AdventHealth

Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation (doing business as AdventHealth, and formerly as Adventist Health System initialed as AHS) is an American hospital network. It is headquartered in Altamonte Springs, Florida. It operates healthcare facilities across multiple states. It is the largest Protestant nonprofit organization in the country and is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. AdventHealth is a founding member of Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) and the Trustworthy and Responsible AI Network (TRAIN). In 2021, it was the second-largest hospital network in Florida. In February 2023, it was listed as the fifteenth-largest hospital system nationwide. As of June 2026, AdventHealth operated 57 hospitals across nine states, spanning 55 campuses. Becker's Hospital Review and Healthcare Dive count only 55 hospitals as they exclude AdventHealth for Children and AdventHealth for Women. On January 2, 2019, the majority of the medical facilities were rebranded to AdventHealth. The rebranding excluded facilities in Colorado, Illinois, and Texas operated through joint ventures. In March 2022, the hospital network became the first to receive the Emerald Award from the Leapfrog Group, recognizing achievements in health care quality and safety. On September 1, 2022, the organization announced a rapid diagnostic test to detect Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as brain-eating amoebas. In November 2024, AdventHealth ranked first on Gartner's Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 list, its first time at the top. In April 2025, David Banks became president and CEO of AdventHealth, replacing Terry Shaw who retired after 40 years with the hospital network. History 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, uniting facilities that had operated independently for decades. The system later adopted the name Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation. They did this after the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists applied for the trade name Adventist Health System on December 26, 1979. Mardian J. Blair served as president and CEO of AHS from 1984 until his retirement on January 1, 2000. He was succeeded by Thomas L. Werner. In May 1999, AHS withdrew from negotiations to purchase three hospitals in the Tampa Bay area from Tenet Healthcare. The decision followed disagreement over valuation, with Tenet reportedly seeking between $200 million and $250 million. 2005-2018 In November 2005, Werner announced his retirement as president and CEO. He was succeeded by Donald L. Jernigan, who was appointed to the position in February 2006 and took office on March 1. During Jernigan's tenure, the organization relocated its 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. On April 16, 2012, Adventist Health System joined the Partnership for Patients program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. On August 18, 2016, Jernigan announced his retirement. On December 7, the board of directors chose Terry Shaw as president and CEO. In April 2017, AHS chose David Ottati as CEO of its reorganized Central Florida Division – North Region, replacing Florida Hospital East Florida Region CEO Rob Fulbright. In 2018, a five-story office building and a seven-story parking garage were to be completed. On August 14, AHS announced that it would rebrand itself as AdventHealth, at the time it had forty-six hospital campuses and 80,000 employees. 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. Its facilities in Colorado, Illinois, and Texas did not change, as part of joint ventures. On August 28, AdventHealth launched a command center. The 12,000 square foot (1,100 m2) facility was built for $20 million on the Orlando campus. GE Healthcare helped build it. At the time it was their largest command center and the second-largest in Florida. Upon opening, Mission Control was staffed by 50 nurses, EMS personnel, flight dispatchers, transport techs, and other specialists. Its mission was better tracking of its patients in central Florida. Beginning in 2020, AdventHealth hired 10,000 nurses to fill a predicted future shortage in central Florida. A Nursing Advisory Panel provided input from nurses. The panel asked for more money and to continue nurses' education. AdventHealth invested $140 million to improve pay and education. On February 1, 2021, Randy Haffner became president and CEO of Central Florida. On August 19, AdventHealth announced that David Ottati would become president and CEO of AdventHealth West Florida. In July 2023, AdventHealth created an AI Advisory Board to guide its adoption of AI technology. In March 2024, AdventHealth launched its AirStar 1 helicopter to transport patients faster from its smaller hospitals to larger facilities. Until then, West Florida relied on third parties. On December 13, Shaw announced his retirement. On April 3, 2025, David Banks became president and CEO. On March 26, 2026, AdventHealth announced that patient rooms across its hospitals would become camera-equipped smart rooms. AdventHealth Castle Rock and AdventHealth Manchester were the first hospitals to proceed. Some patients considered it an invasion of privacy, even though the cameras do not record. Patients can opt out of the camera technology. The hospital network plans to upgrade its hospitals by end of year. Papers and clipboards normally kept outside patient rooms are to be replaced with digital door signs. Founding member In March 2024, AdventHealth, along with other medical systems and universities, became founding members of Trustworthy and Responsible AI Network with Microsoft as the leader. In March, AdventHealth, along with Florida Blue Foundation and Gordon Food Service became founding members of the Culinary Health Institute. It was built 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 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, a medical 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 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 exited the nursing home market after selling 8 facilities in Florida, one in Texas, and one in Kansas due to the high cost of operating them. Awards and recognitions