Baptist Hospital

Description

Welcome to Baptist Hospital
Baptist Hospital is a 492 bed tertiary care hospital the largest in the Baptist Health Care network Baptist Hospital provides a full range of medical surgical and obstetrical services Specialized critical care is provided by the hospitals emergency center and three intensive care units coronary surgical and neurological intensive care

The BaptistFlight helicopter ambulance is an extension of emergency services allowing the stabilization and rapid transport of seriously ill or injured patients The Cancer Institute of Baptist Hospital specializes in diagnosis treatment rehabilitation and support It also has a strong prevention and early detection component The Cancer Program is affiliated with several research groups allowing Baptist Hospital patients to participate in clinical trials

The Baptist Health Care Behavioral Services provide both hospitalization and outpatient treatment for adults and adolescents The Behavioral Medicine Center offers intensive and acute psychiatric treatment for inpatients

Lakeview Center provides counseling for stresses of modern living a psychiatric treatment and substance abuse treatment Our services include individual group and family counseling community support assistance and employee assistance servicesprograms

Our Mission
The mission of Baptist Health Care is to provide superior service based on Christian values to improve the quality of life for people and communities served

Our Values
Integrity
Maintaining the highest standards of behavior Encompasses honesty ethics and doing the right things for the right reasons

Vision
The ability and willingness to look forward to the future and make decisions necessary to accomplish important goals

Innovation
Capable of extraordinary creativity and willing to explore new approaches to improving quality of life for all persons

Superior Service
Committed to providing excellent service and compassionate care

Stewardship
Dedicated to responsible stewardship of Baptist Health Cares assets and financial resources and to community service

Teamwork
An Abiding respect for others and a sustaining commitment to work together


Our Vision
The vision of Baptist Health Care is to be the best health system in America

History

1950s
1951 Baptist Hospital opens with 140 beds and a postoperative recovery room the first in Florida and possibly the second in the United States

1956 First expansion adds 40 beds

1956 Baptist Hospital begins working with Pensacola Junior College to create the first Associate of Arts nursing program in the southern portion of the United States

1959 A major addition opens bringing Baptist Hospitals bed capacity to 325

1960s
1964 A year of innovation An expansion provides space for one of the nations first two outpatient surgery centers An intensive coronary unit opens one of the first four ICC units in the United States

1969 Baptist Hospital acquires the Hillhaven Home and converts it to the Rainwater Specialty Care Center

1970s
1972 Baptist Hospital completes the largest expansion in its history bringing total bed capacity to 520

1974 Construction begins on the first medical office building adjoining Baptist Hospital

1975 Baptist Hospital acquires the Mallory House apartments complex to provide housing for older people

1975 The Baptist Health Care Foundation is established

1977 LifeFlight helicopter ambulance service is brought to Baptist Hospital becoming the first hospitalbased emergency helicopter program in Florida the third in the United States

1977 Baptist Hospital joins other leading health care institutions in chartering Voluntary Hospitals of America as a national cooperative With more than 800 hospitals VHA is now the largest health care system in the United States

1978 Baptist Regional Health Services is created to extend Baptist Hospitals sophisticated care to smaller hospitals throughout Northwest Florida and South Alabama

1979 The closing of Jay Hospital is averted when the Baptist Regional Health Services organization leases it from Santa Rosa County

1979 Pensacola Retirement Village I opens

1980s
1981 Azalea Trace life care community opens

1983 Baptist Care Incorporated is formed encompassing both Baptist Regional Health Services and BCI Enterprises which includes several forprofit enterprises

1983 Jim Vickery named President of Baptist Care Incorporated Pat Groner becomes President Emeritus

1983 Home Health Care of Baptist Hospital is created

1983 Doctors Urgent Care Center opens on Davis Highway

1983 Gulf Coast Health Cooperative launches a mobile CT unit to serve outlying areas

1983 Mizell Memorial Hospital joins Baptist Care

1984 Baptist Manor nursing home and Pensacola Retirement Village II opened

1984 Jay Hospital opens a threebed intensive care unit

1984 Construction begins on expansion of Baptist Hospital and construction of Gulf Breeze Hospital

1985 Gulf Breeze Hospital opens

1985 SurgiCare outpatient surgical center opens in the Professional Office Building

1985 MD Line Pensacolas first physician referral and appointment service is launched

198586 Mizell Memorial Hospital undergoes a 27 million construction and renovation project that greatly enhanced its facilities although it did not increase its bed count

1986 Work completed on 12 million expansion to Baptist Hospital that adds 45000 square feet and includes a new surgical suite with a 16bed recovery room stateoftheart surgical intensive nursing unit clinical lab central sterile area energy center and greatly enlarged and renovated lobby area
1986 Swings beds approved and added at Jay Hospital

1987 Baptist Hospital files first Certificate of Need application for open heart surgery services

1988 Swing beds approved and added at Mizell Memorial Hospital

1989 Baptist Care Incorporated is reorganized as Baptist Health Care Corporation

1989 Azalea Trace is expanded to 284 units

1989 Baptist Manor expands to 170 beds