Baptist Health Baptist Hospital ER

Miami, Florida

Baptist Health Baptist Hospital is a 948-bed not-for-profit, community-based hospital that strives to be the preeminent healthcare provider that people instinctively turn to for their healthcare needs. The flagship of the Baptist Health 12 hospital system, Baptist Hospital is a 6-time designated Magnet facility, the first non-academic hospital in Florida to become a Comprehensive Stroke Center, and the Baptist Hospital campus is home to three Centers of Excellence: the Miami Cancer Institute, the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, and the Miami Neuroscience Institute.

Baptist Health Baptist Hospital Emergency Department initiatives include the reduction of patient falls by 30% and a reduction of patient falls with injury by more than 50% from the previous year, an increase in staff engagement via the Press Ganey Employee Survey of 26 points and the reduction of RN vacancy and elimination of travel nurse utilization by increasing ED nurse residency opportunities.

Baptist Hospital Emergency Department is a 100-bed, 63,000 square foot unit with 4 state-of-the-art trauma bays, 80 private adult rooms, 8 designated pediatric rooms and a 12-bed Clinical Decision Unit. The Emergency Department will provide care for to over 100,000 patients this year and is honored to be a Lantern Award recipient.