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Medical Facilities continued
can College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer as a National
Cancer Center of Excellence. In 2006, Gulf Coast Medical Center and
the Gulf Coast Cancer Treatment Center developed a partnership
that created the Gulf Coast Cancer Institute (GCCI). GCCI includes
the medical oncologists on staff at the hospital and the radiation
oncologists on staff at the Gulf Coast Cancer Treatment Center.
Gulf Coast Medical Center includes a 176-bed hospital, two diagnostic
centers, and three primary care clinics. There are more than 300
physicians on the hospital’s medical staff, who represent more than
30 specialties and subspecialties. The hospital, which opened its
doors in 1977, employs more than 800.
Gulf Coast Medical Center is a recipient of HealthGrade’s:
• Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence
• Distinguished Hospital Award for Patient Safety
• Specialty Excellence Awards for: Bariatric Surgery, Gastrointestinal
Surgery, General Surgery, and Pulmonary
Rated #1 in NW Florida for
Clinical Quality
Bay Medical has made the 2006 honor roll
according to Health Grades®, the nation’s leading
independent healthcare ratings organization.
Having received the Distinguished Hospital
Award for Clinical Excellence for three years in a
row (2004, 2005, 2006), Bay Medical is leading the
class in the Panhandle.
Why are hospital ratings important to you?
Studies have shown that patients treated at
Distinguished Hospitals, like Bay Medical, have a
27 percent greater chance of survival and are 14
percent less likely to suffer from a major
complication.
To see more hospital ratings, visit
HealthGrades.com.
615 N. Bonita Avenue • Panama City, Florida
850.769.1511 • www.baymedical.org
Gulf Coast Medical Center has the area’s most comprehensive diagnostic
technology. It has the region’s only comprehensive Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit and has the area’s largest Pediatric Specialty Unit;
more than 1,000 children a year are treated and more than 2,000
babies a year are delivered. More spine and orthopedic surgeries
are performed at Gulf Coast Medical Center than any other area
hospital. The hospital will open a new Cath Lab in April 2008. Its
Consult-A-Nurse feature is available every day all day, providing free
physician referral and nurse consultation by calling (850) 757-3600.
Sacred Heart Health System is a full-service, 58-bed
community hospital located west of Panama City Beach in Miramar
Beach at the intersection of US Highway 98 and Mack Bayou Road.
Since opening its doors to patient care in January 2003, the not-forprofit
hospital has grown steadily and continues to fulfill its mission
to improve the health of the community at large, with special attention
to service of the poor. The highly trained physicians and staff
are dedicated to providing high quality and compassionate care to
all. Patient satisfaction scores consistently rank well over 90%.
Sacred Heart offers a wide range of medical and surgical services,
including an intensive care unit, general and specialized surgery,
cardiac diagnostics, cancer care, comprehensive radiology and laboratory
services, rehabilitation, as well as 24-hour emergency care.
Comprehensive women’s services are now available due to the
recent additions of the Family Birth Place and the Olson Women’s
Diagnostic Center. The Family Birth Place is dedicated to providing
maternity care that revolves around each family’s needs during this
very special occasion, with personalized care in all-private suites,
pregnancy and parenthood education, and a compassionate, highly
trained childbirth team. For more information about Sacred Heart,
please visit www.sacredheartemerald.org.
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