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Largo Medical Center Inpatient Rehabilitation Earns Prestigious 3-Year Accreditation
May 20, 2013
Largo Medical Center is the only HCA hospital in Tampa Bay earning a 3-year accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) International.
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Largo Medical Center Receives Quality Blue Distinction Center Designation For Spine, Knee & Hip Surgery
April 24, 2013
Florida Blue has named Largo Medical Center as a Blue Distinction Center in the areas of spine surgery and knee and hip replacement.
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Largo Medical Center Internal Medicine Program Residents Rank in Top 5 Nationwide
April 24, 2013
This week Largo Medical Center received national recognition for its Internal Medicine (IM) program residents ranking 4th in the nation on the most recent American College of Osteopathic Internal Medicine in-service exams.
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Largo Medical Center Receives American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
April 11, 2013
Largo Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association.
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HCA Named One of Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies for the Fourth Consecutive Year
March 06, 2013
Hospital Corporation of America has been named one of the Ethisphere Institute’s 2013 World’s Most Ethical Companies. It is the fourth consecutive year HCA has achieved this distinction.
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Largo Medical Center Receives American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award
February 26, 2013
Largo Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association.
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Emergency Department Check-In Kiosk for Patients
November 01, 2012
Largo Medical Center is very excited to bring more new technology to the facility’s Emergency Department with a new self-service ED KIOSK (Emergency Department Check-In Kiosk).
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Largo Medical Center Does It Again!
September 24, 2012
Largo Medical Center was named one of the nation’s top performers for a second consecutive year on key quality measures for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States.
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Largo Medical Center is ONLY Pinellas County Hospital to Receive Cardiac Achievement Award
August 01, 2012
Largo Medical Center is the ONLY hospital in Pinellas County to have received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association.
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Clinical Trial for Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Largo, Florida
July 26, 2012
About 1.2 million U.S. adults suffer from lumbar spinal stenosis, a condition in which the spinal canal narrows putting pressure on the spinal cord and nerves, causing back and leg pain.
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New CEO at Largo Medical Center
July 02, 2012
The employees and physicians of Largo Medical Center are pleased to introduce Anthony Degina as the hospital’s new Chief Executive Officer.
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HCA Makes Computerworld’s List of 100 Best Places to Work
June 18, 2012
HCA today announced that for a fourth consecutive year the company has earned national recognition as one of the best workplaces for information technology professionals.
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Largo Medical Center Awarded an “A” for Patient Safety by Hospital Safety ScoreSM
June 11, 2012
Largo Medical Center was honored with an “A” Hospital Safety ScoreSM by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits.
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Company Care Has A New Home to Better Serve You!
June 04, 2012
The Company Care office of Largo Medical Center has a new home which is quite easily accessible to all in our community and our patients.
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Largo Medical Center Provides Some of the Most Comprehensive Therapy in the Area Getting Patients Back on the Road to Recovery
May 29, 2012
Now Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation have moved to the Largo Medical Center - Indian Rocks Road campus.
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Stroke Smart 2012 – Learn the Signs, Symptoms & An Amazing Story of Survival
May 29, 2012
Largo Medical Center is educating our community through a phenomenal FREE educational event called Stroke Smart 2012. It’s coming up Thursday, May 31 at 12 noon.
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Indian Rocks Rehabilitation at Largo Medical Center is Growing to Meet the Needs of Community
May 22, 2012
If you have ever been in the hospital for a surgical procedure, you know part of the recovery process often times include rehabilitation. A doctor can prescribe outpatient rehabilitation for a patient in many forms.
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Largo Medical Center receives American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Gold Quality Achievement Award
April 11, 2012
Largo Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association.
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HCA Named to Ethisphere's 2012 “World's Most Ethical Companies"
March 16, 2012
Hospital Corporation of America has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the 2012 World’s Most Ethical Companies.
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Largo Medical Center – A Teaching Hospital, Continues Excellence In Breast Healthcare With Accreditation Award
February 14, 2012
Largo Medical Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
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She’s Lost It, Now She Wants to Help You Lose It
January 10, 2012
Keeping that waistline in check seems to be a common goal. Now the hospitals of HCA Pinellas County want to help educate you, assisting you in keeping your health and wellness goals.
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Local Surgeons Using NEW Stem Cell Technology
January 09, 2012
About a million Americans every year have back surgery. Many have pain that can turn into a variety of health concerns including but not limited to nerve impingement and bulging or herniated discs.
