Shands has an abysmal emergency room with terrible...

Shands has an abysmal emergency room with terrible physicians who do not care about their patients. To quote a buddy of mine who is an internal medicine resident at UF: "I would rather take my chances at home dying than go to the Shands ED" -- and he works at the hospital. The only reason UFHealth scores so highly, according to U.S. News and World Report, is because of institutional prestige, aka money and research. However, most of the renowned specialties require outpatient appointments.