New Emergency Center at South Miami Hospital

Описание: Hear from President of the Medical Staff Yvonne Johnson, M.D., about the new Emergency Center at South Miami Hospital and what it means for our patients.

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[Dr. Yvonne Johnson, President of Medical Staff]
Hello. I'm Dr. Yvonne Johnson, President of the Medical Staff and Co-Medical Director of the new emergency center at South Miami Hospital. The emergency center is part of an $80 million expansion of the hospital by Baptist Health, South Florida. Our new state-of-the-art facility enhances our ability to offer the patient and family-centered care for which Baptist Health is known. The emergency center's phase one expansion now comprises 27 beds equipped to handle more than 30,000 emergency visits per year. Our emergency physicians and staff helped design the innovative layout to maximize the speed and quality of care.

[Showcasing new emergency rooms]

[Hospital employees working with patients]

[Dr. Yvonne Johnson]
Phase two of the project in 2014 will bring the total bed count to 39. From the comfortable and inviting lobby to the triage and task areas, every aspect of the emergency center was built with patients and their families in mind. Our heart attack unit and trauma rooms are equipped with electronic intensive care technology that provides an added layer of critical care service. The emergency center is just one of the reasons our hospital was ranked the number one hospital in South Florida by US News and World Report. When seconds count, you can count on the emergency center at South Miami Hospital.

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