From 2011 to 2017, Adventist Health System received the Gallup Great Workplace Award from Gallup for creating an engaged workplace culture that drives business outcomes. From 2013 to 2021, Adventist Health System, and later AdventHealth, received the CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Award from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives 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 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 May 2025, AdventHealth made more money than Amazon, ExxonMobil and The Walt Disney Company. In July 2026, Fitch Ratings recognized the finances of the hospital network as stable by giving it a rating of A. Charity and relief work In September 2019, AdventHealth sent doctors, an architect and a construction manager to The Bahamas to assess the nation's 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 the GSI Foundation, donated 70 beds to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, valued at US$175,000 (J$27.7 million). The beds went to Princess Margaret Hospital in Lyssons and other hospitals in southern Jamaica. In November, the hospital network gave grants totaling $2 million to 8 nonprofits in central Florida that treat mental health issues and provide job training. Technology contracts Electronic health record In October 2002, Adventist Health System signed a six-year contract with Cerner. In 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. In total, the hospital network spent $660 million. Renewable energy In February 2024, AdventHealth signed a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement with Scout Clean Energy for 90 megawatts of electricity from its wind farm in Texas. The farm will provide the hospital network with 380,000 megawatts of electricity, which would supply about 40% of its needs. AdventHealth plans to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2026. In March, it hired ESA to install 7,500 solar panels on its office buildings and parking garages. 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 to have emissions cut in half by 2030 and to be net zero by 2050. In 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. 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. On August 3, 2022, Barry Friedman, executive director of the AdventHealth Transplant Institute, told the United States Senate Committee on Finance that the United Network for Organ Sharing had failed many patients. And that it was not dependable, and that the institute had switched to a different company with less expensive, higher-quality trackers. COVID-19 In 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 gave 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. On December 15, AdventHealth Orlando received the Pfizer vaccine. 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 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 it would return to "red status" on September 1, allowing 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 "green status" on September 16, and patients will no longer have their surgeries deferred or rescheduled. In 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 to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The hospital network did this after federal judges in Missouri and Louisiana blocked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which had required healthcare workers to be vaccinated. Later in 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. The AdventHealth Orchestra also had Christmas concerts at Disney Springs and Orlando Union Rescue Mission. 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 to 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 On May 6, 2021, AdventHealth was chosen by Walt Disney World as its official health care provider and 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 Walt Disney World's campus. It will be 200,000 square foot (19,000 m2) 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 the 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 130,000 square foot (12,000 m2) 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 can see AdventHealth's gastroenterologists, cardiologists, sleep, psychology and nutrition experts. Magic Gaming On May 18, 2021, it was announced that AdventHealth would be the official health care provider and jersey sponsor of Magic Gaming. 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. At Daytona International Speedway, AdventHealth treats over 1,000 patients every year at its two care centers and nine first aid stations. 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 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 a children's 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 track's 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 "Women in NASCAR" on it. On the decklid of her truck were 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 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 tournament's sponsorship was extended through 2029. In 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 30,000 square foot (2,800 m2) 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 Joint ventures 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 to own and operate Huguley Memorial Medical Center. On June 17, 2014, Adventist Midwest Health from Hinsdale, Illinois, a subsidiary of Adventist Health System; and Alexian Brothers Health System from Arlington Heights, Illinois, a subsidiary of Ascension Health, signed a letter of intent to create a joint venture. 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 July 21, 2026, AdventHealth and Intermountain Health signed a letter of intent to create a joint venture in the Denver metropolitan area. It would include all of the AdventHealth medical facilities; and three Intermountain Health hospitals, their clinics and physician practices. Saint Joseph Hospital and its affiliated facilities will not be part of the joint venture. Other 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 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 July, AdventHealth began to recruit 10,000 Florida residents to have their 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 August 2022, the AdventHealth Innovation Tower opened. On November 23, 2020, AdventHealth announced it was partnering with Berg Health to create a patient-registration biobank using patients' 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. In May 2021, DispatchHealth announced a partnership with AdventHealth to offer patients comfortable care in their own homes. 