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From The Chairman Of The Public Health Trust Board Of Trustees, Darryl K. Sharpton Jackson Health System is an institution like no other. We combine world-class clinical care, famed academic partners and a community promise to deliver a single high standard of care to every Miami-Dade County resident, regardless of their financial circumstances.
With the support of our elected leaders, our stellar staff of caregivers, and our proud taxpayer-owners, we chose transformation. By the end of 2012, our community’s faith was validated: clinical care continued to improve, while business and service standards have begun catching up.
Not long ago, that mission was in peril. Even as our medical work remained cutting-edge, our operations and finances were a generation out of date. Our community was left confronting a difficult choice: disassemble Jackson’s signature services, seek ever-larger public subsidies or undergo a radical transformation to become a next-generation healthcare system.
Certainly Jackson is not satisfied. With the sunset of the Public Health Trust Financial Recovery Board and the reinvention of the Board of Trustees, Jackson is poised to execute a sophisticated set of strategies to grow into the new American healthcare environment. Through it all, our mission statement remains our guiding principle and our proudest legacy. Sincerely,
Darryl K. Sharpton Chairman Public Health Trust Board of Trustees
Jackson Then & Now
Miami City Hospital couldn’t have opened at a more important time – June 1918 was plagued by an influenza epidemic that quickly filled the hospital to capacity. Now, almost 100 years later, the hospital, created by physician and civic leader Dr. James M. Jackson, has grown from a 13-bed, small-town hospital to Jackson Memorial Hospital, the crown jewel of Jackson Health System, and the largest public hospital in the nation.*
Over the years, Jackson has been home to many firsts, despite obstacles including polio and influenza epidemics, devastating hurricanes and seemingly insurmountable budget challenges. All the while, our hardworking clinical and administrative staff have met their responsibilities to the community and positioned the organization as a national healthcare leader. *Becker’s Hospital Review, June 2013
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