South Florida hospitals expand their reach

South Florida hospitals are expanding their reach to make healthcare more accessible.

The University of Miami Health System and Baptist Health South Florida are investing in Doral. Mount Sinai Medical Center is building in Westchester to provide emergency care and specialty services. And other hospitals are using technology to improve patient care.

See the coverage below.

An external view of the new UHealth Doral Medical Center during its grand opening event on Thursday, November 21, 2024. By Alexia Fodere

NO. 1: A GROWING MEDICAL HUB IS CHANGING HEALTHCARE IN MIAMI. WHAT’S DRIVING THE NEW PUSH?

“Every major system is expanding. The whole area is hot now.” | Published March 24, 2025 | Read Full Story by Michelle Marchante

Mount Sinai Medical Center, which has its main hospital in Miami Beach, is opening a new emergency center in Westchester.

NO. 2: A MIAMI BEACH HOSPITAL IS EXPANDING ACROSS THE BAY. WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT HEALTH CENTER

There will be an ER and more. | Published April 3, 2025 | Read Full Story by Michelle Marchante

Dr. Omar H. Llaguna, specialist in surgical oncology, looks at a medium that mimics a liver tumor in a human body to demonstrate how a histotripsy procedure works, performed by a HistoSonics medical device during a demonstration at the Memorial Hospital West, in Pembroke Pines, on Thursday June 12, 2025. By Pedro Portal

NO. 3: ‘LIFE JUST CHANGED.’ HOW MIAMI DOCTORS USE TECH TO TREAT CANCER AND SICKLE CELL

What to know about new ultrasound, editing genes and prosthetics. | Published June 19, 2025 | Read Full Story by Michelle Marchante

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