Fort Walton Beach Medical Ctr

Name :

Fort Walton Beach Medical Ctr

Address  :

1000 Mar-Walt Drive

Town  :

Fort Walton Beach

State  :

Florida

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

32547

Phone  :

850 862 1111

Fax  :

850 862 9149

Web URL  :


Description

About Us
Fort Walton Beach Medical Center is a 257 bed acute care facility accredited by The Joint Commission and licensed by the State of Florida

We are located on the beautiful Emerald Coast of Florida and have proudly served the needs of our communities since 1974 Consistent with Our Mission and Values we are dedicated to providing our communities with quality healthcare in a warm and accommodating environment

In 2003 we completed a 46 million expansion and renovation project which included the opening of OkaloosaWalton Counties first open heart surgery program The expansion included the addition of five new operating room suites two cardiovascular two orthopedicneurosurgery and one general purpose suite which increased the number of OR rooms from seven to twelve

A new outpatient preoperative surgery area was also completed which now has the ability to accommodate 24 patients in spacious private enclosed rooms as compared to the previous 12 small curtain partitioned bed areas quotThe privacy of our patients in all areas is always of utmost importance to us The new outpatient surgery area now affords our patients the privacy they deservequot says John Deardorff Chief Executive Officer CEO

The expansion also included a new 33bed all private room Progressive Care wing a new 23bed Intensive CareCoronary Care Unit a new MRICat Scan Suite a new dedicated Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and an additional Cardiac Catheterization Lab Additionally the project included the renovation of all existing patient care units and a new exterior facade for the facility

In February 2005 The Cancer Care Center at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center was opened This 4 million addition includes a 33 private bed unit designed specifically to meet the medical and psychosocial needs of cancer patients and their families

Mission and Vision
We are committed to working together to exceed the expectations of our patients Our team will provide compassionate accessible highquality and cost effective healthcare

We take pride in treating our patients our physicians our community and each other with honesty integrity respect and dignity

We will be recognized as a trusted leader in the community through a strong value system responsible use of resources and high levels of participation and volunteerism
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