Finding $20 Million to Demo Baptist Hospital At his weekly presser on Tuesday, Mayor D.C. Reeves said that he has met with Baptist Hospital leaders twice in the past 30 days to…
Category: Health
Daily Outtakes: Escambia Children’s Trust follows up
On Monday afternoon, Escambia Children’s Trust executive director Tammy Greer sent a double-edged follow-up email recarding proposed Children’s Resource Center. At the meeting, the City of Pensacola, Lakeview Center, and Community Health…
Podcasts: National Health Center Week, ‘Jules,’ CyberSkills2Work, Pelican Drop and more
On Friday’s “Real News with Rick Outzen” on WCOA, we covered Community Health Northwest Florida celebrating National Health Center Week. Jason Nathanson reviewed “Jules” and “Painkiller. Dr. Eman El-Sheikh discussed the University…
Rockhill family to have Baptist Health Care surgery waiting area named in their honor
James “Rock” and Jessica Rockhill have chosen Baptist Health Care Foundation for their latest impactful gift to benefit the new Baptist Hospital campus, opening in September 2023. The Foundation will name the…
Daily Outtakes: More fight book ban
Last week, five additional parents joined the federal lawsuit filed earlier this spring against the Escambia County School Board for the removals and restrictions of books from school libraries and classrooms. Why…
Unique Masters for Nursing offered at UWF
The University of West Florida Usha Kundu, MD College of Health will launch an Entry into Practice (Direct Entry) Master of Science in Nursing program in Fall 2023. The five-semester, in-person graduate…
James M. Cox Foundation awards $500,000 to Baptist
The James M. Cox Foundation awarded a $500,000 grant to fund CareView®, a predictive patient monitoring system at the new Baptist Hospital campus and Behavioral Health Unit, scheduled to open September 2023….
Trust email: Gives hope for CRC; Commissioner May, Mayor Reeves react [podcasts]
From Escambia Children’s Trust Executive Director Tammy Greer sent after this email the grants meeting: Good afternoon. First, thank you to Shawn, Deana, and Chandra for being at our Program Committee meeting…
Daily Outtakes: CRC rejected
The proposed Children’s Resource Center (CRC) didn’t win approval of the Escambia Children’s Trust Grant Committee yesterday. In June, Mayor D.C. Reeves announced his intention to seek funds from the Trust to…
New Baptist Hospital Surgery Discharge Lounge named in honor of Moores
Margie and Alan Moore have made an impactful gift to Baptist Health Care Foundation to benefit the new Baptist Hospital campus, scheduled to open in September. The Foundation will name the surgery…
Daily Outtakes: Major Milestone Hit
Kudos to Gupta & IRIS Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems (IRIS), the Pensacola-based leader in retinal screening technology, announced a significant milestone with the achievement of one million diabetic retinal exams performed. This…
Healthcare for those struggling
The Federal Reserve recently released its Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2022, which found that slightly more than one out of four Americans went without some kind of medical care because…