BayCare, West Central Florida’s leading health care system, announced today that it is planning to build a new, specially designed facility for St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa by 2030 as part of a strategic effort to increase the region’s access to pediatric health care.
BayCare in a press release said it is the region’s largest provider of pediatric services and St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital is its largest-volume pediatric hospital. The investment in a new facility for the hospital is part of BayCare’s comprehensive plan to enhance local pediatric expertise and to create a destination hospital for high-acuity pediatric services, research and medical innovation for West Central Florida and beyond.
In addition to the capital plan, BayCare will grow its multi-specialty, non-hospital pediatric clinics. The St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital Foundation is planning a philanthropic campaign to support the new facility. Read more.