Nurses, doctors and healthcare professionals at Jackson Health System will turn out on Sept. 17 at 2 p.m. to support the launch of the Citizens for a Healthy Miami-Dade bond campaign to upgrade outmoded facilities at Jackson.
Category Archives: Jackson in the News
Miami Herald: Jackson budget shows modest surplus
Excerpted from the Miami Herald. Find the original story here. Employee compensation exceeded budget at Jackson Health System in June while patient revenues fell below projections, stretching the books at Miami-Dade County’s safety net hospital system dangerously thin and emphasizing the need to attract more insured patients, according to a monthly financial analysis released byContinue reading “Miami Herald: Jackson budget shows modest surplus”
Jackson’s $830 Million Bond Issue
Last week, the Public Health Trust voted to allow Jackson management to put an $830 million bond issue on a referendum in a special election to be held this November.
Miami Herald: No to deregulation of trauma centers
Having more trauma centers doesn’t mean better care. On the contrary, it means diluting the quality of care for patients requiring emergency treatment because there are only so many trauma surgeons available. They keep their skills sharp by seeing a constant volume of cases. The more they see, the better they get — that’s why they call it the practice of medicine.
Miami Herald: Senate Medicaid plan would cut funding for Jackson, safety-net hospitals
Miami’s Jackson Health System could see its crucial Medicaid funding cut by $46 million, or about 13 percent of what it was expecting, under a bill that is scheduled for a floor vote in the Senate by the end of the week.
Jackson Finances Better But Trouble Ahead
The good news about Jackson Health System is that it’s begun to turn around its finances. The bad news is that all the easy fixes have been done and won’t be enough in the long run unless the public hospital can find a way to deal with declining admissions, a treacherous healthcare climate in Tallahassee, and a challenging local political and business environment. And that’s before we even talk about worrying trends in the indigent care that is a core public hospital mission.
SEIU Local 1991 Welcomes New Member FRB Member
Jackson Health System nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals welcomed the news that former state representative and county commissioner Larry Hawkins has been nominated to the Jackson Health System Financial Recovery Board.
Joint Statement in Support of Ryder Trauma Center
SEIU Local 1991 president Martha Baker, RN, and JHS president and CEO Carlos Migoya issued a joint statement in support of Ryder Trauma Center. “Protecting the public’s investment by preserving our legal rights to expand Ryder’s trauma system in an era of competition is the right thing to do.”
Read “JMH’s Fate, “a Letter to the Editor From Local 1991 Trustee David Woolsey, MD
A county task force comprising leaders from the private healthcare industry thinks Jackson Memorial Hospital should become a private, nonprofit entity. Who would have guessed? Why are we asking this group of hospitals, which collectively provide the next best care in our community, to determine the fate of Jackson Health System, which consistently provides theContinue reading “Read “JMH’s Fate, “a Letter to the Editor From Local 1991 Trustee David Woolsey, MD”
A Jackson Patient Tells Her Story…
When Delores Willis’ daughter became ill, she brought her little girl to the emergency room at Holtz Children’s Hospital. Delores was so impressed with the care that her child received, she wrote a letter to The Miami Herald. In support of Martha Baker’s May 5 Other Views column, Solutions from the inside, I have toContinue reading “A Jackson Patient Tells Her Story…”