Jackson Memorial Hospital is an accredited, non-profit, tertiary care hospital and the major teaching facility for the University of Miami School of Medicine. With 1,567 licensed beds, Jackson Memorial Hospital's many roles in South Florida include: being the only full-service provider for the indigent and medically indigent of Miami-Dade County, a regional referral center and a magnet for medical research and innovation.
Opened in 1918, Jackson Memorial Hospital is the only public hospital in Miami-Dade County and the largest teaching hospital in the state. The primary sources of Jackson Memorial?s patient base are uninsured and underinsured patients, and patients referred for highly specialized, tertiary care unavailable elsewhere. Jackson Health System provides almost 400 million dollars worth of uncompensated charity care each year.