{"id":140758,"date":"2024-04-17T14:36:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T18:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=140758"},"modified":"2025-04-15T21:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T01:31:35","slug":"nemours-childrens-health-ucf-partner-to-elevate-the-quality-of-healthcare-for-floridas-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/nemours-childrens-health-ucf-partner-to-elevate-the-quality-of-healthcare-for-floridas-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Nemours Children\u2019s Health, UCF Partner to Elevate the Quality of Healthcare for Florida\u2019s Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nemours Children\u2019s Health, one of the nation\u2019s largest multistate pediatric health systems, and UCF today announced a formalized, expanded partnership aimed at improving the health of children in Central Florida and beyond. Together, they will establish the UCF College of Medicine<\/a> \u2014 Nemours Children\u2019s Health Department of Pediatrics to train the next generation of pediatric physicians. In addition, Nemours Children\u2019s has signed on as UCF\u2019s first Pegasus Partner whose sole focus is pediatric healthcare<\/a>.<\/p>\n With projections forecasting a shortfall in the number of physicians needed to meet the demand within the state of Florida in the coming years, this expanded partnership aims to help address those potential shortages by drawing from the organizations\u2019 long-standing history of collaboration and accentuating their mutual commitment to advancing medical training, workforce development, innovation, community partnerships and advocacy to ensure the delivery of high-quality healthcare for children.<\/p>\n