In the mid-1950s, land that is now Jonathan's Landing and the Jupiter Medical Center (JMC) campus was part of a retirement community called Salhaven. With 125 rental units, a 34-bed Convalescence Center and a small outpatient clinic with one ambulance, it became the seed of today's JMC.
When the retirement community failed in 1971, a consortium led by Dr. George Ford purchased it. They sold 600 acres east of the railroad tracks to Alcoa for Jonathan's Landing and donated the remaining 30-acre parcel for a medical center. Eventually, through financial encouragement by several residents of Jupiter Island, the hospital was built and opened in 1979.
Jupiter Medical Center Timeline
- 1956 - Salhaven Retirement Village opens along with its 43-bed Convalescence Pavilion, a small outpatient clinic and an ambulance, east of the railroad tracks
- 1971 - Salhaven fails and is sold to Burning Foot, Ltd.
- May 11, 1973 - Palm Beach-Martin County Medical Center, a not-for-profit corporation, is formed by Drs. George Ford, Edwin Brown and William Donovan
- Fall 1973 - Burning Foot, Ltd. Sold the 600 Salhaven acres east of the railroad tracks to the Alcoa Company, which developed them into what today is known as Jonathan's Landing
- January 18, 1974 - The Medical Center takes over operations of the Outpatient Clinic and Pavilion
- June 29, 1976 - The Women's Club of Jupiter-Tequesta founded the Auxiliary
- October 16, 1976 - The 2-story Outpatient Medical Center opens, which was the first building at the current Jupiter Medical Center site
- 1977 - Salhaven Home Health established
- August 1977 - The Jupiter Medical Thrift Shop opens at 935 Alternate A1A
- September 2, 1977 - The 120-bed Convalescence Pavilion opened
- February 14, 1979 - Jupiter Hospital opened with 156 single-bed rooms, each with private bath
- February 1984 - The Thrift Shop moves to its present location, 105 Center Street
- February 14, 1984 - Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation opens
- September 1984 - The Hospital is renamed The Jupiter Hospital
- January 5, 1985 - Jupiter Medical Center Home Health, a hospital based agency, was established as Salhaven Home Health
- July 25, 1986 - The Ella Milbank Foshay Cancer Treatment Center opened
- 1988 - GI Lab moves to a new space of its own with expanded 2 exam rooms and 9-bed recovery area
- October 1989 - Foundation established as a separately incorporated organization under the umbrella of Jupiter Medical Center
- April 1990 - Sleep Disorders Center opens
- November 1990 - Outpatient Laboratory opens
- 1993 - The Jupiter Hospital is renamed to Jupiter Medical Center
- December 9, 1994 - The Fred E. Ahlbin Building opens
- November 12, 1995 - The Thrift Shop has an addition of 2,000 sq. ft.
- 1996 - The Convalescence Pavilion is renamed to the Jupiter Medical Center Pavilion
- June 1996 - The new 72,000 sq. ft., $38 million addition opens with new Emergency Department, new Imaging Services and new Operating Room surgical suites (3 milestones)
- November 1996 - Salhaven Home Health is renamed Jupiter Medical Center Home Health
- February 1997 - Health & Rehab opened with 40-foot indoor heated aquatic center
- April 1997 - Women's Diagnostics opened
- December 20, 1997 - Jupiter Medical Center purchased North County Ambulance
- November 12, 1998 - Jupiter Medical Center West, located in Jupiter Farms, opens
- December 1998 - Renovation of the first floor of the Pavilion begins
- February 1999 - Construction of Bright Beginnings Birthing Suites begins
- November 30, 1999 - Bright Beginnings Birthing Suites, with 12-private LDRP, opens
- January 2000 - New Linear Accelerator purchased for Cancer Center
- August 28, 2000 - Outdoor putting green opens outside of Cardiopulmonary Rehab
- September 11, 2000 - Construction of new 51,000 sq. ft. Medical Office Building, located on Military Trail begins
- October 15, 2000 - Physician Referral Software Program goes live
- October 23, 2000 - Asthma Education opens
- November 2000 - GE Light Speed CT Multi Slice Scan purchased
- November 2, 2000 - Elder Services goes live
- May 2001 - Cancer Center expansion and renovation
- August 2001 - Wound Care Services opened
- November 2001 - Grand opening of Military Trail Medical Office Building - Medical Park
- January 2002 - Ambulatory Surgery Center opens
- February 2002 - Cancer Center renovation complete; Second New Siemens "Primus" Linear Accelerator installed
- March 2002 - Digital Mammography-GE Senographe 2000 purchased
- April 2002 - JMC trains surgeons-Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Preceptor Program begins
- April 2002 - Outpatient Imaging Center construction begins
- September 2002 - Outpatient Imaging Center opens
- October 11, 2002 - Supportive Care opens, sees first patient
- June 2003 - Orthopedic Center of Excellence opens
- January 12, 2004 - Accudose, automated medication dispensing machines, are installed
- January 19, 2004 - Meeting the demands of patient volume, a new clinical Decision Unit, an 11-bed observation unit adjacent to the ER, opens
- April 2004 - Vascular Lab opens with the installation and certification of the first GE Innova 4100 all digital vascular and interventional imaging system in Palm Beach County
- October 2004 - Vein Institute opens
- February 1, 2005 - Sleep Center relocates and expands to 1025 Military Trail
- February 28, 2005 - Home Health and Supportive Care sold to VNA of South Florida
- October 1, 2006 - Jupiter Medical Center becomes self-managed (no management firm)
- October 2006 - Emergency Room expansion begins
- December 2007 - 8-bed Goss Progressive Care Unit and Phase 1 of ER expansion opens
- February 1, 2008 - Certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission
- May 2008 - Affiliation with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine established
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