U.S. News and World Report has named Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola a “best regional hospital” for its 2024-25 hospital rankings and accolades. The hospital has also earned seven high-performing ratings in its treatment of congestive heart failure, COPD, heart attacks, hip replacements, kidney failure, knee replacements and leukemia/lymphoma/myeloma, indicating that the hospital placed in the top 10% for specialty care of these conditions.
“Every patient who receives treatment at Sacred Heart is provided with the highest quality of care from the moment they walk through our doors,” said Dr. Syed Jafri, Chief Clinical Officer for Ascension Florida. “We are blessed to be recognized for the work our associates do to take care of those who need it most in our communities.”
U.S. News’ Best Hospitals project evaluates U.S. adult hospitals annually on how they provide 35 different types of care. The rankings of 15 medical specialties use a variety of quality measures to identify the hospitals that excel at handling the most complex and difficult cases. The ratings of 20 procedures and conditions are based entirely on quality indicators, such as patient outcomes and nurse staffing levels.
“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. “A ‘Best Hospital’ recognition empowers patients to seek out medical care from the best of the best to treat their illness or condition.”
Performance rankings like these provide an objective measure of a health system’s ability to deliver consistent high-performing care across the communities they serve. In addition to this accolade, Sacred Heart Pensacola was also named a top-15 health system in the U.S. by PINC AI and Fortune and a top-50 cardiovascular hospital in the country seven times by the same group. Sacred Heart Pensacola has also been named in Newsweek’s list of America’s Best Maternity Care Hospitals at the highest five ribbon level.
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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. Visit www.ascension.org.
