Baptist Health South Florida to Provide Medical Services for IDB Group Annual Meeting in Miami
Miami, FL (PRWEB) April 2, 2008 -- Baptist Health South Florida, one of the top-ranked healthcare organizations in Florida for quality, will provide onsite emergency medical services including an executive wellness coach, to the IDB Group Annual Meeting in Miami, April 4-8, 2008.
Finance ministers and business leaders such as Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Telefónica Chairman César Alierta Izuel and Western Union CEO Christina Gold will participate in the meetings taking place at the Jackie Gleason Theater in the Fillmore Center and the Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC).
The IDB is the world's largest regional development bank and the leading source of multilateral financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2007, the IDB Group approved new operations totaling more than $9.6 billion.
"Baptist Health International Center of Miami is pleased to provide the back-up medical care for the 2008 Inter-American Development Bank Annual Meeting being held in Miami, Florida," Said Allen J. Brenteson, Corporate Vice President Baptist Health International Center of Miami. "We are proud to service the many patients that come to us from all over the hemisphere, who trust their health and medical care needs to our world-class medical facilities. We feel great pride, pleasure and duty to provide back-up medical care to the IDB participants at this year's meeting."
Baptist Health South Florida, one of the top-ranked hospital systems in Florida for quality patient care, is the largest not-for-profit healthcare organization in South Florida. Baptist Health includes Baptist Hospital of Miami, Baptist Children's Hospital, South Miami Hospital, Homestead Hospital, Mariners Hospital, Doctors Hospital and Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute. Baptist Health also offers a variety of health care services, such as bone density exams and executive wellness coaches and tips on how to lower your blood pressure.
In addition to providing the onsite emergency medical services the medical team from Baptist Health South Florida Executive Health Services will provide executive health screenings including cholesterol testing, bone density exams, tips on how to lower blood pressure and anti-oxidant analysis.
About the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
The Inter-American Development Bank, the oldest and largest regional multilateral development institution, was established in 1959 to help accelerate economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Today, the Bank's membership totals 47 nations, including 26 Latin American and Caribbean countries, the United States, Canada, and 19 non-regional countries.
In carrying out its mission, the IDB has approved $145 billion for projects that represent a total investment of over $335 billion. The Bank's operations cover the entire spectrum of economic and social development, with an emphasis on programs that benefit low-income populations. The IDB lends up to 10 percent of its ordinary capital resources directly to the private sector, without government guarantees.
The IDB Group includes the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), an autonomous affiliate that promotes economic development by financing small and medium-sized private enterprises, and the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), which supports micro- and small enterprise development and market reform.
About Baptist Health South Florida
Baptist Health South Florida is the largest faith-cased not-for-profit healthcare organization in the region. Baptist Health includes Baptist Hospital of Miami, Baptist Children's Hospital, South Miami Hospital, Homestead Hospital, Mariners Hospital, Doctors Hospital and Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute.
Each year, the federal government gathers data from patient records to see which hospitals achieve the best results in various measures of quality. On average, Baptist Health scores more than three times as high as other hospitals in Miami-Dade County and is one of the top-ranked healthcare organizations in Florida for quality. Baptist Health also offers a variety of health care services, such as bone density exams and executive wellness coaches and recommendations on how to lower your blood pressure.
The Baptist Health South Florida International Center of Miami is one of the largest hospital-based international programs in America. Thousands of people each year travel to Miami from around the world to visit the hospital's respected physicians and medical facilities -- Baptist Hospital, Baptist Children's Hospital, Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute, South Miami Hospital and Doctors Hospital, Homestead Hospital and Mariners Hospital in Tavernier Baptist Health hospitals and services have earned accolades for medical and service excellence.
About world class services to international patients:
It is often said that there is no better recommendation than that generated from a positive first-hand experience. Our International Center consistently receives ratings of over 95% on patient satisfaction surveys tallied by an independent company, Press Ganey. The great experience of these individuals at our facilities over the years has been key to not only developing future referral business for us, but also for countless businesses in our city. We are proud to have contributed significantly to the growth of medical tourism and helping establish Miami as a top medical destination abroad and to continually promote the many first class services our great city offers in our extensive advertising and marketing efforts.
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