Fitch gives A+ rating to Orlando Health

received an A+ from Fitch Ratings on nearly $700 million in revenue bonds that have been issued by Orange County Health Facilities Authority, Orlando Health Obligated Group and South Lake Hospital District on behalf of Orlando Health. That’s an upgrade from an A rating reflecting “the growth of OH’s unrestricted liquidity and sustaining the improved operating performance over the last four audited years,” according to the ratings company.

Earlier this year, the health system received an A2 from Moody’s Investors Services for $769 million in outstanding debt.

Moody’s also gave an A2 to Orlando Health’s $480 million taxable bonds. The health system offered the bonds, on behalf of Orlando Health and Orlando Health Central, earlier this year.

an HCA Healthcare Hospital, has opened Osceola County’s first Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The hospital converted its existing 10-bed Level II NICU to Level III. The 18-bed unit is staffed by physicians from Nemours Children’s Hospital.

has dedicated one of its playrooms to Walmart and Sam’s Club because of the stores’ long-term commitment. The area’s locations raised more than $500,000 for the hospital during the most recent Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals campaign.

has opened a new plasma-collection center in Longwood on North U.S. Highway 17-92. The company has 40 employees and is in the process of hiring more.

a UCF incubator client and a pioneer in the field of human-on-a-chip technology, has for the first time licensed its product from UCF to use the technology for ALS research.

The human-on-a-chip microfluid systems creates an environment that mimics the environment inside the human body and allows researchers to study the effects of various drugs and compounds on human cells before starting a clinical trial involving real patients.

The National Science Foundation awarded a $225,000 grant to an Orlando-based company and UCF Incubator client developing a simulated lung, which helps radiation oncologists better individualize patients’ treatment plans. trauma medical director at Orlando Health, has been appointed to the Florida Trauma System Advisory Council.

of the Altamonte Women’s Center won this year’s Dr. Bookhardt Health Equity Award, according to the Orange County Health Department. She has been providing OB/GYN services to migrant and poor women for nearly four decades.

is the new senior medical director for VITAS Healthcare in Lake and Sumter counties.

chief medical officer at Community Health Centers, was named CDC’s Childhood Immunization Champion.