South Miami Hospital

Fundraising at a Glance

Bedside transition allows for a mother and newborn baby to remain together immediately after a vaginal delivery. Implementing bedside transition serves many purposes, including no separation upon delivery, greater patient satisfaction, reduced healthcare costs and better outcomes for both mother and baby. Funded entirely by philanthropy, two bedside transition nurses have been hired at South Miami Hospital to lead this initiative. Thanks to donor support, bedside transition is improving maternal newborn bonding — skin-to-skin contact to help maintain temperature and metabolic levels, while also promoting breastfeeding.

Looking to the Future

The Spine Center at Miami Neuroscience Institute, located on the South Miami Hospital campus, is increasing capacity. The expansion will incorporate a holistic model of spine health that involves the comprehensive management of all spine-related disorders using an integrative medical approach, while ensuring a thorough consideration of both nonsurgical and surgical treatments of pain and neurological symptoms. The future expansion represents just how critical the Spine Center is in our community, bringing together physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists to diagnose and treat the source of a patient’s back, neck or spine pain. Additional space will allow our team of specialists to have an even greater impact on those they serve.