Highlights

Our Commitment to Excellence

• Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is proud to be ranked among the top 125 training organizations in the nation by Training magazine. The hospital has been included in the annual ranking since 2006.
• The IT Department at Nicklaus Children’s is consistently recognized as a leader in technology and innovation. The department has been recognized by IDG’s Computerworld in its Best Places to Work in IT listing for the last four consecutive years. Nicklaus Children’s also achieved a Stage 7 Award from HIMSS Analytics for attaining the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model.

Our Community Outreach

• Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is a significant contributor to the Miami-Dade  County economy.
• The hospital is a leading provider of healthcare services for medically needy children. Each year the hospital contributes from $16 - $20 million in uncompensated care.
• At Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists is already hard at work. The hospital is proud to be the largest provider of pediatric medical education inthe southeastern United States.
• The hospital provides primary care and a medical home to the Medicaid population through its Pediatric Care Center located on the hospital’s main campus. In 2015, the Pediatric Dental Residency Program provided dental services to 24,800 children and the Adolescent Dental Program provided services to more than 2,300 teenagers. Nicklaus Children’s also houses Early Steps Southernmost Coast, an early intervention program for children at risk of developmental delays. The program evaluates over 2,000 children annually.
• Nicklaus Children’s offers primary care services to needy children through the Health Connect in Our Schools program. The hospital provides nursing staff for school-based clinics situated in high-risk communities to ensure that children have access to care.
  Over the past 10 years, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has served children from every single county in Florida, providing care that only a world-class children’s hospital makes possible.

Hospital Highlights