** About Us **
The hub of the Health System is a 466-bed acute care facility which includes Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Sacred Heart Children's Hospital and Sacred Heart Women's Hospital. Our hospital is highly regarded for the quality of its care, and national studies of patient outcomes performed by HealthGrades have rated us among the best in the nation for treatment of stroke, pulmonary care, critical care and bariatric surgery.
In 2003 our growth in Northwest Florida continued with the opening of Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, a 58-bed hospital in Walton County, east of Destin.
In early 2010, our Health System extended further east in the Florida Panhandle when we opened Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf, a 25-bed hospital and a medical office building in Port St. Joe, FL.
As a member of Ascension Health, Sacred Heart practices its mission of care to the poor in many ways, providing comfort and healing to those in need spiritually, medically or financially. Sacred Heart spends tens of millions of dollars each year to provide care to the poor and uninsured. We also reach out to the needy with community services such as our mobile health unit through our clinics, which provide medical care and dental care to low-income children and pregnant women.
** Mission Statement **
Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care that sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities.We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words.
* SERVICE OF THE POOR
Generosity of spirit, especially for persons most in need
* REVERENCE
Respect and compassion for the dignity and diversity of life
* INTEGRITY
Inspiring trust through personal leadership
* WISDOM
Integrating excellence and stewardship
* CREATIVITY
Courageous innovation
* DEDICATION
Affirming the hope and joy of our ministry
History Of Sacred Heart Health System
Sacred Heart Hospital is the oldest Catholic hospital in Florida. Built in 1915 in Pensacola, the hospital was a joint effort between a group of local citizens and the Daughters of Charity. The Daughters are a religious order founded in 1633 that is dedicated to care for the poor and the sick. The Daughters community was started in France by St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac.
After 50 years in its original stone structure on 12th Avenue, the hospital relocated in 1965 to a new hospital off Ninth Avenue in Pensacola, across from Cordova Mall.
Since then, Sacred Heart has continued to advance its technology and expand its services. In August of 1996, the hospital opened the new Sacred Heart Children's Hospital and the Sacred Heart Women's Hospital.
In 2000, Sacred Heart completed a trio of major expansion projects that added new wings for a Regional Heart and Vascular Institute, a new center for emergency/trauma services, surgical suites, and a new Nemours Children's Clinic. In 2001, Sacred Heart put the finishing touches on those expansions by adding new waiting rooms and renovating interior corridors and critical care units. In addition, Sacred Heart and Methodist Homes also teamed up to open the new Haven of Our Lady of Peace nursing home off Summit Boulevard in November 2001.
