Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida

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) and three emergency departments: Baptist Emergency Town Center, Baptist Emergency Center North, and Baptist Emergency Center Oakleaf. The three hospitals have 770, 357 and 102 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, and Wolfson Children's Hospital (WCH), 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 2023, SBHF had 82,050 admissions accounting for 358,540 inpatient & observation days, 327,163 emergency room visits, and 43,188 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 2023, SBHF provided the following uncompensated care and community benefit; (1) charity care - $34.8 million, (2) unreimbursed Medicaid costs - $40 million, (3) unreimbursed Medicare costs - $147.1 million, and (4) specific community programs - $24.4 million, for a total of $246.3 million of uncompensated care and community benefits. MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baptist Health 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: 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 and Baptist South; multiple awards from the American Heart Association including the Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award, Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award and Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus and Advanced Therapy for Baptist Jacksonville; Lung Cancer Screening Center of Excellence from the American College of Radiology; LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Healthcare Equality Index. 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; and also recognized year after year as 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 httpswwwbaptistjaxcomaboutusawards