Festive celebrations welcome new team members to the Orlando Health family
Orlando Fl, – October 1,2024 – Today, Orlando Health assumed majority interest in Brookwood Baptist Health in Birmingham, Alabama. The occasion was marked with festive celebrations across the Brookwood Baptist Health network, including simultaneous receptions at each of the five hospitals in the system. Beginning today, Orlando Health, a private, not-for-profit healthcare organization, will manage day-to-day operations of Brookwood Baptist Health in partnership with Baptist Health System. Baptist Health System will remain as an owner in the partnership and will continue to be a faith-based organization.
“This is a great day for Brookwood Baptist Health and Orlando Health,” said Thibaut van Marcke, SVP, Orlando Health, who will lead the Alabama region. “Our partnership offers a new day in healthcare for central Alabamians. With our proven track record of successful expansion lifting the care at our partner hospitals, we are dedicated to making this healthcare system the best in the state and beyond.”
“We’re excited to have Orlando Health as a partner,” said Amy Allen, president and CEO, Baptist Health System. “Their dedication to excellence and improving patient care has been repeatedly recognized with national honors from leading quality and patient-safety organizations. This is a great day for our patients, our physicians, our team and our community.”
In recognition of the historic day, simultaneous celebrations were held during different times of the day at all five hospitals so all team members could participate. Brookwood Baptist Health team members were able to meet, interact with and ask questions of current Orlando Health team members, human resource representatives and leadership. Thibaut van Marcke, David Strong, president and CEO, Orlando Health and Amy Allen travelled to all five hospitals to personally welcome Brookwood Baptist Health team members to the organization.
Orlando Health branded decorations embellished the main event areas. Morning (6:30 am – 9:30 am), lunchtime (11:30 am – 1:00pm) and evening (4:30 pm – 7:30 pm) events included time-appropriate food and beverages. More than 70 non-hospital locations received a “Celebration in a Box” that included Orlando Health branded snacks and candies. All team members will receive a commemorative coin to mark the day. Registered in-patients also received a note from Mr. van Marcke and a special branded wellness kit in recognition of the day’s significance.
About Orlando Health
Orlando Health is a private not-for-profit, integrated academic healthcare system with $11.5 billion of assets under management, that serves the southeastern United States – including Florida and Alabama – and Puerto Rico. With corporate offices in Orlando, Florida the system provides a complete continuum of care across a network of medical centers and institutes, community and specialty hospitals, physician practices, urgent care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and long-term and behavioral health care services. Founded more than 100 years ago, Orlando Health’s mission is to improve the health and the quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve. The system provided nearly $1.7 billion in community impact in the form of community benefit programs and services, Medicare shortfalls, bad debt, community-building activities and capital investments in FY 23, the most recent period for which the information is available. For more information, visit orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter.)