Tenet Healthcare was given approval by the Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) to build a new academic medical center in Palm Beach Gardens.
This new hospital will provide a number of benefits:
Advancing the basic and translational science missions of the Scripps Research Institute
Improving healthcare and producing the next generation of scientist-physicians and clinicians who can leverage biomedical advances in their practice of medicine
Creating a medical center which is distinctly different from that of a community hospital
Promoting enterprise and the expansion of the bioscience cluster
Stimulating the local economy with substantial revenue
Creating more high quality jobs
We are one step closer to bringing the future of healthcare to you today.
GET THE STRAIGHT FACTS
FACT: The proposed conditions for Tenet’s Certificate of Need require governance comprised of representation from Scripps, FAU and a local Palm Beach County official as well as support space for an academic medical faculty, medical residents and students, and research teaching and medical residency programs. These characteristics are distinctly different from that of a local community hospital.
FACT: It will advance the mission of the Scripps Research Institute to bridge the gap between research and teaching, to actual clinical practice, all on one campus and accomplish the goal announced in 2004 to include a research hospital.
FACT: The new hospital will bring substantial revenue into the local community. The construction of the facility will be solely funded through private capital. According to a county study, it is estimated that the hospital will bring an impact of over $400 million to the local economy over the next six years.
FACT: Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center is “landlocked” and has no room for cost-effective expansion. The new hospital will help accommodate future demand, and draw new patients into the region.
FACT: It will create jobs. The initial construction of the hospital will bring an estimated 150-200 full time jobs into the community. Once in operation, an estimated 250-300 full time jobs will be created.
The bottom line is clear: Promoting this enterprise and the expansion of the Bioscience Cluster can only bring better healthcare and a more vibrant economy to Palm Beach County. That’s good medicine — and good sense.
