Baptist Health
| Baptist Health of Northeast Florida | |
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| Baptist Health | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Jacksonville, FL, USA |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Hospital |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Hospital type | Community |
| Affiliated university | Nemours Children's Specialty Care, Jacksonville, University of Florida College of Medicine--Jacksonville |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Pediatric and adult |
| Helipad | Yes |
| Beds | 1,101 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Baptist Health, based in Jacksonville, Florida, is a network of five hospitals, affiliated with 45 primary care offices located throughout Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. Baptist's Wolfson Children's Hospital has a "MAGNET designation".
The original Baptist Memorial Hospital and Wolfson Children's Memorial Hospital in downtown Jacksonville were opened in 1955. Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville is the flagship hospital for Baptist Health, and Wolfson Children's Hospital is the region's only pediatric referral inpatient center.
In the early 1990s, the hospital's name was changed to Baptist Medical Center Downtown and the hospital is now called Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville. The center provides services in cardiovascular, oncology (cancer) (including gynecological), women's health (including obstetrics and gynecology, orthopaedics, pediatrics, ophthalmology, emergency care (including Life Flight air ambulance, a Children's Emergency Center and hyperbaric medicine), critical care medicine, bloodless surgery, pulmonary services (including an adult/pediatric sleep disorders center), pastoral care, radiology, rehabilitation and psychiatry/psychology. They also have the following regional referral centers: Jacksonville Orthopedic Institute and Baptist Cancer Institute.
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