who lost their son from a brain-eating amoeba worked with AdventHealth to develop the test. ==Partnerships and sponsorships==

Seminole County Sheriff's Office On October 24, 2019, AdventHealth and the Seminole County Sheriff's Office announced a partnership to fight the opioid crisis in Seminole County. On March 8, 2021, the AdventHealth Hope & Healing Center opened close to Florida State Road 436 across from the Seminole County Jail in Sanford, Florida. and a second treatment center will open in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Walt Disney World |thumb|right|250px On May 6, 2021, AdventHealth was chosen by Walt Disney World to be its official health care provider and also its official virtual health care provider. On the same day it was announced that AdventHealth was teaming up with Walt Disney World to offer an emergency room and primary care facility on its campus. It will be and will be at the Western Gateway entrance at Flamingo Crossings. On January 13, 2022, Walt Disney World filed a permit for AdventHealth ER at Flamingo Crossings Town Center. On March 8, AdventHealth broke ground for AdventHealth ER at Flamingo Crossings Town Center to provide emergency care for guests and workers at Walt Disney World. To celebrate the groundbreaking of AdventHealth ER at Flamingo Crossings Town Center was Mickey Mouse. There will be a time capsule telling the history of the partnership between AdventHealth and Walt Disney World. On May 17, 2023, AdventHealth had a ribbon cutting ceremony for AdventHealth ER at Flamingo Crossings Town Center in Horizon West. To celebrate the grand opening of AdventHealth ER at Flamingo Crossings Town Center was Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. Sport Orlando Magic In 1989, Florida Hospital became the official health care partner of the Orlando Magic. On May 13, 2021, the Orlando Magic and AdventHealth teamed up to vaccinate fans at Amway Center, with the Moderna vaccine. On June 16, the Orlando Magic made design and construction contracts with 33 local companies for $17 million to build AdventHealth Training Center. These companies are part of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises. On August 31, 2022, AdventHealth and the Orlando Magic opened the AdventHealth Training Center, which cost $70 million to build. The building is located one block from Amway Center AdventHealth's 33,300-square-foot medical hub treats athletes of all ages. Services offered to patients are orthopedics, primary care, sports medicine, imaging, rehabilitation and sports performance. Patients are able to see AdventHealth's gastroenterologists, cardiologists, sleep, psychology and nutrition experts. Tampa Bay Lightning In 2011, it was announced that Florida Hospital would be the sponsor and official health and wellness partner of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Since 2017, Florida Hospital (later AdventHealth) and the Tampa Bay Lightning have been giving away teddy bears to fans at Benchmark International Arena. While another teddy bear is given to sick children with a note from a Tampa Bay Lightning fan. On June 24, 2021, AdventHealth and the Tampa Bay Lightning hosted the Shots on Ice, also known as the Take a Shot at Amalie Arena. At the event fans had a choice of getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine or the Pfizer vaccine, they also took photographs with the mascot ThunderBug. At the vaccination event Jill Biden and Anthony Fauci visited. Tampa Bay Buccaneers In 2012, it was announced that Florida Hospital would be the exclusive hospital of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers under a sponsorship agreement. On August 27, 2018, Florida Hospital signed a naming rights deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. For ten years the training facility of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be known as the AdventHealth Training Center. NASCAR On October 30, 2014, it was announced that Florida Hospital had signed a 12-year partnership, and would become the official healthcare partner of Daytona International Speedway replacing Halifax Health. Halifax Health had been a partner with Daytona International Speedway since February 9, 2011. Also on October 30, it was announced that Florida Hospital had become the second founding partner of Daytona Rising, the first founding member was Toyota. On January 1, 2015, Florida Hospital became the sponsor of Daytona International Speedway. From 2016 to 2020, Florida Hospital and later AdventHealth sponsored Chip Ganassi Racing. In October 2018, Adventist Health System bought one of the tracks injector entrances and rebranded and redesigned it for $1 million to $2 million In early October 2018, Florida Hospital became the sponsor of Speedweeks. In 2019 and 2021, AdventHealth sponsored Jamie McMurray who, came out of retirement to race at the Daytona 