BayCare is expanding access to its clinically excellent emergency care with plans to build a new freestanding emergency department in Davenport, Florida, the health system announced today.
The 12,000-square-foot facility at the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 27 and Ridgewood Lakes Boulevard will house 15 spaces for treating patients.
In September 2024, BayCare announced plans for a freestanding emergency department in partnership with Metro Development Group’s master-planned Connected City community in Wesley Chapel, followed in December by plans for another location in South Lakeland. Last month, BayCare also unveiled plans for a facility in Valrico.
"The Davenport site represents an exciting opportunity to offer more high-quality emergency care to our communities in eastern Polk County,” said Todd Jones, BayCare’s chief strategy officer and chief ambulatory services officer. “At a freestanding emergency department, we can often see patients within just a few minutes of their arrival. We know that patients are seeking out that level of convenience and efficiency for their care.”
Patients visiting the facility will have access to diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, hospital transfers (if hospital admission is necessary for a particular medical condition) and integrated patient admission to a BayCare hospital. The Davenport freestanding emergency department will have its primary affiliation with Winter Haven Hospital. The site will serve patients of all ages, including pediatric patients, as the facility will also have a direct connection to St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa.
Construction of the freestanding emergency department in Davenport is slated to begin in 2026.
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