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- Received "Magnet" designation - the nursing profession's highest national honor - from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in July 2003. Miami Children's Hospital is the first children's hospital in Florida and one of five children's hospitals in the country to achieve this honor.
- Named one of the nation's "Most Improved and Most Wireless Hospitals," according to the 2003 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
- Annually recognized by South Florida Parenting magazine and its readers since 1997.
- Provides care for approximately 187,000 pediatric patients each year
- Features 289 pediatric and neonatal beds, more than any other children's hospital in Florida
- Offers more than 40 pediatric specialties and subspecialties
- Provides care for more pediatric hematology/oncology patients than any other facility in South Florida
- The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at MCH is one of the nation's leading providers of care and treatment for children with epilepsy
- Is home to Florida's only free-standing pediatric trauma center
- Serves as the state-designated treatment center for children with craniofacial differences
- The Neonatology Division admits more than 900 newborns each year virtually all referred from general acute care hospitals. The babies that are referred are in need of a level of tertiary care that is provided at MCH.
- Pioneered the world's first Ventilator Assisted Children's Center Camp to provide fun and new experiences for ventilation-assisted children.
- First hospital in the United States to host Radio Lollipop®, in-house radio station providing entertainment for hospitalized children.
- First hospital in Florida to introduce Big Apple Circus® Clown Care program to enhance patient care
- First Child Life program in South Florida
Clinical Firsts at MCH
- First hospital in Florida to successfully separate conjoined twins
- First Hospital in the United States and the Americas to use the Helex Septal Occluder to treat atrial septal defect (ASD), a common congenital heart defect
- First hospital in the Southeast to obtain permission for "compassionate use" of the AMPLATZER® Muscular VSD Occluder, a device to close a hole between the two lower chambers of a child's heart (ventricle septal defect)
- First pediatric cardiac intensive care unit in the Southeastern United States
- Performed world's first endoscopic ventricular thrombectomy.
- Performed world's first extracardiac Fontan operation that did not require cardiopulmonary bypass
- One of only 10 centers nationwide selected to participate in the clinical trial of CardioSEAL, a revolutionary closure device to be used in treating children with ASD
- First and most experienced neonatal Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) available in the State of Florida
- Performed first reconstruction surgery for brachial plexus injuries in the Southeastern United States
- Performed first Repair of Pectus Excavatum in the Southeastern United States
- First hospital to host the Post Graduate Course, one of the most prestigious and well-established independent Continuing Medical Education programs in the United States. The course was offered internationally via teleconference.
- First hospital to develop and use handheld devices to enable physicians to access patient information from any location and at any time
- First pediatric hospital in the nation to use Bridge Medical Inc.'s barcode-assisted medication administration system to enhance patient safety
- First in South Florida to provide a mobile health unit offering preventive care to uninsured children.
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