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Protecting Our Patients With New Safety Measures

Baptist Health South Florida has always put patient safety first. But what does that mean in practical terms, as we...

May 19, 2020

With COVID-19, Safety of Baptist Health’s Patients...

Patient safety has always been a top priority at Baptist Health South Florida. Now, as the world learns to live...

May 8, 2020

Hospital Patient Safety: A Unified Approach

Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 13-19, encourages healthcare organizations, like Baptist Health South Florida, to highlight actions being taken to...

March 16, 2016

Baptist Health Hospitals Ranked Among the Safest...

The Fall 2015 edition of the Hospital Safety Score has awarded all of Baptist Health South Florida’s hospitals in Miami-Dade...

October 30, 2015

Measuring Safety: Healthy Doses

Does Mary Poppins need a script doctor to rewrite a classic scene? Five decades ago, the famous Disney nanny sang...

September 3, 2014

Three Lessons From a Simulation Lab

A well-connected mom faces a medical crisis while giving birth to a very tech-savvy baby. No worries, though. Both patients...

August 19, 2014

Making Clinical Trials More Accessible to...

For cancer patients who have complex cancers with limited options or who have exhausted all other treatment options, clinical trials can be a beacon of...

What to Expect at an Appointment...

If you’ve been experiencing worrisome symptoms, have a family or personal history of heart or vascular disease, or simply want to learn how to lower...

Is it Allergies or COVID-19? Some...

Despite the very subtle change of seasons in South Florida, seasonal allergies are very common because there’s plenty of pollen in the air and mold...

When Precision Matters: New Technology at...

Every millimeter matters when you’re undergoing delicate spine surgery. That’s why a new groundbreaking robotic platform to assist neurosurgeons adds an extra measure of surety at Marcus...

Resistant Hypertension: Controlling Blood Pressure Via...

Nearly half of adults in the U.S., or about 108 million, have hypertension, or high blood pressure. An even more concerning fact: Only about 1...

Roundup: Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines Offer Strong...

Pfizer, Moderna: Updated Testing Finds Vaccines Highly Effective After Six Months The COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech provide at least 6 months of protection...

Ask the Psychiatrist: Are You Fooling...

“We are living in a time that is quite stressful,” says Rachel V.F. Rohaidy, M.D., a board-certified psychiatrist at Baptist Health Primary Care. “Talking about...

Baptist Health Neurologist Addresses the Many...

What do actor Michael J. Fox, rock musician Ozzy Ozbourne and former Miami Heat star Brian Grant all have in common? They’re just three of...

Alcohol: When Does Social Drinking Become...

In our culture, alcohol is everywhere. We may have a drink or two at a family dinner or social occasion without even thinking about it. But...

The Importance of a ‘Well-Woman’ Visit...

While women generally seek medical care when they feel sick or experience bothersome symptoms more often than men, that trend has changed over the past...