Tampa General Enhances Services in the Palm Beaches
Since 2020, Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has been creating a framework of state-of-the-art services for patients in the Palm Beach area. More than 70 providers in 12 medical specialties practice in 20 area locations, and two TGH Imaging Centers offer patients convenient access to a comprehensive list of radiology exams. As the system continues to grow, it’s natural that area residents have questions about what this means to them. The information below addresses the most commonly asked questions.
Who Is Tampa General Hospital?
Tampa General Hospital is Florida’s leading academic health system. Tampa General has collaborated with the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine for than 50 years to pioneer breakthrough treatments, conducts game-changing clinical research, and train the next generation of health care professionals.
Consistently recognized for world-class care, Tampa General is ranked as the No. 2 hospital in Florida by U.S. News & World Report for 2024-2025, and is nationally ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the nation in eight specialties. Additionally, Tampa General was ranked as “high performing,” or among the top 10 percent of hospitals in the nation, in three additional specialties, along with 15 procedures and conditions.
Why does Tampa General Hospital have facilities in the Palm Beaches?
Tampa General is partnering with practices in the area to help the community connect with academic health care to improve access to groundbreaking clinical research and top-quality care for complex conditions.
When a practice joins Tampa General, what does this mean for patients?
Patients don’t need to take any action. Their current level of care will continue, and even be enhanced. Patients continue to see the same doctor at the same location. Accepted insurances, co-payments and medical records will remain the same.
Patients will have access to several benefits when a practice partners with Tampa General, including:
- A convenient path to the highest level of academic-based medical care
- Access to a wider variety of clinical research trials by Tampa General and its partners at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
- The opportunity to receive enhanced personal treatment plans
- Access to minimally invasive and complex surgeries that utilize state-of-the-art technologies
- Options for advanced immunotherapy treatment
What happens if a patient needs to go to Tampa for complex care or surgery?
If a patient needs complex care in Tampa, a nurse navigator with specialized expertise will coordinate their care, transferring medical records and other needed paperwork and information, and where available or medically necessary, assist with scheduling travel or accommodations.
Patients will also be connected with a Tampa General ambassador who can help arrange travel and accommodations, and handle any other logistical needs, so that their trip is as smooth as possible. As part of the Tampa General network, each affiliated practice will support a patient’s treatment, offering presurgical and postsurgical care after complex surgery in Tampa.
Physicians in the Palm Beaches and on the Treasure Coast join Tampa General and USF Health as a reflection of their commitment to advance research, innovation, and technology to transform health care for their patients.
For more information about Tampa General providers in the Palm Beaches, visit TGH.org/ThePalmBeaches.