About regretting a move to TV because of the hospital and ER, let's keep it in perspective.
If the ER and other departments were comparatively all that "substandard", I think the JCAHO would certainly put a halt to it, and
fast. See accreditation linked below for TVRH.
Also, when TV residents lived in, for example, MD, NY, MA, OH, MN, AZ, CA.....
how many of us were a 10-minute car or golf-cart ride away from major medical centers like Johns Hopkins, Mt. Sinai-NYC, Massachusetts General, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Ohio State, UCLA, etc.???
We were usually 20 to 70 miles away from major medical centers like this, and now, here in TV we are 50 miles from Univ. of FL Gainesville Shands and Orlando, 80+ miles from Tampa, and 4(?) hour drive from Miami.
People on this thread have already stated that the wait times and sense of inadequate attention at other ER's near and far from here are not much better.
SEE JCAHO Accreditation:
QualityReport
The Joint Commission (TJC), formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and previous to that the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH), is a United States-based nonprofit organization that accredits more than 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. A majority of state governments have come to recognize Joint Commission accreditation as a condition of licensure and the receipt of Medicaid reimbursement. Surveys (inspections) typically follow a triennial cycle, with findings made available to the public in an accreditation quality report on the Quality Check Web site. (wikipedia)