Homestead Hospital consistently receives among the highest patient satisfaction rankings in Miami-Dade County. The elegant architectural design and the latest medical technology combine with amenities, such as the Founders Lounge and chair massage in the Women’s Center, to redefine healthcare delivery.
- A Tradition in Caring
- Community support for Homestead Hospital is a tradition that began 70 years ago when area residents generously donated two-thirds of the cost to construct the original hospital. Today, Homestead Hospital Foundation raises funds for Homestead Hospital and continues to garner community support to help the hospital fulfill its mission of providing top-quality, compassionate healthcare.
Gifts to Homestead Hospital Foundation can be designated to a specific area of interest or given to our general fund to help where the need is greatest.
Listed below are a few suggestions as to how your gifts might be used.
Diagnostic Testing and Imaging
Digital X-rays and mammograms, and MRI and CT scans are among the advanced technologies used at Homestead Hospital to detect and diagnose disease. A coronary CTA scan is a non-invasive way to detect blockages in the arteries and is widely used to test people who have experienced symptoms related to heart disease or those with risk factors. Demand is exceeding capacity, and an additional CT scanner is needed. The cost is $1.6 million.
Echocardiographs, non-invasive vascular blood flow studies and stress tests are other diagnostic cardiac tests offered at Homestead Hospital. Cardiology testing is a critical tool for early diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. The cost of an echocardiogram machine to meet this demand is $250,000
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Chest Pain Center
Heart attack is the second leading cause of death in America. Quick assessment and treatment is the first line of defense against heart attack. A chest pain center at Homestead Hospital will provide this high level of response to heart attack for the people of south Miami-Dade and the Upper Keys. The cost to establish a chest pain center at Homestead Hospital and to ensure its first year of operation is $250,000.
The newest technology in the treatment of heart attack patients is to lower body temperature to prevent tissue damage. Hypothermia units lower the body temperature safely while a heart attack victim is in transit to the hospital and maintains the lower temperature while treatment is administered. This technology is already in use by Emergency Medical Transport teams in Miami-Dade and can benefit the patients best if the receiving hospital also uses them. The cost of one hypothermia unit is $40,000.
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Advanced Surgery
Homestead Hospital’s operating suites and surgeons accommodate nearly every type of surgical procedure. The number of surgeries performed at Homestead Hospital has increased steadily over the last year, and a fourth operating room opened to meet the demand. Find out about the upgrades and equipment needed to accommodate the community's surgical needs. The cost of these surgical enhancements total $450,000.
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Magnet Status
Homestead Hospital has begun a two year effort to restructure its nursing operation to a decentralized organizational structure and a shared decision-making management model. The culmination of this effort is coveted recognition of Homestead Hospital as a Magnet hospital. The road to Magnet status will be the single most significant pursuit of excellence at Homestead Hospital over the next two years. Because Magnet recognition is awarded for excellence in nursing services, its benefits extend to patients through improved quality of care. These benefits directly relate to the cultural transformation associated with obtaining and maintaining Magnet status. The cost for Homestead Hospital to achieve this standard of excellence is $200,000.
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Palliative Care Program
A newly acknowledged standard of patient service is the caring and competence with which end of life issues are addressed with the patient and family. Homestead Hospital has pioneered palliative care in south Florida and is refining its practice for the benefit of patients and their families. The cost to renovate a little-used waiting area in the hospital making it a palliative care conference room and office to meet privately with patients and families is $75,000.
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Sleep Disorder Center
How well do you sleep? Over 80,000,000 Americans suffer from a sleep disorder such as sleep apnea. If you snore, you may be one of them. The Sleep Disorder Center at Homestead Hospital diagnoses and treats sleep apnea and other sleep disorders. The cost to renovate the sleep rooms and to purchase the latest monitoring equipment is $85,000.
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eICU LifeGuard Intensive Care Monitoring System
“Ever vigilant” is the standard for Baptist Health hospitals intensive care units. Each Baptist Health hospital, including Homestead Hospital, provides 24 hour, 7 day monitoring of patients in the ICU from a monitoring center located in north Miami-Dade County. This highest standard of care has been shown to improve intensive care outcomes by 27%. A $5,000,000 endowment is being established to fund eICU at Homestead Hospital.
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After Hours at Homestead Hospital
On the third Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm, Homestead Hospital Foundation hosts After Hours at Homestead Hospital to learn about and tour an area of the hospital.
If you would like more information on making a donation to Homestead Hospital Foundation or to RSVP for an After Hours at Homestead Hospital, contact Tom Schramm at 786-243-8531, or e-mail thomassc@baptisthealth.net.
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Please see our Planned Giving Calculator to give you an estimate of the potential benefit you might derive from your gift.
For information on the upcoming Homestead Hospital Pineapple Gala, click here.
For a calendar of upcoming Foundation events,
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