Broward Health Medical Center

Broward Health Medical Center is a government-operated public hospital located in Fort Lauderdale, FL, holding CMS certification number 100039. The Palm Beach covers Fort Lauderdale-area healthcare news, including major facility changes, regulatory ratings, and service-line developments at Broward Health Medical Center.

As an acute-care hospital, Broward Health Medical Center treats short-term, severe medical conditions including emergencies, surgeries, trauma, and critical illness. The facility operates a 24-hour emergency department.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) assigns Broward Health Medical Center an overall quality rating of 3 out of 5 stars based on its most recent public reporting cycle. The CMS overall rating is a composite of mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience, effectiveness of care, timeliness of care, and efficient imaging measures. The Palm Beach tracks rating changes year-over-year for every hospital in our coverage area; a one-star change typically reflects meaningful shifts in clinical performance.

For Fort Lauderdale residents, Broward Health Medical Center is one of the hospital options to weigh when choosing emergency care, surgical care, or specialty services. The Palm Beach regularly reports on hospital expansions, closures, leadership changes, and major regulatory actions affecting Fort Lauderdale-area healthcare facilities — including Broward Health Medical Center.

Story tip about Broward Health Medical Center? Email editor@nexcom.media. For more healthcare coverage, visit thepalmbeach.org/news. This profile uses public data from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (Hospital General Information dataset) and is updated as CMS releases new reporting cycles.