Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida Inc

Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida, Inc. (SBHF) is a subsidiary of Baptist Health System, Inc. (Baptist Health), a tax-exempt parent company located in Jacksonville, Florida. SBHF is a tax-exempt organization that operates three acute care hospitals, Baptist Medical Center (Baptist Jacksonville), Baptist Medical Center South (Baptist South), and Baptist Medical Center Clay (Baptist Clay); one children's hospital, Wolfson Children's Hospital (WCH); and four emergency centers, Baptist Emergency Town Center, Baptist Emergency Center North, Baptist Emergency Center Oakleaf, and Baptist Emergency St. Augustine. The four hospitals have 513, 357, 102 and 257 licensed beds , respectively. Baptist Jacksonville is a full-service, magnet-designated tertiary care hospital representing nearly all major specialties. This flagship hospital is also home to the Baptist Heart Hospital, offering comprehensive, high-quality cardiovascular care. WCH is the only full-service tertiary hospital for children in the region, serving North Florida, South Georgia, and beyond. WCH is a pediatric trauma referral center and is recognized year after year as one of America's best children's hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. WCH serves as the main teaching facility for the University of Florida College of Medicine's Pediatric Residency Training Program. For fiscal year 2024, SBHF had 86,648 admissions accounting for 373,922 inpatient & observation days, 328,799 emergency room visits, and 45,370 surgeries. SBHF's primary focus is addressing unmet health needs, particularly among vulnerable populations who have limited health resources and access to health care. SBHF's community health efforts are guided by the community health committee, which is comprised of selected Baptist Health board members from across our health system. A cornerstone of SBHF's commitment to the community is caring for the health of vulnerable, uninsured and underserved people among us. During fiscal year 2024, SBHF provided the following uncompensated care and community benefit; (1) charity care - $71.0 million, (2) unreimbursed Medicaid costs - $63.8 million, (3) unreimbursed Medicare costs - $78.8 million, and (4) specific community programs - $14.7 million, for a total of $228.3 million of uncompensated care and community benefits. Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida, Inc. and MD Anderson Cancer Center have united to create Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center. This partnership brings together MD Anderson's world-renowned cancer expertise and Baptist Health's comprehensive health system to create an unprecedented range of options for adult cancer patients in our region. The goal of the partnership is to provide the same high-level, multidisciplinary cancer care to patients in Northeast Florida that is available to MD Anderson patients in Houston. This includes all aspects along the continuum of cancer care -- patient care, research, education and prevention. The following are a subset of the awards and honors received by Baptist Health and/or the organizations entities in FY 2024 (10/01/23-9/30/24): A rating for The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades for multiple consecutive seasons; recognition from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) for commitment to continuous improvement in the quality of surgical care at Baptist Jacksonville, Baptist South and Wolfson Children's; multiple awards from the American Heart Association including the Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for Baptist South and Baptist Jacksonville (with Baptist Jacksonville also receiving the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus and Advanced Therapy awards), the Stroke Silver Plus quality achievement award for Baptist Clay,, Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award for Baptist Jacksonville, Baptist South and Baptist Clay; Baptist Jacksonville was honored to earn the highest rating (three stars) from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons for both lung cancer and heart bypass procedures; Money magazine ranked Baptist Jacksonville top in Florida (and one of top in the nation) for cardiac care; Baptist Jacksonville also earned the NRC Consumer Loyalty Award;; named a Lung Cancer Screening Center of Excellence from the American College of Radiology. Wolfson Children's Hospital is one of only four specialty-licensed Florida Specialty Hospitals for Children; recognized as a top hospital for children by The Leapfrog Group; the area's only Florida-designated Pediatric Trauma Center and an American College of Surgeons-verified as a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center; Wolfson Children's was one of 15 pediatric ERs in the nation to receive the 2024 Lantern Award from the Emergency Nurses Association for excellence in emergency nursing; and it is consistently recognized year after year for being among the "50 Best Children's Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report. All eligible hospitals within the Baptist Health system achieved their fourth consecutive Magnet Recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Magnet is considered the gold standard among health care organizations that meet rigorous standards for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. Many other awards and honors can be viewed at the organization's website https://www.baptistjax.com/about-us/awards.