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Community Health Needs Assessment 2020
Mission
To provide high quality health care to our diverse community enhanced through teaching, research, charity care and financial responsibility.
Methodology
The report includes statistical data and scholarly opinions from federal, state and local government health agencies, private organizations and community stakeholders about the health needs of the Miami Beach community. Additional input was sought from local health experts and people representing the broad interests of the community.
The year 2020 was a challenging year due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare organizations quickly reevaluated how to safely deliver care to their patients. The new model forced the temporary halt of elective procedures and drove patients and doctors to communicate via telemedicine. The forced quarantine of all Americans also brought about a host of healthcare related challenges.
During this time, Mount Sinai was on the frontlines caring for our community. The medical center offered COVID testing/screenings at our three emergency centers on Miami Beach, Aventura and Hialeah and treated COVID admissions. Once the COVID vaccine was available, Mount Sinai was the first hospital in South Florida to offer vaccines for our community. The medical center created a vaccine clinic on our Miami Beach campus, offering vaccines beginning with frontline workers and first responders, individuals 75+. and then expanding to the community.
Mount Sinai is one of Florida’s original statutory teaching hospitals providing our community with skilled physicians and surgeons now, and into the future. Each year, Mount Sinai invests more than $34 million in its teaching programs to train approximately 200+ residents and fellows in 18 medical specialties. Our undergraduate medical education program rotates more than 470 medical students. The allied health program trained 150 students for health care professions.
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Defining the Primary Service Area
Mount Sinai is the only hospital and emergency service provider on the barrier islands of Miami‐Dade County. These are 32 manmade islands, which total 10.5 square land miles. The city of Miami Beach is the largest Census Designated Place (CDP) on the Northeastern Barrier islands and is the primary service area.
Northeastern Barrier Island Municipalities
Defining the Primary Service Area
Miami Beach
North Bay Village
Surfside
Bay Harbor Islands
Sunny Isles Beach
Indian Creek
Golden Beach
Bal Harbor
Miami (island)
Demographic Summary
Population
Miami‐Dade County’s population is 2,709,464; of this total, 90,108 are within the City of Miami Beach.1,2,3
Gender
The primary service area is comprised of 52% males and 48% females. This is similar to
the Miami‐Dade County composition of males (49%) and females (51%).1,2,3
Age
The primary service area is an older population. The median age is 41.4 years old. This is slightly older than the county and national median age. The significance of this is that disease-related death increases with age. 1,2,3
Race & Ethnicity
The primary service area’s residents are 56.7% Hispanic or Latino and 43.3% non-Hispanic or Latino. Of the non-Hispanic residents, 82.3% are white, 7.5% are black, and 10.2% are all other races. In Miami-Dade County, 67.8% of the residents are Hispanic or Latino and 32.2% are non-Hispanic or Latino, with non-Hispanic being 43% white, 47.1% black, and 9.9% all other. 1,2,3
Community Health Needs
Data Assessment
The community health priorities presented are based on an analysis of demographic, environmental, statistical, and behavioral public health data. We prioritize the conditions as below:
Leading Causes of Disease-Related Death Access to Care Priorities:
- Heart Disease
- Cancer
- Mental Wellbeing/Behavioral Health
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Cubit (US Census Bureau). United States Census Bureau. “Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019.” 2019 Population Estimates Program. Web. May 2020 <census.gov>.
- Miami Today: A Vibrant Community and Bastion of Business. (n.d.). The Beacon Council. Retrieved December 17, 2021, from https://www.beaconcouncil.com/data/demographic-overview/todays-miami/
- Miami Beach, Florida Population 2020 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs). (n.d.). Worldpopulationreview.com. https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/miami-beach-fl-population
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