INDIAN RIVER MEDICAL CENTER IS A 339-BED HOSPITAL IN VERO BEACH, FLORIDA. IN FISCAL YEAR 2015, THE HOSPITAL HAD 15,064 ADMISSIONS. SERVICES WERE PROVIDED FOR 64,181 PATIENT DAYS. THE HOSPITAL HAD 499 VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED 74,497 HOURS DURING THE YEAR. MORE THAN 58,800 PEOPLE ARE SEEN EACH YEAR IN ITS STATE-OF-THE-ART EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THE MEDICAL CENTER'S THREE LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICES ARE HEART, CANCER AND ORTHOPEDICS. THE HEART CENTER, AFFILIATED WITH DUKE MEDICINE AND OPENED IN 2006, TREATED OVER 2,000 PATIENTS DURING THE YEAR. ITS OUTSTANDING SURGICAL OUTCOMES HAVE EARNED IT TOP RECOGNITION FROM THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS, WHO NAMED IT ONE OF THE BEST CARDIAC SURGERY PROGRAMS IN AMERICA. DR. STOWE, MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY SERVICES, IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE TOP 1% OF THORACIC SURGEONS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE CANCER PROGRAM AFFILIATED WITH DUKE MEDICINE IN 2012, WITH THE GOAL OF BRINGING WORLD CLASS CANCER TREATMENT CLOSE TO THE HOME OF PATIENTS WE SERVE. THE AFFILIATION WITH DUKE ALSO PROVIDES ACCESS TO SECOND OPINIONS WITH RECOGNIZED EXPERTS WHEN NEEDED. DURING THE YEAR, MORE THAN 500 PATIENTS WERE TREATED. THE ORTHOPEDIC PROGRAM PROVIDED MAJOR JOINT REPLACEMENTS TO MORE THAN 1,000 PATIENTS DURING THE YEAR.