Jackson Health System
| Jackson Health System | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Miami, Florida, United States |
| Organization | |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | UM Miller School of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Beds | 2,106 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.jacksonhealth.org/, https://www.facebook.com/JacksonHealth/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Florida |
Jackson Health System in Miami, Florida is 2,106 bed teaching hospital in downtown Miami, Florida . Its main hospitals are Jackson Memorial Hospital , Holtz Children's Hospital, Jackson Rehabilitation Hospital, Jackson Mental Health Hospital, Jackson North Medical Center and Jackson South Community Hospital In addition to these hospitals, Jackson Health System also has three primary care centers, five specialty care centers, two long-term care nursing facilities, several school-based clinics in elementary, middle and high schools, a mental health network, medical clinics in five county correctional facilities and multiple community medical practices.
More than 12,000 physicians, nurses and staff work in the Jackson Health System, which provides health care to all Miami-Dade County residents regardless of patients' ability to pay when critical or emergency services are necessary. Jackson is Florida's largest provider of charity care.[citation needed]
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Jackson Memorial Hospital opened in 1918 as a 13-bed community hospital and has grown into an accredited, tax-assisted, tertiary teaching hospital.
It is also home to Ryder Trauma Center, the only adult and pediatric Level 1 trauma center in Miami-Dade County, and a designated U.S. Army Forward Surgical Team Training Facility, where military healthcare personnel prepare to treat soldiers injured on the battlefield.
The only Florida hospital to perform every kind of organ transplant,[citation needed] Jackson Memorial's transplant center is among the 10 busiest in the nation.[citation needed]
Home to one of the largest graduate medical education programs in the U.S.,[citation needed] Jackson Memorial Hospital works in conjunction with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine faculty, offering services including patient care, educational programs, a research-focused clinical setting and community services that focus on health-related issues. Jackson North Medical Center is also affiliated with the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University.
Jackson Memorial Hospital is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of “America’s Best Hospitals," among the top 50 hospitals nationwide in various specialties.[citation needed]
Holtz Children's Hospital
Jackson's Holtz Children's Hospital has also been recognized annually among the best in the country in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.[1] Among Holtz's specialties is neonatology.
In 2011, U.S. News ranked the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center the number one hospital in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area, out of 70 hospitals in the region.[citation needed]
Jackson Health System is governed by the Public Health Trust Financial Recovery Board, a group of volunteers that act on behalf of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners. Jackson Health System's current President and CEO is Carlos A. Migoya.
References
- ^ "Holtz Children's Hospital at UM-Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Miami, FL Rankings | US News Best Hospitals". health.usnews.com. Retrieved 2016-01-28.