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Awards and Recognition

Shands HealthCare is accredited by the leading hospital and accreditation organizations in the country.

  • “Magnet Hospital” Designation for Nursing Excellence -

    Several Shands hospitals are designated as “magnet” hospitals for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center: Shands at UF, Shands Children’s Hospital and Shands Rehab Hospital.


  • World-class Care -

    The Shands system is known for excellence in many areas, including: cancer, cardiovascular, neurological, orthopaedics, pediatrics and transplantation. Our Gainesville and Jacksonville academic medical center campuses are staffed by nationally and internationally recognized UF faculty physicians and expert Shands and UF teams. All have helped establish Shands as the state’s leading referral system. Shands at UF is consistently ranked as a U.S.News & World Report “Best Hospital” in several specialty areas and Solucient ranks Shands at UF and Shands Jacksonville as top-100 heart hospitals.

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