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Largo Receives Get With Guidelines Award
December 27, 2011
Largo Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines -Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award.
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New Technology to Restore Blood to Extremities
November 30, 2011
Getting blood pumping the way it should is getting easier thanks to new technology at Largo Medical Center.
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Top Performer on Key Quality Measures
September 20, 2011
Largo Medical Center was named one of the nation’s top performers on key quality measures for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care by The Joint Commission.
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Wound Care Center Awarded for Outstanding Care
August 16, 2011
If a person has a wound that isn't healing, The Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at Largo Medical Center is the place to receive attentive, high quality care, quickly, at a facility where patients consistently experience some of the best outcomes in the area.
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Multi Million Dollar Construction Project for Education and Meeting Facilities
June 30, 2011
Largo Medical Center is investing more than $2.1 million dollars in new education and meeting facilities to accommodate the growth of the hospital’s Graduate Medical Education program, and the hospital’s capacity for employee and community education.
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Pinellas County's Newest Behavioral Health Emergency Room at Largo Medical Center
May 19, 2011
Largo Medical Center is unveiling its ALL-NEW 7 Bed Behavioral Health Emergency Room at Largo Medical Center on Indian Rocks Road.
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2010 Frist Humanitarian Employee & Volunteer Award Recipients Announced
May 18, 2011
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New Residency Program Approved
May 05, 2011
Largo Medical Center’s Graduate Medical Education program continues to grow! Largo Medical Center received the formal approval from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the American College of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists to begin training physicians in the field of psychiatry beginning in 2012.
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Stroke Smart 2011 at Largo Medical Center
May 05, 2011
Largo Medical Center is hosting a FREE educational event called "Stroke Smart 2011" on Friday, May 13, 2011 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
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The Florida Breast Institute at Largo Earns Accreditation
May 01, 2011
The Florida Breast Institute at Largo Medical Center has been granted a three-year/full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC).
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New Chief Operating Officer Recruited
March 30, 2011
Largo Medical Center is pleased to announce Jacob “Jake” Fisher as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO).
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A Worthwhile Event Teaching How To Live Before, During & After A Heart Attack
February 11, 2011
Largo Medical Center is hosting a free educational seminar called Heart Smart 2011 on Friday, February 11, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Get With The Guidelines Silver Quality Achievement Award Received
February 09, 2011
Largo Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Silver Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association.
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Tobacco Free Campus
January 12, 2011
Don’t expect to see any use of tobacco at Largo Medical Center or its affiliated facilities starting in 2011.
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Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program Launched
December 29, 2010
Largo Medical Center is excited to begin a new Fellowship program in Interventional Cardiology. This program is one of twelve available at the teaching hospital.
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Tobacco-Free Campus Soon to be Implemented
December 01, 2010
Don’t expect to see any use of tobacco at Largo Medical Center or its affiliated facilities starting in 2011.
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HCA & USF Health Working Together to Improve Trauma Care in Florida
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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Largo Medical Center Earns Designation as a Statutory Teaching Hospital
September 10, 2010
Largo Medical Center Hospital has earned the designation as a Statutory Teaching Hospital by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).
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Mammography & Me
May 19, 2010
Learn how to perform a self exam, what a mammogram can do for you & tour the renowned Florida Breast Institute.
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GWTG–Stroke Bronze Performance Achievement Award
April 30, 2010
Largo Medical Center receives the American Stroke Association’s Get With The GuidelinesSM–Stroke Bronze Performance Achievement Award.
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Stroke Smart 2010
April 29, 2010
A Worthwhile Event Teaching How To Live Before, During & After A Stroke.
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iTriage® Mobile Marketing Solution Adopted
March 11, 2010
HCA West Florida Division partners with Healthagen® to promote its 15 hospitals on the iTriage® mobile marketing solution.
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Get Back on Your Feet In No Time
February 24, 2010
At the all new Inpatient Rehabilitation at the Largo Medical Center – Indian Rocks Road campus (formerly known as Sun Coast Hospital)
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New Year, New Name, New Hospital Campus
January 25, 2010
Sun Coast Hospital, established in 1957, is now part of a 456 bed hospital on two campuses at Largo Medical Center.
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Hospital Named West Coast Academic Center of NSU
January 21, 2010
Largo Medical Center has recently been named the West Coast Academic Center of Nova Southeastern University.
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Tammy Robiconti
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