500. At the 2021 Daytona 500 the Grand Marshal SUV, was signed by 3,000 AdventHealth workers. On December 11, 2021, AdventHealth, the NASCAR Foundation and ONE DAYTONA partnered to have children vaccination event at ONE DAYTONA across from Daytona International Speedway. After the children were vaccinated they were given a voucher to local businesses at ONE DAYTONA. On January 11, 2022, AdventHealth signed a multiyear sponsorship with Trackhouse Racing. In February, AdventHealth became a sponsor of Kansas Speedway. They sponsor the May Cup Series race titled the AdventHealth 400. The tracks first aid stations and care center will have the colors of AdventHealth. On March 18, 2023, AdventHealth partnered with Hailie Deegan to celebrate Women in NASCAR at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Instead of the AdventHealth logo her truck had on it Women in NASCAR. On the decklid of her truck it had the names of women in NASCAR and Sara Christian the first woman in NASCAR had her name on the passenger side door. On December 5, it was announced that AdventHealth would be sponsoring Legacy Motor Club during the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. It severed its sponsorship with Trackhouse Racing after they signed with Busch Beer, which crowded out AdventHealth who only wanted to be only a part-time sponsor. On February 13, 2024, AdventHealth extended its sponsorship of Speedweeks to 2028. And it received the naming rights to lactation rooms at the racetrack. On February 15, AdventHealth partnered with Erik Jones and his foundation to donate a bookworm vending machine to Blue Lake Elementary School in DeLand, Florida. Also AdventHealth announced that it would donate $5,000 every year to keep it full of books. On February 13, 2025, AdventHealth partnered with Jones and his foundation to donate a bookworm vending machine to Chisholm Elementary School in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. On August 22, Jones and the hospital network partnered to donate a bookworm vending machine to Rymfire Elementary School in Palm Coast, Florida, one day before the 2025 Coke Zero Sugar 400. On January 27, 2026, AdventHealth renewed its sponsorship of Legacy Motor Club through 2030. PGA Tour In early February 2021, signed a six-year sponsorship of the KC Golf Classic with the PGA Tour, the tournament was later renamed AdventHealth Championship. On May 14, 2024, the sponsorship of the tournament was extended to 2029. In early April, AdventHealth purchased the tournament, replacing the previous owner Eventive Sports. Orlando Guardians In March 2023, it was announced that AdventHealth would be the official health care partner of the Orlando Guardians. Daytona Tortuga On January 12, 2024, it was announced that AdventHealth would be the exclusive health care provider of the Daytona Tortugas. On April 17, 2025, AdventHealth had a groundbreaking for a training center at the Jackie Robinson Ballpark. The building will be and have two-stories; it will have a training room, weight room, batting cages, clubhouses, eating areas, tech equipment, team offices and club-level seating. On April 3, 2026, there was a grand opening for the AdventHealth Training Center at the ballpark. Health In 1996, the joint venture Centura Health was founded by Adventist Health System and Catholic Health Initiatives. On February 14, 2023, Centura Health announced that it would split up. On August 1, Centura Health split up with hospitals owned by AdventHealth in Colorado rebranding and those owned by CommonSpirit Health will rebrand at a later date. In February 2007, Adventist Health System and University Community Health formed a joint venture to build Wesley Chapel Medical Center. In 2012, Adventist Health System and Texas Health Resources created a joint venture company to own and operate Hugeley Memorial Medical Center. In late June 2014, Adventist Midwest Health a subsidiary of Adventist Health System, and Alexian Brothers Health System a subsidiary of Ascension Health, signed a letter to create a joint venture company. The nine hospital company would be the third-largest in Illinois. On February 1, 2015, the joint venture AMITA Health was created by Adventist Midwest Health and Alexian Health System. On October 21, 2021, AMITA Health announced that it would split up. On April 1, 2022, AMITA Health split up with hospitals owned by AdventHealth rebranding and those owned by Ascension rebranding. On January 12, 2017, it was announced that Florida Hospital would manage 15 walk-in clinics inside Walgreens in the Tampa Bay area. They would officially be known as Florida Hospital Express Care at Walgreens. After company wide rebranding they were renamed AdventHealth Express Care at Walgreens Locations. Currently they go by the name AdventHealth Primary Care + at Walgreens. On January 5, 2018, Adventist Health System purchased 6.39 acres