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Healthcare
Healthcare
State-of-the-art healthcare facilities throughout Greater Fort
Lauderdale offer expert care to patients and their families.
From specialized pediatric care to long-term residential nursing
facilities, the area’s providers deliver a full continuum of
diagnostic, treatment, prevention and wellness services.
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Healthcare is also a major employment
sector, accounting for more than 70,000
direct jobs in the South Florida region.
In Broward, approximately 20 acute care
hospitals have nearly 6,000 licensed beds and
more than 3,000 affiliated physicians.
Healthcare Systems
Greater Fort Lauderdale is served by two
public health systems: Broward Health and
Memorial Healthcare System.
Recognized nationally for its excellence
in healthcare, Broward Health is an
integrated public health system working
to meet the needs of the region’s business
community as well as patients and families.
Formerly known as the North Broward
Hospital District, Broward Health offers a
full spectrum of healthcare services with
numerous centers of clinical excellence
that meet national standards for healthcare
quality and safety.
One of the five largest public health systems
in the nation, Broward Health was the only
hospital system in Southeast Florida to be
included on the 2010 list of SDI’s (healthcare
analytics provider) top 100 U.S. integrated
healthcare networks. It operates more than 30
facilities, including Broward General Medical
Center, North Broward Medical Center,
Imperial Point Medical Center, Coral Springs
Medical Center, the Chris Evert Children’s
Hospital, Weston Regional HealthPark,
Broward Community Health Services and
Broward Health Physician Group.
The Comprehensive Cancer Programs at
both Broward General Medical Center
and North Broward Medical Center have
been approved by the American College of
Surgeons Commission on Cancer and are
affiliated with the world-renowned H. Lee
Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
in Tampa.
Founded in 1953, Memorial Healthcare
System is the largest healthcare system in
southern Broward, nationally recognized for
its high quality of care. It was one of only three
healthcare systems nationwide to earn the
Premier Award for Quality (AFQ) from the
Premier healthcare alliance for outstanding
patient care and clinical excellence.
Memorial’s facilities include Memorial Regional
Hospital and its Joe DiMaggio Children’s
Hospital in Hollywood, Memorial Regional
Hospital South in Hollywood, Memorial
Hospital West and Memorial Hospital
Pembroke in Pembroke Pines, and Memorial
Hospital Miramar in Miramar. Other facilities
include Memorial Manor Nursing Home.
Memorial Healthcare System provides a
complete range of medical and surgical
services including a certified trauma center,
the Cardiac & Vascular Institute and the
Cancer Institute, which provides local access
to advanced research, continuing education
and cutting-edge medical technology. In
addition to home health and rehabilitation
services, the Memorial Healthcare System
also operates outpatient surgical centers
and a network of ambulatory care centers in
southern Broward.
In the private sector, HCA, one of the
nation’s largest providers of healthcare
services, manages four hospitals and two
outpatient surgery centers in Broward.
These include Northwest Medical Center in
Margate, Plantation General Hospital and
Medical Center in Plantation, University
Hospital and Medical Center in Tamarac,
Westside Regional Medical Center in
Plantation, Outpatient Surgical Services of
Plantation and Outpatient Surgery Center
of Coral Springs.
Tenet Healthcare, the nation’s second largest
provider of healthcare services, operates 10
acute care hospitals in the tri-county region,
including North Shore at FMC Campus in
Lauderdale Lakes. Its Florida headquarters is
located in Coral Springs.
With Baptist Medical Plaza at Davie and
Baptist Medical Plaza at Coral Springs, Baptist
Health operates state-of-the-art outpatient
centers with diagnostic imaging, as well as
urgent care centers with high-end amenities.
Established in Weston in 1988, Cleveland
Clinic Florida is a part of The Cleveland
Clinic Foundation in Ohio, a non-profit,
multi-specialty referral group practice,
renowned worldwide for providing medical
excellence with an emphasis on research and
education. Cleveland Clinic Florida was one
of only 13 hospitals in the nation recognized
by the American Heart Association for the
highest level of performance.
Fort Lauderdale’s Holy Cross Hospital
has been serving Broward patients since
1955. Holy Cross is a member of Catholic
Health East, sponsored by the Sisters
of Mercy of the Americas. Holy Cross
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