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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jackson_Health_System > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jackson_Health_System.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Health_System > Source revision: 1333120941 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Advert|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Jackson Health System | image = Aerial-Picture-of-Jackson-e1445995779731.jpg | caption = | logo = Jhs-logo.png | logo_size = | location = [Miami](/source/Miami) | region = | state = [Florida](/source/Florida) | country = U.S. | coordinates = | healthcare = | funding = | type = Teaching | emergency = I | affiliation = [University of Miami School of Medicine](/source/Miller_School_of_Medicine) | network = | beds = 2,106 | founded = 1918 | website = {{URL|http://www.jacksonhealth.org/}} }} '''Jackson Health System''' is a nonprofit academic medical system in [Miami](/source/Miami), Florida. It is Governed by the Public Health Trust (a team of citizen who volunteer and act on behalf of the [Miami-Dade](/source/Miami-Dade_County%2C_Florida) Board of County Commissioners). Its services include offering, Miami-Dade County's residents, health services based on financial need. Jackson Health System consists of the following resources: * [Jackson Memorial Hospital](/source/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. * Plus a team of Corrections Health Services clinics. A new Jackson West Medical Center campus is under development in [Doral, Florida](/source/Doral%2C_Florida). ==Jackson Memorial Hospital== {{main|Jackson Memorial Hospital}} {{see also|Miller School of Medicine}} Jackson Memorial Hospital opened in 1918 as a 13-bed community hospital and has grown into an accredited, tax-assisted, tertiary [teaching hospital](/source/teaching_hospital) associated with the [Miller School of Medicine](/source/Miller_School_of_Medicine) at the [University of Miami](/source/University_of_Miami). Jackson Memorial Hospital's Miami Transplant Institute is one of the largest transplant centers in the United States. It is one of the only hospitals in [Florida](/source/Florida) to perform every kind of [organ transplant](/source/organ_transplant) for both adult and pediatric patients.{{cite web|url=https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/data/view-data-reports/build-advanced/|title=Build Advanced - OPTN|website=optn.transplant.hrsa.gov}} It is also home to Ryder Trauma Center, one of the only adult and pediatric Level 1 trauma centers in Miami-Dade County, and to a designated U.S. Army Forward Surgical Team Training Facility, where military healthcare personnel prepare to treat soldiers injured on the battlefield.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} Jackson Memorial Hospital operates a graduate program in conjunction with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine faculty. This collaborative effort offers patient care, educational programs, research-focused clinical settings, and community services for health-related issues. Jackson North Medical Center maintains an affiliation with the [Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine](/source/Herbert_Wertheim_College_of_Medicine) at [Florida International University](/source/Florida_International_University). ==Holtz Children's Hospital== Holtz Children's Hospital specializes in [neonatology](/source/neonatology). ==Governance== 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](/source/Government_of_Miami-Dade_County). Jackson Health System's current president and chief executive officer is Carlos A. Migoya. ==History== Under Florida law, counties may still create public health trusts that can govern designated health care facilities such as hospitals.[Florida Statutes](/source/Florida_Statutes) §§ [https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0100-0199%2F0154%2F0154.html 154.07–154.13]. [Laws of Florida](/source/Laws_of_Florida), [http://edocs.dlis.state.fl.us/fldocs/leg/actsflorida/1973/LOF1973V1Ch001-367.pdf#page=165 chapter 73-102], approved 1 June 1973, effective 1 July 1973. The Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County, Florida was created by county ordinance effective 1 October 1973 to provide for an independent governing body (the board of trustees or board) responsible for the operation, governance, and maintenance of designated facilities.Miami–Dade County Code § [https://library.municode.com/fl/miami_-_dade_county/codes/code_of_ordinances/327813?nodeId=PTIIICOOR_CH25APUHETR 25A-1], ordinance 73-69, 30 July 1973 ==See also== * [Broward Health](/source/Broward_Health), another large government health system ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://jacksonhealth.org/ Official website] {{Authority control}} Category:Health care companies based in Florida Category:Companies based in Miami Category:University of Miami Category:Government of Miami-Dade County, Florida Category:Municipal hospitals --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jackson Health System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Health_System) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Health_System?action=history)). 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