in Apopka, Florida for $450,000 and three days later they purchased 53 acres for $2.35 million in Apopka. On March 29, 2021, AdventHealth announced that it was having a distribution center constructed in Apopka Commerce Center, to distribute medical supplies, mail and medications to its facilities in Florida. It would also serve as an online pharmacy to patients. The AdventHealth Consolidated Service Center will be constructed in more than one phase, it will employ both AdventHealth and Medline Industries employees once completed. On February 28, 2024, AdventHealth and Medline Industries announced the opening of the 375,000-square-foot warehouse. On December 23, 2025, AdventHealth announced that it had purchased the distribution center for $84.25 million, the facility employs about 250 workers. In early April 2019, AdventHealth and Orlando Hand Surgery Associates signed a joint venture to create The Hand to Shoulder Center which will be on the campus of AdventHealth Orlando. On April 26, AdventHealth announced a partnership with Helix a genomics company, to create a DNA study named WholeMe. In late July, AdventHealth began to recruit 10,000 Florida residents to have there DNA studied with WholeMe. On June 17, 2019, AdventHealth and Health First signed a partnership that will allow the hospital networks to share resources. In the deal AdventHealth would buy a minority interest in Health First. In 2023, it had purchased $350 million interest in Health First. On October 17, Enterprise Ireland signed a partnership agreement with AdventHealth at the Enterprise Ireland Med in Ireland 2019 Medical Technologies Conference. This will allow companies in Ireland access to markets in the United States. This will allow AdventHealth to do business with companies for medical devices, diagnostics, healthcare services, software and information technology. It is looking for companies to improve outcomes, lower costs and improve quality care. AdventHealth will help Enterprise Ireland and its clients design and advertise new medical technology, make joint ventures and to supply platforms for healthcare companies in the United States On September 22, 2020, AdventHealth announced a partnership with Rothman Orthopaedics from Philadelphia to improve its orthopedic services in Florida. In February 2021, construction began on a new 12-story tall 300,000-square-foot, $100 million headquarters for Rothman Orthopaedics across from AdventHealth Orlando. On December 16, AdventHealth Innovation Tower was topped out during the night by Batson-Cook Construction, the tower is located by Interstate 4. In last February 2022, AdventHealth announced a partnership with Orlando Neurosurgery, to improve brain and spine services. In late August 2022, the AdventHealth Innovation Tower opened. On November 23, 2020, AdventHealth announced that it was partnering with Berg Health to create a patient registration biobank using patient electronic medical records. Data scientists will be using AI to treat AdventHealth patients with COVID-19 and reduce their mortality rate. It was already using technology from Berg Health to treat patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and sarcopenia. This partnership would allow AdventHealth, to offer in-home care to patients in Daytona Beach, Ocala, Orlando and the Kansas City metro area. AdventHealth has been working with DispatchHealth for a few years in Tampa. Patients can receive care via phone, the DispatchHealth mobile app or website and AdventHealth's website and mobile app. They can be treated for viral infections, COPD, heart failure and more. In August 2022, AdventHealth announced a partnership with SpotRx Pharmacy to install two pharmacy kiosks in Florida. The first was installed at AdventHealth Care Pavilion Westchase in Hillsborough County and at a second location at AdventHealth Care Pavilion Heathbrook in Marion County. The kiosks will shorten wait times for prescription drugs and increase their availability to patients. The kiosks also dispense over-the-counter drugs, and test strips. On September 13, the UChicago Medicine announced that it planned to purchase a controlling interest in the AdventHealth hospitals in Illinois. The joint venture became official on January 1, 2023. In early October 2023, AdventHealth chose Wellvana form Nashville, Tennessee to be a partner for its AdventHealth Primary Care Network, and to help transition it to a value-based care for Medicare and Medicare Advantage patients in Florida. Wellvana will be sending care coordinators pharmacists and social workers to AdventHealth's clinics. They will help patients get better access to healthcare workers, improve scheduling, care coordination, continued education, support on HEDIS, quality and risk adjustment. In early September 2024, AdventHealth partnered with OurLegacy, by helping it open its first organ donation center in