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HCA Fort Walton-Destin Hospital earns top national heart surgery rating for fifth time
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital has achieved a three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for the fifth consecutive time for its performance in isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting procedures. The three-star rating is the highest accolade bestowed by STS and places the hospital among the top performers of...
Panama City News Herald
'A growth cycle: PCB tourism market stabilizes after post COVID-19 pandemic surges
PANAMA CITY BEACH − Councilman Michael Jarman believes the local tourism market has stabilized following post-pandemic surges. According to information from Visit Panama City Beach's website, the city collected more than $36.564 million in bed taxes during the 2025 fiscal year, which spanned from October 2024 to September 2025. While this is about 2.9% lower than fiscal year 2024 collections, it is substantially higher than collections from years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. "Overall, we did have a good year," Jarman said. "The best way to describe it is we're stabilizing. We have a very stable tourist economy right now." Bed taxes, also known as tourism development taxes, are lodging fees placed on short-term visitors . They are good indicators for how busy a tourism market is in a given year. Bed tax collections in PCB have averaged about $37.208 million over the past five years. That includes $36,564,822 collected in fiscal year 2025, $37,620,422 collected in fiscal year 2024, $37,375,385 collected in fiscal year 2023, $37,728,477 collected in fiscal year 2022 and $36,754,175 collected in fiscal year 2021, Visit PCB's website notes. This is a stark difference from pre-pandemic collections, such as $21,568,266 in fiscal year
WMBB
Bay District Schools closing no-copay employee clinic
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Pancare's healthcare outreach makes impact in Blountstown
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Ascension Sacred Heart Bay is expanding cancer care with PET CT scans
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Ascension Sacred Heart Bay is expanding its cancer care with the addition of a PET CT scanning machine on its campus, located right next to the cancer care center. Doctors said the scan is an imaging test that uses a radioactive substance to capture images...
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Jackson Hospital in Marianna, Florida Celebrates Rural Health Hero Kaye Robinson
Congratulations to Jackson Hospital’s Own Rural Health Hero!. Jackson Hospital is proud to announce that Kaye Robinson, Director of Infection Prevention, Employee Health, and Emergency Management, has been awarded the 2025 Rural Health Hero Award for Healthcare Hero by the Florida Rural Health Association (FRHA)!. Each year, FRHA invites...
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DOH-Okaloosa issues water quality health advisory
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George E. Weems & Vibra Hospitals Announce Data Breaches
Data security incidents have recently been announced by George E. Weems Memorial Hospital in Florida, Vibra Hospital of Sacramento in California, the California-based plastic surgeon Michael R. Schwartz, MD, and the California-based biopharmaceutical company Travere Therapeutics. George E. Weems Memorial Hospital. On October 20, 2025, George E. Weems Memorial Hospital...
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DOH-Bay Issues Water Quality Health Advisories
Panama City News Herald
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay hospital marks World Stroke Day
PANAMA CITY — Oct. 29 was World Stroke Day , and Ascension Sacred Heart Bay has some advice for people who may or may not have suffered a stroke. A stroke is a medical emergency in which the brain is not able to get the oxygen and nutrients it needs to survive. During an interview on Oct. 29, Dr. Muhammad Zaman Khan spoke about World Stroke Day, what people can do to prevent a stroke, and how strokes are affecting our community. “In comparison to years past, we have had an increase in the number of strokes,” Khan said. “Our patient (total) was about 450 a couple of years ago. Now, we will probably have close to 900 strokes this year.” Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and third leading cause for women. According to an Ascension Sacred Heart document, the following can cause individuals to have a stroke: High Blood Pressure Smoking Diabetes High Cholesterol Atrial Fibrillation Disease of the Arteries ”When emergency stroke patients arrive at the hospital, we take them to the CT scan,” Khan said. “The CT scan helps us identify what type of stroke it is. The quicker we work, the better.” Some
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Pancare’s healthcare outreach makes impact in Blountstown
CALHOUN COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Pancare officials say their healthcare screening event in Blountstown last week was a big success. The healthcare provider staged a women’s wellness community outreach on Thursday and Friday. Pancare staff completed 40 cervical cancer screenings and 22 mammograms for women who are uninsured. They completed another five mammograms this week […]