Jackson Health System

Jackson Health System in Miami, Florida is a nonprofit academic medical system in Miami, Florida. Governed by the Public Health Trust, a team of citizen volunteers acting on behalf of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, Jackson Health System offers Miami-Dade County residents health services regardless of their ability to pay.

Jackson Health System
Geography
LocationMiami, Florida, United States
Organization
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityUM Miller School of Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I trauma center
Beds2,106
Links
Websitehttp://www.jacksonhealth.org/, https://www.facebook.com/JacksonHealth/
ListsHospitals in Florida

An integrated healthcare delivery system, Jackson Health System consists of its centerpiece, Jackson Memorial Hospital; Jackson South Medical Center, Jackson North Medical Center, Holtz Children’s Hospital, Jackson Rehabilitation Hospital, Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital, a network of UHealth Jackson Urgent Care centers, multiple primary care and specialty care centers; two long-term care nursing facilities; and a team of Corrections Health Services clinics. A new Jackson West Medical Center campus is under development in Doral, Florida, which will feature adult and pediatric emergency rooms, numerous outpatient services, and the 100-bed Jose Milton Memorial Hospital.

Jackson Memorial Hospital
Main article: 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 associated with the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami.

Jackson Memorial Hospital's Miami Transplant Institute is the largest transplant center in the United States, performing more transplants in 2019 than any U.S. center has ever performed in a single year.[1] It is the only hospital in Florida to perform every kind of organ transplant for both adult and pediatric patients,[2]

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.

Home to one of the largest graduate medical education programs in the U.S.,[3] Jackson Memorial Hospital works in conjunction with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine faculty, offering patient care, educational programs, and research-focused clinical setting and community services that focus on health-related issues. Jackson North Medical Center maintains an affiliation with the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University.

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.[4] 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.

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 chief executive officer is Carlos A. Migoya.

References
  1. "In Record-Setting Year, Miami Organ Transplant Hub Performed Most Transplants in US".
  2. "Build Advanced - OPTN". optn.transplant.hrsa.gov.
  3. "ACGME Report Download".
  4. "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.
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