Six Ascension Florida Hospitals are being recognized by U.S. News & World Report in their annual Best Hospitals report. Both Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola and Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside earned the designation as Best Regional Hospitals among U.S. News’ 2024-2025 edition of Best Hospitals.
“Every patient who receives treatment at a St. Vincent’s or Sacred Heart location is provided with high quality care from the moment they walk through our doors,” said Dr. Syed Jafri, Chief Clinical Officer for Ascension Florida. “We are blessed that our physicians and care teams are being recognized for their quality, patient-centered care.”
Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside, Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola, Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside, Ascension St. Vincent’s Clay County, Ascension Sacred Heart Bay, and Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast have also been recognized as a ‘High Performing’ hospital for certain conditions. Details are included below:
Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Diabetes
- Kidney Failure
- Knee Replacement
- Stroke
- Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola
- Congestive Heart Failure
- COPD
- Heart Attack
- Hip Replacement
- Kidney Failure
- Knee Replacement
- Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma
Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside
- Heart Attack
- Hip Replacement
Ascension St. Vincent’s Clay County
- Heart Failure
- COPD
- Diabetes
- Stroke
- Heart Failure
- Heart Attack
Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast
- Hip Replacement
U.S. News evaluated nearly 5,000 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions; only 11% of evaluated hospitals earned a Best Hospitals ranking. Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience.
“For 35 years, U.S. News has been a leading resource for patients navigating their health care decisions,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. “The ‘High Performing’ designation acknowledges hospitals that consistently deliver high-quality care for specific medical procedures and conditions. This recognition highlights their expertise and commitment to patient well-being.”
U.S. News & World Report, a global leader in quality rankings that empower consumers, business leaders and policy officials to make better, more informed decisions about important issues affecting their lives and communities.
To calculate the Best Hospitals rankings, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals Specialty rankings methodology and Procedures & Conditions ratings methodology measure patient outcomes using data from millions of records provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This year, among other methodology refinements, U.S. News incorporated new data on care provided to patients with Medicare Advantage insurance and on care provided to outpatients, nearly doubling the number of patients included in its annual data analysis. The Procedures & Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective quality measures.
St. Vincent’s and Sacred Heart health systems were also recently named as top 15 health systems in the country for 2024 by Fortune and PINC AI.
