HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital Emergency Room

Lawnwood Regional Medical Center is a subsidiary of HCA, also known as the Hospital Corporation of America, which owns and operates more than 170 hospitals and nearly 110 freestanding surgery centers in the United States, England and Switzerland. The corporation provides health care services designed to meet each community's local health care needs. It focuses on streamlining operations; sharing technology, equipment and personnel; and using economies of scale when contracting for medical supplies and administrative services. Dr. Thomas Frist and Jack C. Massey founded the Hospital Corporation of America in 1968. It became a public company in 1992. Lawnwood Regional Medical Center maintains a location in Fort Pierce, Fla.

Highly rated for quality, patient safety and patient satisfaction, Jupiter Medical Center is the leading destination for world-class health care in Palm Beach County and the greater Treasure Coast region. In 2019, The Leapfrog Group named Jupiter Medical Center a “Top Hospital,” a distinction earned by only 6 percent of hospitals nationwide. Jupiter Medical Center is also the only hospital in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties to receive a 4-star quality and safety rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Outstanding physicians, state-of-the-art facilities, innovative techniques and a commitment to serving the community enable Jupiter Medical Center to meet a broad range of patient needs. The region’s only independent, not-for-profit hospital, Jupiter Medical Center offers specialty concentrations in orthopedics and spine care; cancer care and oncology; cardiac and vascular care; neuroscience and stroke care; women’s and children’s services; urgent care; and other key areas. Founded in 1979, the medical center has approximately 1,780 team members, 663 physicians and 640 volunteers.