3rd quarter 2009           

Community celebrates extraordinary new medical facilities

Healthcare in the region took a giant leap forward this summer when two healthcare
systems serving the area opened new hospital facilities.

Halifax Health completed work on its France Tower and presented the complex to the
community June 13. The very next day, Adventist Health System offered the public a
preview of its new Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center.

“The bottom line is that this community is blessed with extraordinary healthcare
resources,” said Volusia County Chair Frank Bruno. “This summer we saw completion of nearly $500 million in construction resulting in two medical complexes with 460 private rooms and leading edge technology in many critical areas.”

The France Tower at Halifax Health is a 10-story structure with 500,000 square feet and 180 private rooms. Suite-style rooms feature a patient-centered design with plenty of space for family and visitors. The complex offers wireless Internet access, a gourmet coffee shop, cafeteria and chapel.

“The France Tower was designed from the inside out, with every detail intended to
maximize our ability to provide outstanding patient care and comfort,” said Halifax Health President and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Feasel.

The facility is designed to withstand a category 5 hurricane and offers seamless
connectivity within seconds to 20 operating room suites and six catheterization labs.

There is a 4,500-square-foot helipad atop the tower that can accommodate two helicopters. Two high-speed trauma elevators deliver airborne patients within 30 seconds to the largest emergency department in Florida. The emergency department has 107 treatment rooms and eight individual clinically designated high-tech units, each with 12 rooms. There is a rapid admissions unit, chest pain center and the
area’s only pediatric emergency unit.

The France Tower is on the Daytona Beach campus of Halifax Health on Clyde Morris
Boulevard. It features several firsts, including imaging systems that are the first of their kind in Florida. Among them is the world’s first high definition CT system that uses significantly reduced radiation doses, improves precision and allows for a more rapid diagnosis. It is the first one in use in the Southeastern United States, according to Feasel.

The facility was named for the France family of auto racing fame, whose support of
Halifax Health is longstanding. “We are thrilled to offer such a world class medical facility in our community,” said Betty Jane France. “This facility is designed to provide our neighbors with the most advanced and leading-edge care available.” Halifax Health has an 80-year history of serving the region and is ranked among the nation’s top 5 percent of hospitals for clinical outcomes. Halifax Health offers the area’s only level II trauma center, comprehensive stroke center, neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, pediatric emergency department, child and adolescent behavioral services and neurosurgical services.

In north Daytona Beach on Williamson Boulevard and overlooking Interstate 95, Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center became an instant landmark with its sleek profile. The new hospital—with its new name—replaced Florida Hospital Ormond Memorial at 875 Sterthaus Ave., Ormond Beach, which now is closed.

“The opening of Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center marks an important milestone in healthcare in our community,” said Mark LaRose, president and chief executive officer. “We’re bringing all our areas of expertise together – expert
medical staff, research, technology, treatments, inpatient and outpatient care – and making it more accessible to patients.”

Twelve patient floors, with two shelled out for future needs, comprise the 718,000-square-foot, $270-million facility on a 135-acre campus. Services of the new facility include all private patient rooms with window views, an expanded emergency
department and birthcare center, soothing colors and an outdoor healing garden with a unique “water wall.”

New technology includes the area’s only Siemens Somotom Dual Source 64-Slice CT
scanner and an endovascular/hybrid operating room. Additionally, a medical office building will open connected to the first five floors of the hospital. Future plans include a walking trail with fitness stations along the exterior of the campus.

“The new facility was designed with patient safety and privacy in mind and to enhance the healing process, which is reflected throughout the building—from the use of natural light throughout all areas to our programs and services down to the choice of colors,” said LaRose.

The campus includes a medical office complex that features space for primary and
specialized care physicians. Being adjacent to the hospital allows for easy access to Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center’s complement of diagnostic, intervention and routine inpatient services.

The hospital dates back to its founding as Memorial Hospital in 1967. In 2000, it merged with Adventist Health System, which operates 37 hospitals in 10 states and is the largest nonprofit Protestant healthcare provider in the nation.

“Healthcare is a topic of great importance to us all,” said Bruno. “With the exceptional facilities we have in Daytona Beach and throughout Volusia County, we are the envy of communities large and small.”