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07/24/2025

Sweating, dizzy or confused? It could be more than just the heat. Know the signs that signal a serious emergency. 🔥🥵☀️

Think it’s just the heat? Think again. Heat stroke can be deadly and it escalates fast. Learn how to spot the signs, respond quickly and stay safe all summer long.

07/23/2025

Winter Haven Women's Hospital got a visit from Millie, BayCare's therapy dog for team members. Millie is a beautiful beagle who was rescued during Hurricane Milton last year. These days, she travels with her human (and fellow team member) Jennifer Stitik as part of the Employee Assistance Program. She's definitely a good girl! 💙🐶

07/22/2025

Giving birth to a baby that needs specialized care can be stressful. When the mom needs to recover in one area while the baby needs care in another the stress is multiplied. In Morton Plant Hospital’s new NICU couplet care room, a baby can receive intensive care while the mother receives postpartum care in the same room, avoiding a separation. Morton Plant Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital-North in Hillsborough County, who opened two couplet care rooms in its new NICU earlier this month, are the first hospitals in the area to offer this service to families.

BayCare offers a continuum of care for babies from before birth to after delivery, including highly specialized neonatal care. With the addition of a NICU at South Florida Baptist Hospital later this year and inside BayCare’s newest hospital in Manatee County to open in 2028, BayCare will further its mission to provide NICUs in all of its maternity hospitals.

Learn more about Morton Plant Hospital’s new couplet care room: https://baycare.org/newsroom/2025/july/baycares-morton-plant-hospital-offers-nicu-couplet-care

07/21/2025

07/18/2025

St. Joseph's Children's Hospital has earned special recognition from the American College of Surgeons for providing the highest quality of surgical care available. Out of nearly 470 children’s hospitals in the United States, the hospital is one of only 62 to receive the prestigious Level 1 Children’s Surgery Center designation. Read more about this achievement:

St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital has earned special recognition from the American College of Surgeons for providing high-quality surgical care.

07/17/2025

Want something refreshing and healthy to drink this summer? All you need is a blender, fresh fruit, nonfat yogurt and a vivid imagination to concoct something that's pureed heaven. https://bit.ly/4eRACqL

07/16/2025

Special thanks to the Tampa Bay Times for sharing the incredible difference that our nurse navigators at BayCare's St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital make for our patients and families every day. 💙🚀🎈

Nurse navigators at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital give free medical and emotional support to parents of children with complex medical needs.

07/15/2025

🌞 Summer offers a variety of ways to practice self-care through activities that promote well-being, from sunlit beaches and action-packed baseball games ⚾ to invigorating yoga sessions 🧘‍♂️ and leisurely picnics. Find time to unwind and reconnect with yourself and make the most of the season with these 10 outdoor summer activities:

From sunlit beaches and action-packed baseball games to invigorating yoga sessions and leisurely picnics, summer offers a variety of ways to practice self-care through activities that promote well-being.

07/11/2025

Dr. Adam Brzezinski began his career in medicine as a patient care technician in the Steinbrenner Children's Emergency and Trauma Center at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital. He returned after medical school to join the first class of residents when BayCare launched its pediatric residency program in 2022, and he was the first BayCare pediatric resident to match into a fellowship position. Learn more about Dr. Brzezinski’s remarkable journey:

Learn more about Dr. Adam Brzezinski’s remarkable journey from patient care technician to chief resident of BayCare’s first Pediatrics Residency program, class of 2025.

07/10/2025

On July 15, St. Joseph's Hospital - North will open its new NICU. The addition at the Lutz hospital will provide a special area for newborns needing intensive medical care. It will also feature innovative couplet care rooms where mother and baby are not separated if a baby needs to go to the NICU. Learn more about BayCare’s sixth NICU and how St. Joseph's Hospital-North is giving local moms an option to deliver close to home with the availability of a NICU and innovation:

When newborns need intensive care, every moment together counts. St. Joseph’s Hospital-North’s new NICU helps keep families close with private, comforting “couplet care” rooms designed for both mother and baby.

07/09/2025

St. Joseph's Hospital is the first hospital in Central Florida to offer a new technology to combat lung cancer during bronchoscopy procedures! Learn more below.

A new pulsed electric field (PEF) system delivers electrical energy to lung lesions during bronchoscopies, offering a groundbreaking option in lung cancer care.