Lawnwood Regional Medical Center and Heart Institute

Lawnwood Regional Medical Center is a 341-bed, acute care facility and the largest medical center in St. Lucie County. As a regional referral center for the four county Treasure Coast area, the hospital offers a wide variety of medical/surgical treatments. Specialty services include open heart surgery, minimally invasive prostate cancer surgery, and inpatient rehabilitation. The combined efforts of more than skilled physicians and more than dedicated employees make Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute the best choice for comprehensive healthcare in St. Lucie County. __________________________________________________ ADVANCED TECHNOLOGYLawnwood's Provisional Level II Trauma Center is the only one of its kind in the area. We have worked hard this past year, adding millions of dollars in equipment and physician coverage so that we are primed to become the Treasure Coast's only Provisional Level II Trauma Center, all for the benefit of the patients we serve. Electronic Health Record (EHR) – With EHR, access to patient health information is simplified and patient safety and quality improved. Our hospitals have brought numerous clinical components for the EHR on-line through major investments in technology. Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) –The PACS system immediately digitizes images such as X-rays, and other scans including CT, MRI and PET, so they can be stored and electronically viewed on screens anywhere. This enables doctors and other health care professionals to access the images, even remotely, and to compare new images with previous images at the touch of a button. Electronic Medication Bar Coding System (eMAR) – We led a national effort to reduce medication errors by placing this system in all of our hospitals. Bar codes on medications are scanned at the patient's bedside, providing our clinical staff with an effective tool to ensure that the right patient receives the right medication at the right time through the right route.