Healthcare on the First Coast is Thriving! The Jacksonville area is experiencing a growth in economic and job opportunities that is unprecedented. Over the last year, Jacksonville’s job market has experienced an increase of 2.8 percent, with job growth expected to reach an increase of 44.4 percent in the next 10 years. These circumstances have set the stage for the healthcare industry to expand and thrive in a multitude of ways. As there is an increase in homeowners and residents within the area, the need for healthcare expansion to cater to a larger community is necessary. Currently, there are a variety of developmental projects underway. This includes new hospitals, clinics and rehabilitation sites, along with healthcare industry collaborations, expanding facilities and new available treatment plans.
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Ascension St. Vincent’s St.
Baptist HealthPlace
community. The Bartram facility’s
Johns County
at Fleming Island
new addition will offer care that
St. Johns County is one of the fastest-
Baptist Health has expanded its
includes post brain and spinal cord
growing populations in the region.
healthcare services in Clay County.
injury, stroke and any other impairing
With a larger community comes a
Last year Baptist Health purchased an
injury. Brooks Rehabilitation has an
larger need for healthcare services.
11-acre VyStar Credit Union property
expansive reach over the Jacksonville
Ascension St. Vincent’s has broken
and built a new Baptist HealthPlace
area, often partnering with other
ground on its fourth Northeast Florida
location on Fleming Island, adjacent
hospitals and providing rehabilitation
hospital in St. Johns County. With
to its current Baptist Clay Medical
services to more than 3,000 patients
an expected opening date in 2022,
Campus. “With VyStar’s 11 additional
at Brooks on University Boulevard
this will be one of two acute care
acres, our new hospital encompasses
annually. The new hospital will
hospitals in the area. At an estimated
more than 40 acres, giving us room
continue the growth of Brooks’
cost of $115 million, the hospital
to expand to meet the health needs of
expansive inpatient rehabilitation
will be built on a 150,000-square-
the growing Clay County community,”
services that feature cutting edge
foot expanse and will house up
Baptist Clay hospital president,
technology, a variety of clinical
to 56 beds. Services will include
Darin Roark, stated. The new
experts and effective treatment plans.
emergency services, hospitalization,
86,000-square-foot facility opened in
Once constructed, the new hospital
cardiovascular care, orthopaedics and
Fall 2021.
is expected to open in 2022, with an
musculoskeletal care, general surgical services, laboratory and imaging services. The new hospital will also include an intensive care unit that will hold a total of eight beds.
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Brooks Rehabilitation
estimated 150 staff to be employed.
Bartram Campus
Encompass Health
Brooks Rehabilitation has set out
To provide the First Coast community
to provide an outreach of inpatient
with comprehensive physical
rehabilitation services within the
rehabilitative services, Encompass
Jacksonville region. The construction
Health plans to build a state-of-the-
of a new hospital in the Bartram Park
art 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation
area within the preexisting 115-acre
hospital on Jacksonville’s southside.
campus aims to meet increasing
The hospital will provide speech,
demands of the surrounding
occupational and physical therapy