Orlando. School Volusia County School District In early June 2018, Volusia County Schools approved a $2 million, five-year partnership with Florida Hospital by a vote of 4–0. This made Florida Hospital the Official Healthcare Champion of Volusia County Schools. It will involve the renaming of fifteen health services academies and programs at the school districts middle schools and high schools. As of a result of the partnership a meeting was held at Deltona High School, it was made up of mostly Halifax Health employees who were worried that their behavior therapy and mental health services would be restricted. In late July 2024, the Volusia County School Board voted to extend its partnership with AdventHealth to June 30, 2028, by a vote of 3 to 0. So far AdventHealth has provided 5,200 free sports physicals and 4,300 free cardiac screenings to students. The hospital network has also provided $12,000 of medical supplies. AdventHealth will treat students mental health and it will also provide athletic trainers for Flagler Palm Coast High School and Matanzas High School. Georgia Northwestern Technical College On July 28, 2025, signed a partnership with Georgia Northwestern Technical College, to help the college expand its associate degree nursing program with a donation of $830,000 that will be given over five years. ==Lawsuits==

In December 2012, three whistleblowers at Park Ridge Health sued Adventist Health System for fraud. Later in 2013, a fourth whistleblower who was a former senior health-care executive at Adventist Health System sued. The hospital network was being accused of violating the Stark Law and the False Claims Act. When the lawsuits were filed the United States Department of Justice, Government of North Carolina, Government of Florida, Government of Tennessee and Government of Texas intervened. Adventist Health System agreed to settle the lawsuits for a total of $118.7 million on September 21, 2015. $115 million went to the United States government, $3.48 million went to Florida, $198,453 to North Carolina, $66,897 to Tennessee and $4,711 to Texas. On August 30, 2019, AdventHealth was sued by Oviedo Medical Center for trademark infringement, unfair competition and cybersquatting. Oviedo Medical Center believed that the name for AdventHealth's new ER would confuse the public, attorneys for AdventHealth disagree. The judge that heard the case dismissed it on technical grounds and Oviedo Medical Center was given the chance to refile by November 12. They did so before the deadline. On December 20, 2020, the lawsuit was settled with AdventHealth and its ER was renamed AdventHealth ER. On May 28, 2020, AdventHealth sued California attorney Michael Weiss and his law firm, it also sued Tomax Capital Management Inc. and its CEO Yehoram Efrati. They failed to deliver 10 million N95 respirators to AdventHealth valued at $57.5 million. AdventHealth asked Michael Weiss to return the money, he returned only $55.5 million and told AdventHealth that Tomax Capital Management Inc. had the remaining $2 million. In their lawsuit AdventHealth claims that the defendants knew that the masks were not available and conspired to keep the money. On August 3, AdventHealth told a Florida federal judge that the four defendants agreed to commit fraud and that it caused injury to AdventHealth in Florida giving the court authority over them. Michael Weis and his law firm asked the Florida federal judge to dismiss the claims that it is responsible for the $2 million. On July 22, Michael Weiss and Tomax Capital Management Inc. CEO Yehoram Efrati told the Florida federal judge that they can not be sued, since they personally had no connection to the deal. On October 13, Tomax Capital Management Inc. asked the Florida federal judge to dismiss the majority of the lawsuit, blaming Michael Weiss and his law firm. On February 23, 2021, U.S. District Judge Paul Bryan denied the requests by the defendants to dismiss the lawsuit against them. On March 2, a Florida federal judge dismissed the lawsuits against Michael Weiss and his law firm, one day after they agreed to resolve the claims with AdventHealth. On March 8, U.S. District Judge Paul Byron agreed to stay the case until October 12, when Tomax Capital Management Inc. and its CEO Yehoram Efrati would have to make final payments to AdventHealth under an agreement that was signed on March 3. On April 16, AdventHealth asked a Florida federal judge to award it $1.5 million, plus $10,573 in interest and attorney fees after Tomax Capital Management Inc. defaulted on its first payment to AdventHealth. On May 12, 2021, U.S. District Judge Paul Byron ruled in favor of AdventHealth after Tomax Capital Management Inc. and its CEO Yehoram Efrati failed to make its first payment of $300,000, to AdventHealth on April 12. ==Facilities==

