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Rendina, Astrea Development Palm Beach Health Network Increases
and PAM Health Celebrate Construction Ease of Access to Its Services

Start of Rehabilitation Hospital in Jupiter with a New Tenet Transfer Center

Rendina Healthcare The Palm Beach Health Network announces the formation of the new Tenet Transfer
Real Estate and Astrea Center. The transfer center will support patients in need of a transfer or a direct admis-
Development recently sion to the hospitals. It is staffed 24/7 by registered nurses and clinicians trained in crit-
began construction on ical care and emergency medicine, and they are well-versed on the Palm Beach Health
a 42-bed licensed Network’s services and departments.
inpatient rehabilita- “The goal of our new transfer center is to provide a seamless experience for the patient,
tion in Jupiter. provider or sending-facility, and make access to our comprehensive services easier, while
Located in a desired getting patients to the facility that can best accommodate their needs,” said Maggie Gill,
section of Jupiter chief executive officer of the Palm Beach Health Network and Delray Medical Center.
known as Abacoa, the “The Palm Beach Health Network offers the highest-level of care within Palm Beach
48,941-square-foot County, along with a wide array of service lines and technology, and this convenient
facility will be across option will allow clinicians get their patients into our system with ease.”
the street to the south Some of the capabilities of the transfer center include:
of Rendina’s headquarters on approximately 5 acres of land. The hospital will be fully • Responsive and single point of access-no phone transfers between departments and
leased and operated by PAM Health (“PAM”), an industry leading operator of physical holds; faster connection to on-call clinical specialists who understand your patients’
rehabilitation and specialty hospitals across the country. needs.
The hospital will serve patients in the Palm Beach and Martin County regions by offer- • Predictable and efficient patient transfers facilitated by an experienced RN staff.
ing inpatient and outpatient programs, a procedure room, pharmacy, physical therapy, • Efficient delivery of pertinent clinical documentation.
occupational therapy and speech therapy. Once open and operating, PAM will employ • Enhanced care coordination and timely follow-up regarding patient disposition.
over 100 full-time and 60 part-time employees at this location. • Access to high-quality services at hospitals that can provide the appropriate
A thorough study of the market, including a bed need analysis, was used to identify level of care.
the ideal location for the new hospital. • Increased reporting to provide transparency on completed patient transfers.
“PAM Health will use the new location to address a gap in market,” said Richard M. • COVID-Safe standards in place for the safety of patients and visitors.
Rendina, Chairman and CEO of Rendina. “Not only is this Rendina’s first inpatient reha- • Continued expansion of services to meet patients’ needs.
bilitation project, but an opportunity to address a growing need in our own backyard by
providing our community rehabilitation services from the best operator in this space.”
Astrea CEO Erik de Vries and President Richard Fiske have a successful track record Health Care District Opens New Testing Site
developing similar facilities and brought the opportunity to Rendina in 2020. Richard
Fiske is a longtime member of Rendina’s Advisory Board. The Health Care District of Palm Beach County announced a new COVID-19 testing
“We are thrilled to partner with Rendina and PAM Health to deliver this state-of-the- site opening in Belle Glade. The District’s mobile health clinic will provide rapid antigen
art physical rehabilitation hospital that will provide high quality care to the community testing while stationed outside the county’s only public hospital, Lakeside Medical
and serve an unmet need,” said Richard Fiske, President of Astrea. Center, located at 39200 Hooker Highway.
The hospital is expected to open in Q4 of 2022. “As the Omicron variant becomes more dominant and COVID-19 hospitalizations
continue to rise across the state, the Health Care District wants to enhance testing during
the holidays to help take pressure off the Emergency Room in Belle Glade,” said Belma
First Hospital Based Focused Ultrasound Andrić, M.D., MPH, Chief Medical Officer at the District. “We’ll be providing people
with testing and if needed, treatment, thanks to AMR.”
Incisionless Procedure for Parkinson’s & Essential American Medical Response (AMR) will be onsite providing Regeneron monoclonal
antibody treatment to patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and meet the criteria
Tremors in the Region Takes Place to receive it.
No appointment is needed and walk-ups are welcome.
at Delray Medical Center

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tremor and there is no surgical incision or anesthesia necessary. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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