Photo Release -- Lake Nona Institute Receives National Wellness Leadership Award From Leading Healthcare CEOs

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 9, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lake Nona Institute, the non-profit, community organization focused on driving meaningful innovation to impact communities, is honored to announce that it has been recognized with the prestigious Healthcare Leadership Council's 2014 Wellness Frontiers Award. The award was the center of discussion during an invitation-only conversation as part of the ongoing STREAM Health "un-conference" that took place at Lake Nona Medical City yesterday, which included some of the nation's foremost leaders from the healthcare and technology industries.

Healthcare Leadership Council Honors Lake Nona Institute with 2014 Wellness Frontiers Award during STREAM Health at Lake Nona Medical City

A photo accompanying this release is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=27553 The Healthcare Leadership Council created the Wellness Frontiers Award to recognize health and wellness best practices and programs in communities and organizations across the nation. Winners are organizations developing and activating cost-effective, measurable community programs promoting wellness and disease prevention.

"Our society is confronting complex challenges related to the escalation in chronic diseases and the need to contain healthcare costs through improved population health and wellness, and the Lake Nona Institute is developing much-needed answers. What impressed us about the work being done at Lake Nona is not only the willingness and ability to innovate, but also the extensive use of data to document what works in achieving improved community health," said Mary R. Grealy, president of the Healthcare Leadership Council and moderator of yesterday's STREAM Health discussion titled, "Creating a Wellness Community."

Additional panel participants included Lake Nona Institute President Thad Seymour, Harvard Medical School Professor Ron Kessler, and Senior Vice President of Clinical Effectiveness at GlaxoSmithKline and Co-Chair of the Clinical Effectiveness Research Collaborative at the Institute of Medicine Ralph Horowitz.

"Through these partnerships, and our investments in wellness and prevention, we are creating an environment in which our residents, employees, and visitors can make everyday choices that lead to healthier and more productive lives," said Thad Seymour, president of the Lake Nona Institute. "Good health is everyone's business. We hope this becomes a model that others around the world can learn from and replicate."

Among the innovative wellness initiatives taking place at Lake Nona is the Lake Nona Life Project, a collaborative community research effort in partnership with Johnson & Johnson's Wellness + Prevention, Harvard Medical School, the Lake Nona Institute, Medical City Partners and the Lake Nona community. The Lake Nona Life Project is a multi-generational research study focused on community health and wellness. The registry-style study is a unique opportunity for business, universities, government, and medicine to unite and study wellness on a larger scale, while caring for individuals and communities, one person at a time.

"The Lake Nona Life Project team is excited to be working in this innovative community," said Ron Kessler, McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and Chair of the Lake Nona Life Project Scientific Advisory Board. "By monitoring the integration of new technologies and cutting-edge lifestyle programs we will be getting a glimpse into the future of health and healthcare in the 21st Century."

Ralph Horwitz noted, "The continued pressure on health care costs and the need to improve the health and health care of the American people cannot be achieved through health system reform alone. We need a fully engaged community that encourages and supports health behaviors and healthy environments. Lake Nona is fast becoming a model for what is achievable when new technologies are integrated with innovative physical environments and cohesive social networks."

The Lake Nona Institute focuses on initiatives that accelerate innovation in health and wellness, education and sustainability. For more information on Lake Nona, please visit learnlakenona.com or lakenonainstitute.org.

ABOUT HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) (www.hlc.org) is a coalition of chief executives from all disciplines within American healthcare and is an exclusive forum for the nation's healthcare leaders to collaboratively develop policies, plans, and programs to achieve their vision of a 21st century system that emphasizes wellness and makes affordable, high-quality care accessible to all Americans. For more information on HLC's Wellness Frontiers Award, visit http://www.hlc.org/wellness-frontiers-award/

ABOUT LAKE NONA INSTITUTE

The Lake Nona Institute is a not-for-profit, community-focused organization that incubates, activates and measures the impact of innovative technologies and programs that can become global models for building healthy, sustainable and inspired communities. For more information, visit www.lakenonainstitute.org.

ABOUT LAKE NONA

Lake Nona is a 7,000-acre master designed community in Orlando, Florida that is home to world-class education, Lake Nona Medical City, recreational facilities, diverse workspaces, retail centers, entertainment venues and a variety of residential options for all types of people seeking the best the city has to offer with all the conveniences of living within a dynamic, vibrant community. Lake Nona is developed by Tavistock Development Company. For more information on Lake Nona, visit www.learnlakenona.com.

ABOUT TAVISTOCK GROUP

Tavistock Group is an international private investment organization founded by Joe Lewis. With investments in hundreds of companies across 15 countries, Tavistock Group's investment portfolio includes: life sciences, sports teams and sporting events, manufacturing and distribution, oil, gas and energy, financial services, restaurants, commercial properties, private luxury residential properties, resort properties and master-planned real estate developments. For more information, visit www.tavistock.com.

The photo is also available via AP PhotoExpress.

CONTACT: For more information, contact:
         Jessi Blakley, APR, Tavistock Group,
         407/909-7030, [email protected]
         Kelly Fernandez, Healthcare Leadership Council,
         202/449-3452, [email protected]

Source: Lake Nona Institute

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