Hospitals AdventHealth Orlando is the second largest hospital in Florida and the largest in Central Florida. AdventHealth Orlando is the third largest hospital in the United States in 2023. The second largest hospital owned by AdventHealth in Florida is AdventHealth Tampa, it is the fifth largest hospital in the Tampa Bay area. AdventHealth Porter is the largest hospital owned by AdventHealth in Colorado and the ninth largest hospital in the state. AdventHealth Shawnee Mission is the largest hospital owned by AdventHealth in Kansas. AdventHealth Redmond is the largest hospital owned by AdventHealth in Georgia. Other facilities In 1992, AdventHealth University was founded as Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences at Florida Hospital Orlando. Its original campus is in Orlando, a second campus in Denver and a third in Tampa. In early November 2025, AdventHealth Medical Group opened a clinic in St. Johns County, Florida, making it the first medical facility owned by AdventHealth in the county. Mergers and acquisitions 1997–2002 On May 3, 1997, Hinsdale Health System in Hinsdale, Illinois merged with Adventist Health System. On August 20, 1998, Adventist Health System announced that it was purchasing La Grange Memorial Hospital in La Grange, Illinois from Columbia/HCA Healthcare. The sale was completed in September. In late May 2000, Memorial Health Systems chose to merge with Adventist Health System. On October 1, Florida Hospital officially took over its hospitals in Flagler County and Volusia County. On October 1, 2001, PorterCare Adventist Health System merged with Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation after approval from the Federal Trade Commission. 2010–2019 In March 2010, Adventist Health System and University Community Health signed a non-binding letter to explore a merger. On August 31, University Community Health merged with Adventist Health System after its president/CEO Norm Stein retired. University Community Health owned hospitals in the counties of Hillsborough and Pasco. Adventist Health System will make $125 million in capital improvements, donating $10 million to the UCH Foundation and will assume University Community Health's liabilities. The merger combined 43 hospitals, 37 from Adventist Health System and five from University Community Health. On April 1, 2018, Florida Hospital began to operate the hospital and it was renamed to Florida Hospital Dade City. On April 18, Community Health Systems sold its forty-year lease of Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida to Adventist Health Systems. On August 1, Adventist Health System acquired Munroe Regional Medical Center and its TimberRidge ER. Florida Hospital began to operate the hospital and renamed it to Florida Hospital Ocala. On May 22, 2019, AdventHealth bought Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center in Davenport, Florida and Lake Wales Medical Center in Lake Wales, Florida from Community Health Systems for $100 million. On September 1, AdventHealth took over the management of the hospitals and they were renamed AdventHealth Heart of Florida and AdventHealth Lake Wales. On August 6, AdventHealth announced that it would acquire two family medicine clinics in Copperas Cove, Texas and Lampasas, Texas. On September 1, the two clinics officially became part of AdventHealth. 2020–present On October 2, 2020, AdventHealth acquired twelve Exodus Women's Center medical offices in Hillsborough County and Polk County. As well as its administrative office in Tampa. On December 15, AdventHealth bought AdventHealth Murray in Chatsworth, Georgia from the Murray County Hospital Authority Board. On May 13, 2021, AdventHealth signed an agreement to buy Redmond Regional Medical Center and its businesses, physician clinic operations, outpatient services and equity interests in Rome, Georgia from HCA Healthcare for $635 million. It was the last hospital in northwest Georgia sold by HCA Healthcare. On October 1, Redmond Regional Medical Center joined AdventHealth, it was renamed AdventHealth Redmond in January 2022. On August 2, 2021, AdventHealth purchased the 15-acre Holy Land Experience from Trinity Broadcasting Network for $32 million. On November 22, 2024, AdventHealth signed a definitive agreement to purchase ShorePoint Health in Southwest Florida from Community Health Systems for $265 million. On March 1, 2025, ShorePoint Health became part of AdventHealth after being purchased for $260 million. The price was lowered after ShorePoint Health gave up on its hospital in Punta Gorda, Florida and had it closed due to damage from Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. It is unclear if the hospital network will have the medical facility repaired. On April 7, 2025, AdventHealth purchased the medical office building Upshot Medical Center for $60 million. In early July, AdventHealth purchased Bond Clinic, who they had a partnership with since early October 2021. ==See also==