Caswell L. Samms III. Executive Vice President and CFO of Nemours Children’s Health (Jacksonville, Fla.): Our biggest win is the global budget approval in our partnership with the state of Delaware.

Spine robots have made significant advancements, and in recent months three hospitals began offering the technology for pediatric patients. Dr. Shah, who has used Velys at Nemours Children’s Hospital, said he’s used the robot for placing instruments, intraoperative guidance and screw placement.

Orlando (Fla.) Health and Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health donated financial support for the new facility, the UCF news release said.

"For families facing a diagnosis of SMA, the results of this study offer real hope. Treating children before symptoms appear -- when they are still developing normally -- can change the entire trajectory of the disease," coauthor Aledie Navas, M.D., from Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Florida, said in a statement. "We are no longer just managing symptoms; we are preserving strength, function and quality of life from the very start."

We also have Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital here, where Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville is a key partner — they provide the physician component to Wolfson’s. And that’s another one where organizations, doing what’s squarely within their core competence and doing what’s best, have created something better than either one could have themselves.