Pair of Sacred Heart hospitals named best in Florida

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Ascension Sacred Heart is blessed to announce that two of the system's hospitals - Sacred Heart Pensacola and Sacred Heart Emerald Coast - have been named to Newsweek's prestigious 2025 list of the best-in-state hospitals, placing the Sacred Heart facilities alongside just 25 other hospitals in Florida. The Sacred Heart hospitals were the only two in the Panhandle to be featured on the list.

"Sacred Heart Pensacola always strives to positively impact our community through patient care and clinical excellence," said Sacred Heart Pensacola President & CEO Will Condon. "Anyone in our area who needs healthcare can trust that when they enter our hospital, they will receive it with a focus on quality and patient satisfaction."

Newsweek and Statista highlighted 700 hospitals across the United States to help consumers find trusted medical facilities. This year, the rankings were compiled using quality metrics from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals Database, a nationwide online survey among medical professionals, results from Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers Systems patient experience surveys and a voluntary Patient-Reported Outcome Measures implementation survey.

"We are grateful for our care teams and support staff at Sacred Heart Emerald Coast who have earned this recognition through their dedication and hard work," said Trey Abshier, Sacred Heart Emerald Coast President & CEO. "They are the reason we are continually honored for quality, patient experience, and patient outcomes."

Both of these Ascension facilities have regularly earned distinguishing designations. Most recently, Fortune & PINC AI ranked Sacred Heart as a top-15 health system in the U.S, one of only two in the state. Emerald Coast also earned a top-rated 'Five Stars' in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2024 Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings, one of only 15 hospitals in the state to earn this rating, and Sacred Heart Pensacola has earned seven straight 'A' Hospital Safety Grades from the Leapfrog Group.

About Ascension Sacred Heart

Ascension Sacred Heart, based in Pensacola, Florida, operates five hospitals and more than 100 other sites of care and employs more than 6,440 associates. In fiscal year 2023, Ascension Sacred Heart provided more than $142 million in community benefit and care for persons living in poverty. Ascension is one of the nation's leading non-profit and Catholic health systems, with a Mission of delivering compassionate, personalized care to all with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. In FY2023, Ascension provided $2.2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Ascension includes approximately 134,000 associates, 35,000 affiliated providers and 140 hospitals, serving communities in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Visitwww.ascension.org.