All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., and its network of outpatient centers will change its name to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital after joining Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine, according to the Herald-Tribune.
Here are five observations:
1. The new name signifies the final step in becoming a Johns Hopkins hospital, which will bring Johns Hopkins' quality and patient care standards to the hospital in St. Petersburg and its nine outpatient clinics stretching from Lakeland, Fla., to Fort Myers, Fla.
2. The stronger relationship with the Johns Hopkins Medical Center and University, plus the added emphasis on clinical research, means the outpatient clinics will be able to offer the latest treatments.
3. All Children’s Hospital employs all the pediatric physicians and neonatologists who care for children and babies at Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital and at seven other central Florida hospitals. These physicians will also become a part of the Johns Hopkins team.
4. The process of the two medical centers coming together began in 2011, and resulted in All Children’s creating a pediatric residency program, developing a deeper research focus on finding cures for childhood diseases and helping the hospital to recruit top physicians, nurses and executive staff.
5. When the name change is announced on April 5, it will also mark the hospital’s 90th anniversary.