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Kids Get Treated Better
 Baptist Medical Plazas are bringing top-quality healthcare closer to your neighborhood. From the most advanced digital diagnostic imaging to urgent care — all nine Baptist Medical Plaza locations offer comfort and convenience. Our newest, Baptist Medical Plaza at Country Walk, houses an urgent care center for the whole family and an innovative diagnostic center just for kids.
See www.kidsgettreatedbetter.com for more information. Also check out www.gettreatedbetter.com.
Another Record Year in Providing Charity Care
Caring for the less fortunate or uninsured is at the heart of what we do. And our investment in charity care continues to increase. In 2007, Baptist Health provided a record $162 million in charity care. Read our new 2008 Community Benefit Report: A Portrait of Caring
More News/Announcements:
Mariners Hospital 5K Walk/Run Set for Dec. 6
Sleep Diagnostic Center Opens at Baptist Medical Plaza at Miami Lakes
Baptist Health Named a Top 10 '2008 Working Mother Best Company'
South Miami Hospital’s Live Webcast Showed Robotic Hysterectomy
 South Miami Hospital’s robotic surgery program took center stage Oct. 15, when viewers of a live webcast watched as gynecological oncologist Ricardo Estape, M.D., (left) used the daVinci robot to perform a hysterectomy. Click here to watch the webcast. It was narrated by gynecological oncologist Nicholas Lambrou, M.D. (right). Read More.
Baptist Health Hospitals: Among the Best in the Nation
 Baptist Health hospitals were rated among the best in patient satisfaction in the nation in a survey published by the federal government. That puts us among some of the most prestigious names in healthcare - the U.S. News & World Report's Honor Roll hospitals.
Our hospitals also rated among the best in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. Read more on Quality/Patient Safety.
Doctors Hospital’s Webcast Featured Shoulder Surgery
 It's not a medical drama. It's the real thing. Log on and watch John Uribe, M.D., renowned orthopedic surgeon and medical director for Doctors Hospital's Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, as he performed shoulder rotator cuff repair surgery during a webcast on June 18. The webcast is simultaneously translated in Spanish.
Electronic ‘Eyes’ Help Keep ICU Patients Alive
 National data show that critical care patients being monitored at 156 hospitals using an electronic ICU system are 30 percent less likely to die than the average ICU patient. Baptist Health has the only South Florida hospitals in the group of 156. Read More. See our video.
The Robotic Surgery Program at South Miami Hospital
 Surgeons at South Miami Hospital are using the daVinci® Robotic Surgical System to treat lung, prostate and gynecological diseases. Robot-assisted, minimally-invasive surgery reduces blood loss and decreases patients’ recovery time in and out of the hospital when compared to traditional surgeries. See our video. Read More.
Try Our Online Childbirth Class Registration
 Baptist, South Miami and Homestead hospitals offer a series of programs to prepare you and your family for your baby's arrival.
Read More.
The Latest Editions of Our Publications
 2008 Community Benefit Report
2008 Report to the Community
Resource: Fall 2008
Baptist Salud: Fall 2008 (in Spanish)
Diabetes News: Fall 2008
Medical Minutes: Fall 2008
Mensajero Médico: Fall 2008
Women's Health Resource newsletter: Fall 2008
Foundation News
Also, see our special brochures:
Guide to Pandemic Flu for You and Your Family
A Guide to Patient Safety and Well-being
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At what age does your chance of becoming pregnant decline significantly? Mid 30s? Late 30s? 40? According to the American Fertility Association, it's the age of 27. Yes, 27.
The Baptist-South Miami Regional Cancer Program is one of only 21 in the nation approved as a network by the prestigious Commission on Cancer. 
More Miami-Dade residents are learning about their health and the services offered by Baptist Health and its physicians by tuning into the radio. WDNA (88.9 FM) is the newest station to join the lineup of weekly call-in radio shows featuring Baptist Health physicians and employees. 
