Scale and reach Lakeland Regional Health is a large regional system with over 8,000 employees and a 910-bed acute care hospital, plus a broad physician network across 25 ambulatory locations. This suggests opportunity for enterprise-level solutions that support multi-site operations, workforce management, and integrated patient data across facilities.

Trauma and stroke leadership As a Level I Trauma Center and a recipient of Stroke Gold Plus and Target: Stroke Elite Plus honors, the organization demonstrates high-acuity patient volumes and stringent quality standards, indicating demand for advanced clinical systems, patient safety tools, data analytics, and continuous improvement solutions.

Growth and expansion Plans to open two new facilities in Polk County within the next two years signal potential sales opportunities in facility construction support, modular IT integrations, EMR/clinical workflow deployments, and scalable infrastructure solutions to support growth.

Digital maturity Adoption of tools like Microsoft 365, Tableau, IBM SPSS and other analytics/communication platforms points to a mature tech environment with likely needs for data governance, analytics modernization, user training, and secure collaboration solutions across a large workforce.

Employee engagement and recognition Receiving the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award highlights a focus on culture and engagement, presenting opportunities to offer workforce engagement platforms, change management, and training programs that align with strategic priorities and improve retention.