Answering God's call to bring health, healing and hope to all.
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04/23/2026
🌸 Every nap. Every night. Every baby. Simple as ABC.👶
Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast is a Cribs for Kids® Gold Certified National Safe Sleep Hospital helping families build a safe sleep environment at home. Safe Sleep Environment
Our maternity care has earned national recognition, including:
🌙 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals for Maternity Care
🌙 Newsweek America’s Best Maternity Hospitals
🌙 The Joint Commission Level II Maternal Care Verified Facility
During National Volunteer Week, we’re celebrating the heart of our ministry. 🙏
For Pearl Powell, volunteering is her way of giving back for the many blessings in her life. Her faith inspires the compassion she shares with patients, visitors, and care teams each day.
Who inspires you to give back?
04/20/2026
We’re here for you when you need us most, and just off 30A💙
Ascension Sacred Heart Urgent Care in South Walton offers convenient weekend hours to better serve our community.
📅 Saturday & Sunday
🕗 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Whether it’s a sudden illness, minor injury, or a healthcare concern that can’t wait, our care team is ready to help you and your family get the care you need, right when you need it.
Conveniently located just off 30A in South Walton, we’re proud to provide accessible, compassionate care close to home.
No long waits. No unnecessary stress. Just trusted care, right around the corner.
💙 We’re here for all your urgent care needs, seven days a week. Learn more: http://ascn.io/6183B6NgpF
In Santa Rosa Beach, FL, Ascension Sacred Heart Primary Care & Urgent Care - South Walton delivers primary and urgent care with evening and weekend hours.
04/14/2026
Anaiya Ruano Olivero, APRN, is a heart care provider at Ascension Sacred Heart in Miramar Beach, near Destin. ❤️ She takes a patient-centered approach, listening to your concerns and creating a personalized care plan tailored to your needs.
You may schedule an appointment with Anaiya for:
- Chest pain, pressure, or discomfort
- High blood pressure or cholesterol management
- Heart palpitations or irregular heartbeat
- Ongoing management of heart conditions
- Preventive heart health screenings
With a focus on coordinated, comprehensive care, she works closely with specialists to support your heart health every step of the way.
❤️ Your heart health matters—schedule your appointment today: http://ascn.io/6180B62Z88 or call 850-706-7530.
04/09/2026
👏 We are proud to recognize Keylie Holding-Rojas for her outstanding commitment to patient safety with our Medical Executive Committee Recognition (MEC) award!
In February, Keylie’s exceptional attention to detail and proactive approach made a critical difference. Her actions exemplify the importance of high-reliability practices and reflect a deep commitment to delivering safe, compassionate and high-quality care.
Thank you for the impact you make each day, Keylie!
04/09/2026
🐾💜 Sammie (left) and Murphy (right) love bringing wagging tails, comfort, and smiles to friends throughout Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast.
With handlers Chris K. and Jane T. by their side, these two sweet facility dogs help brighten the day for patients, families, and care teams across the hospital, including the Family Birth Place.
“We love bringing smiles to our friends throughout the hospital.” 🐶✨
Physician of the quarter award presented to Dr. Jacob Hawkins.
Dr. Hawkin's commitment aligns perfectly with our core Value of Reverence—respect and compassion for the dignity and diversity of life. The outstanding patient reviews show that you exemplify the spirit of our Prayer: committing to serving all persons by listening deeply, recognizing that your listening is an act of reverence. This gesture of respect promotes healing and helps foster the kindness, compassion and connection that define Ascension’s culture.
The Physician of the Quarter Award is a new distinction established to celebrate medical excellence and a profound dedication to the mission of Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast.
Congratulations, Dr. Hawkins for being our inaugural physician of the quarter!
04/06/2026
We’re excited to share that a new Defuniak Cardiology office is now open! ❤️
Our team is proud to expand access to compassionate, expert heart care right here in the community. Whether you’re focused on prevention or managing a condition, we’re here to support your heart health every step of the way.
📅 April 6th
📲 Call (850) 267-1603 for an appointment or second opinion today.
Answering God's call to bring health, healing and hope to all.
04/06/2026
Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast welcomes new Chief Medical Officer, Claudia N Emami, MD, MBA, MPH, FACS.
Claudia brings more than 20 years of clinical and physician leadership from both academic and community health systems to Emerald Coast, with deep expertise in quality improvement, patient safety and physician engagement.
"Ascension’s Mission aligns perfectly with my values, particularly its commitment to providing compassionate, spiritual care to all persons," said Dr. Emami, chief medical officer at Sacred Heart Emerald Coast.
A board-certified pediatric surgeon, Dr. Emami holds master’s degrees in business administration and public health.
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Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast is a nationally recognized 76-bed community hospital located in Miramar Beach, Florida, near Destin, providingi compassionate, personalized healthcare services to residents of Walton, Okaloosa and Bay counties.
Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast is the area’s most preferred and respected hospital. We are proud to be a leader in state-of-the-art medical technology, robotic procedures and provide nationally recognized services for our community, close to home. Through Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart, we offer physician services for a variety of specialties throughout the area with more than 300 highly skilled and qualified doctors on staff. Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast provides a complete range of healthcare services including: life-saving heart and vascular services, cancer services, surgery, orthopedics, spine, adult and pediatric rehabilitation and full service 24/7 emergency care. We also offer comprehensive women’s services, including obstetrics, gynecology, and maternity services. Our pediatric services are supported by the specialists at The Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart in Pensacola.
Expecting mothers delivering in our Family Birth Place enjoy private labor, delivery and recovery suites in a safe, caring environment. Our team of highly skilled Ob/Gyns and nurses provide the compassionate, skilled care you deserve. For future higher risk deliveries, you'll be reassured to know that our Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit scheduled to open later this year, will have neonatologists available 24/7.
Innovations made possible through Ascension enable patients and their families to connect with their caregivers when, where and how they need it. We continue to develop and provide ways to offer care that is convenient and accessible, such as our online physician visits available 24 hours a day at ascension.org/onlinecare. We strive to bring the best solutions from across our connected system of more than 36,000 aligned Ascension providers to benefit every patient — here and nationwide.
Dedicated to providing high quality, person-centered care, our facility consistently ranks among the top hospitals in the country for patient safety, experience and satisfaction. Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast has been recognized five times as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals for patient satisfaction by Truven Health Analytics and ranked multiple times as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic and Spine Surgery. The hospital has been recognized nationally with Clinical Excellence Awards for Labor and Delivery, Gynecologic and Spine Surgery, Intensive Care and Emergency Department services.
Sacred Heart was founded by the Daughters of Charity and is committed to providing compassionate and personalized care for everyone, especially the poor and most vulnerable. Living out our mission as a faith-based entity, Ascension Sacred Heart provides more than $142 million a year in benefits to our surrounding communities, including more charity care to the area's most vulnerable citizens than any other health care institution. The hospital sees more than 52,000 visits annually, including more than 1,300 infant deliveries and more than 31,000 emergency department visits. We look forward to serving you.
