Where is UF Health located?

University of Florida Health (UF Health) is a medical network associated with the University of Florida. It includes two academic hospitals – UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville and UF Health Jacksonville – and several other hospitals and facilities in North Florida.

How do I sign up for MyChart UF?

Patients will need to download the MyChart Mobile app provided by Epic Systems from their app store and then select UFHealth to set up and sign in to their account.

Is UF health private or public?

UF Health Shands, UF Health’s private, not-for-profit hospital system based in Gainesville, includes seven hospitals: UF Health Shands Hospital. UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital. UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital.

What kind of hospital is UF health?

UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL is nationally ranked in 9 adult specialties and 8 pediatric specialties and rated high performing in 1 adult specialty and 7 procedures and conditions. It is a general medical and surgical facility. It is a teaching hospital.

Does UF own Shands?

Board of Directors for UF Health Shands Hospital — Gainesville. UF Health Shands refers to Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics Inc., a private, not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation affiliated with UF. The Gainesville-based hospital system has a total of 1,162 licensed beds.

When did Shands become UF health?

The UF colleges of Medicine and Nursing opened in 1956. The UF Teaching Hospital opened its doors on October 20, 1958. In 1965 it was renamed in Shands’ honor as W. A. Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics.

What is the GatorLink username?

A GatorLink account is an individual’s computer network identity at the University of Florida. Every student, faculty, and staff member is expected to have a GatorLink username and password.

Why is it called Shands?

Shands, established in 1958, was the state’s first teaching hospital. It was named after a state senator, William Shands of Gainesville, elected in 1940, who had the idea to establish a teaching hospital in Gainesville and helped obtain much of the initial funding for it.

Is UF health a good hospital?

Overall, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is ranked No. 5 among pediatric hospitals in the nine-state southeast region. “These are exceptional achievements across a wide range of pediatric medical specialties.

How many locations does UF have?

The University of Florida is the flagship university of the state and it has 16 different colleges. UF has more than 150 research centers, service centers, education centers, bureaus, and institutes offering more than 100 undergraduate majors and 200 graduate degrees.

How many beds does UF health Jacksonville have?

Gainesville, city, seat (1853) of Alachua county, north-central Florida, U.S., about 70 miles (115 km) southwest of Jacksonville.