“Best Hospitals” cancer-care score: 38.3/100
Founded: 1980
Beds: 672
Doctors
Clinic at-a-glance:
Baptist Hospital Miami earns U.S. News & World Report’s best marks for offering key patient services and maintaining the ideal patient-to-nurse ratio (the facility has been designated a magnet hospital for nursing excellence). It offers advanced treatment delivered in a multidisciplinary care model that includes medical, surgical and radiation oncology, as well as a full range of diagnostic and support services, plus access to cutting-edge clinical research trials offered elsewhere. Patients additionally receive access to mind-body programs, pain management, palliative care services, rehabilitation services, specially trained oncology nurses, social workers, dietitians, technologists, chaplains, as well as educational programs and support groups.