Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola has been named as one of the nation’s 50 best cardiovascular hospitals by Fortune and PINC AI, marking the seventh time the hospital has been named on the prestigious list.
Sacred Heart Pensacola is the only Northwest Florida hospital and only one of five Florida hospitals on the 2024 list. PINC AI is a technology and services platform that tracks and reports clinical processes and outcomes.
This year, about 950 hospitals in the U.S. were assessed for the top-50 list across 23 different measurements. PINC AI looked at metrics like clinical outcomes, efficiency and patient experience.
“I’m thankful for the heart team we have here because they are on the front lines helping us achieve this award. For over a century, our hospital has cared for our community, and we are honored to continue to serve Pensacola with high-quality and compassionate care,” said Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola President & CEO Will Condon. “It feels incredibly rewarding to see a Pensacola hospital standing out at the national level.”
Heart health has maintained an acutely pertinent role in American life as cardiovascular disease is the country’s number-one killer. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, someone dies of heart disease every 33 seconds and about one-fifth of all deaths in the U.S. in 2020 were related to heart disease.
“This is a signifier of everything we stand for in striving to deliver the best possible care,” said Ascension Sacred Heart interventional cardiologist Dr. Mark Grise. “Every person on our team, past, and present, has worked diligently to serve the Pensacola community and beyond.”
In addition to this measurable success, Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola also features the Regional Heart and Vascular Institute, the largest cardiovascular health center in Northwest Florida.
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About Ascension Sacred Heart
Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast includes Ascension Sacred Heart based in Pensacola, Florida, Ascension St. Vincent’s based in Jacksonville, Florida, and Ascension Providence in Mobile, Alabama. Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast operates ten hospitals and more than 200 other sites of care, employing more than 13,000 associates. Across the region, Ascension Providence, Ascension Sacred Heart and Ascension St. Vincent’s have served North Florida and South Alabama communities for more than 165 years. In fiscal year 2022, Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast provided more than $265 million in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty. Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. Ascension operates more than 2,600 sites of care – including 138 hospitals in 19 states – while providing a variety of services including clinical operations, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, facilities management, risk management, and contracting through Ascension’s own group purchasing organization.
