Category: Health
Community Health Palafox Two opens
Community Health Northwest Florida’s Behavioral Health & Wellness and Optometric Vision Care departments have a brand new home. Familiarly dubbed “Palafox Two” among Community Health…
Baptist: ‘Everything is Bigger’
Baptist Offers Peek of New Healthcare Campus By Jeremy Morrison Next fall, Baptist Healthcare plans to open its new campus, currently being developed off of…
Community Health asks ‘Just give it one more shot’
Community Health Northwest Florida is launching its flu vaccine campaign to raise awareness about the flu and encourage everyone to receive their annual flu shot….
UWF study of suicide and opioid death rates in US pinpoints geographical areas of concern
Pensacola, Fla. – Sept. 27, 2022 – An analysis by a University of West Florida team identified areas in the contiguous United States where suicide…
Community Health opens new clinic in Cantonment
Community Health Northwest Florida celebrated their new Cantonment clinic Friday afternoon. Rep. Michelle Salzman and Escambia County Commissioner Lumon May were in attendance to watch…
Yikes, Ascension reports $1.8B loss
Becker’s Healthcare reports Ascension, the parent company of Ascension Sacred Heart in Pensacola, reported a net loss of $1.8 billion for the 12 months ended…
Podcast: Donaldson Edge Consulting
Long-time Chief Advocacy Officer for Community Health Northwest Florida, Sandra Donaldson, has launched her company, Donaldson Edge Consulting, to help train and certify health care…
Appeals court weighs COVID-19 data fight
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — More than a year after the lawsuit was filed, an appeals court Tuesday waded into…
Community Health earns five quality care badges
Community Health Northwest Florida has been awarded five Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) badges from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), whose programs provide…
Children’s Trust plans to spend $15 million directly on children
The Escambia Children’s Trust will approve its FY 2022-23 Interim Strategic Plan at its board meeting this afternoon at 5:30 p.m. The plan calls for…
Escambia eyes CORE funds for overdoses
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly With more than a million dollars expected to flow into Escambia County from the state of Florida to deal with local…
IMPACT 100 names finalists
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a women’s philanthropic organization, is pleased to announce the fifteen grant finalists selected for 2022. Eleven of the fifteen nonprofit…
What is the true homeless count? [podcasts]
Escambia County has $4.1 million to spend to help homeless and unsheltered people in the county. Opening Doors reports that its Point-in-Time survey counted 750…
2022 Bayou Hills Run set for Labor Day [podcast]
The Bayou Hills Run is one of Pensacola’s oldest running events and we are proud to announce we have partnered with the City of Pensacola…
Community Health has new Pensacola location [podcast]
Community Health Northwest Florida’s Walk-in Care, Primary Care and Pharmacy at 14 W. Jordan St. in Pensacola will relocate on Monday, Aug. 29, to their…
90-day reprieve for Baker Act patients [podcast]
The Northwest Florida Legislative Delegation intervened, and Escambia County has 90-days to work out how to take care of Baker Act patients. State Rep. Michelle…
Local selected statewide Medical Professional of the Year 2022
Lakeview Center psychiatrist Annie Cherian, M.D., has been selected by the Florida Behavioral Health Association as the Medical Professional of the Year. Inspired by her…
Baker Act problem on the horizon [podcast]
State Rep. Alex Andrade warns HCA West Florida Hospital halting its Baker Act care could have dire impacts on Panhandle counties.
Update on new Baptist Hospital campus
With most of the work on the 23,000-square-foot Central Energy Plant completed, cool air is now flowing through the air conditioning system on several floors…
Breaking: HCA West Florida dropping Baker Act beds [podcast]
Inweekly has heard that HCA West Florida Hospital has given the state a two-week notice that it will no longer take in Baker Act patients….
