D-R SERVICES history

In the 1970's the hospital merged with nearby Holiday Hospital to form Orlando Regional Medical Center Inc.

50 years and Counting In 1971, the Auburn Globe-News celebrated the hospital’s 50 years of service.

Early in 1973 a new three-bed intensive care open and the bed capacity was increased to 90.

A $3.2 million improvement program began in 1975 to replace the 90 beds in a new, efficient and more economical building, which more than doubled the space and added 30 new beds for a total of 120.

Further expansion during the 1980's, as well as the addition of community hospitals, led the system to its current name, Orlando Regional Healthcare.

In 1981, a generation after Doctor Phillips acquired his first orange grove on the shores of Sand Lake, Orlando Regional Healthcare entered into an agreement to acquire the land from Doctor Phillips Inc.

Auburn Regional Medical Center was purchased in 1982 by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc, a large health care management company.

London Health Emergency Founded in the autumn of 1983, London Health Emergency is the country’s biggest and longest-running pressure group in defence of the NHS.

John Hillenmeyer, current president and CEO of Orlando Regional Healthcare, led the design and building of Doctor P. Phillips Hospital, which opened in 1985.

An expansion and renovation of the obstetrical department was launched toward the end of 1988.

An eight-story state-of-the-art trauma center named after Doctor Cowley opened in 1989 and combines the highest level of patient care and teaching with research, leading to advances in therapy for the critically injured.

And it was his pioneering work in open-heart surgery, in trauma and emergency medical services system development for which he was remembered and praised following his death on October 27, 1991.

A BMA survey showed that an overwhelming majority of GPs would now like to be relieved of the 24 hour contract and in 1992 the BMA began a campaign to get rid of the contractual obligation which made GPs themselves responsible for organising & providing a round the clock service.

1996 GP Out of Hours Cooperatives

Now the County Health Department, Public Health Services, is a division of the Health and Human Services Agency, which was formed in 1998.

The Carson Report published in 2000 proposed some stringent quality standards and made it clear that these should apply not only to organisations such as deputising services and OOH cooperatives but equally to individual GPs & practices providing their own cover.

In October 2002, Auburn Regional added a 107,300 square-foot, four- story patient tower on the corner of North Division and First Street in Auburn, at the approximate cost of $16 million.

1 Prior to 2004 GPs were working to a 90 year old contract clause which made them personally responsible for providing round the clock services

* Excerpt from "Legacies", Doctor Phillips Charities newsletter, Volume I, Fall 2006.

Construction has already begun, and bed tower is expected to be completed by Summer, 2008.

In 2010, Auburn Regional opened a new Medical Office Building that houses a number of other specialty services including our Sleep Disorders Center.

MultiCare: Back to Community Care In 2012 Tacoma-based MultiCare Health System purchased Auburn Regional Medical Center from Universal Health Services.