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, the DispatchHealth 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 the second 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 October 2023, AdventHealth selected Wellvana from Nashville, Tennessee, as a partner for its AdventHealth Primary Care Network to help transition the network to 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 September 2024, AdventHealth partnered with OurLegacy to open its first organ donation center in Orlando. On May 18, 2026, it was announced that AdventHealth would use CelLBxHealth's technology in two clinical cancer trials named ACTION and SUNRISE. School Volusia County School District In 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. The students are being taught biomedical sciences, sport science and Emergency medical technician/paramedic classes for future jobs in the medical field. 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. On April 22, 2019, AdventHealth started donating tablet computers and printers to schools in the Volusia County School District with the highest level of student truancy. The tablet computers have the hospital network's eCare app, which allows sick students and their parents to video chat with a physician or nurse. The first to receive a tablet computer was a primary school in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is part of a first phase that will donate thirty-six printers and tablet computers to the school district. In 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. Flagler County School District In July 2021, AdventHealth and Flagler County Schools signed a 5-year partnership worth $750,000 making AdventHealth the Official Healthcare Champion of Flagler County Schools. AdventHealth will treat students mental health and it will also provide athletic trainers for Flagler Palm Coast High School and Matanzas High School. The school district will pay AdventHealth $150,000 over five years for the cost of their athletic trainers and in return the hospital network will pay the school district $10,000 for five consecutive years. University of Central Florida College of Nursing On June 22, 2023, AdventHealth pledged the University of Central Florida College of Nursing $5 million for a new nursing facility in Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida. 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 healthcare 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. This was the largest settlement that a hospital network has ever paid. On October 25, 2017, a residency physician from Kenya, filed a lawsuit against Florida Hospital for violating the Florida Civil Rights Act. By discriminating against him because of his race, national origin, his handicap and for retaliation after he was dismissed from the residency program. Beginning on May 17, 2021, in court he began to provide evidence, including claims that his superiors accused him of being lazy and for drug abuse, which AdventHealth denied. On May 21, a jury did not believe them and awarded the plaintiff $2.75 million, but one week later circuit judge Kevin Weiss overturned the verdict. After the reversal the hospital network asked the judge to have the frivolous allegations overturned; and that the plaintiff pay the $230,000 attorney fees and other filing costs. 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 who heard the case dismissed it on technical grounds, and Oviedo Medical Center was given until November 12 to refile. 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 the masks were unavailable 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 defendants' requests 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. Florida investigation On May 30, 2025, James Uthmeier sent subpoenas to AdventHealth and other hospital networks. He is doing this because he believes they were violating Florida law and federal transparency rules, by purposely over billing their patients. It would be investigate billing practices, disclosures, patient charges, price transparency and surprise billing protections. Another reason that he ordered the subpoenas was because of Donald Trump, signing an executive order requiring the United States Department of Treasury, the United States Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services to enforce his healthcare price transparency regulations. These regulations are part of his "Make America Healthy Again" agenda. In June 2026, Associated Press received from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a list of hospitals that were in violation, but none of the AdventHealth hospitals were listed. 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 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 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. On November 1, 2002, Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Merriam, Kansas split from Saint Luke's Health System and joined Adventist Health System. 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 December 5, 2017, Adventist Health System bought Bayfront Health Dade City in Dade City, Florida from Community Health Systems. 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. In September, it also purchased a freestanding emergency department from Community Health System in Winter Garden, Florida for $9.6 million. 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 12 Exodus Women's Center medical offices in Hillsborough and Polk Counties. 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 July, AdventHealth purchased Bond Clinic, who they had a partnership with since October 2021. See also AdventHealth Arena AdventHealth Field AdventHealth Nicholson Center AdventHealth Stadium AdventHealth station Audrey Gregory Jeffrey Kuhlman Vipul Patel References Further reading External links Official website Media related to AdventHealth at Wikimedia Commons