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This award was in honor of Florida Hospital's collaboration with Orlando Regional Healthcare and Health Central, community organizations, and the county to answer Orange County's pressing health care problem with the creation of the Primary Care Access Network (PCAN) Clinics. 

Since it's development in 1999, the Primary Care Access Network (PCAN) has been very successful - more than 50,000 uninsured patients have established contact with a primary care doctor since April 2001 and the shift in care from the ED to primary care clinics decreased the cost of care from $3,000 to $1,000 per patient.

Established in 1993, the AHA NOVA Award recognizes hospitals and health systems for their collaborative efforts toward improving community health.