Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast has named Amber Lewis as the new Nurse Supervisor of the Family Birth Place at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast (SHHEC). Lewis has been with Sacred Heart since 2008. Most recently, Lewis served as the nurse educator for Family Birth...
Children’s Volunteer Health Network, or CVHN, is thrilled to announce the addition of Dr. Stephanie Curley to its Dental Clinic Program. Dr. Curley joined CVHN after Hurricane Michael damaged the Lynn Haven dental office she was working in at the time. “One of our former Dentists, Dr. Hoppe, connected...
Safe Water for Walton sets statewide records with Operation Medicine Cabinet!
By Kelly Layman
It was an incredible sight! Right at 95 pounds of medicines collected. At 3 different tent collection sites in Walton County. Filling the equivalent of 4 “banker’s boxes.” All collected in a matter of 6 hours, over...
By Roger Hall
February is American Heart Month and a good time to recognize the growth of cardiac care services in Walton County and talk about keeping your heart healthy. Since Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast opened back in 2003, we have worked to steadily expand community access...
By Melanie Stewart
“Probably nothing in the world arouses more false hopes than the first four hours of a diet.” - Dan Bennett
It’s a new year and millions of people worldwide once again committed to the number one resolution: Losing Weight. 75% lasted only a week. Rather than using the...
New Year’s Eve—Sacred Heart Hospital, the pediatric unit.
Tonight the whole world is celebrating. I can already hear firecrackers in the distance. But on the third floor, the women in my life are gathered around a sick baby. My sister’s daughter, Lucy, was born ten days ago. She was dainty, tranquil,...
By Melanie Stewart
Just when you think it couldn’t get any more exciting, it’s time for our Jugglers! These two multi-tasking geniuses are designed to keep all the balls in the air making lightening fast responses and micro adjustments as needed to protect us. Please meet the gallbladder, valuable yet...
Non-profits collaborate on unprecedented ‘ground game’
By Julie Sacco Porterfield
First, I want to wish Safe Water for Walton a happy 1st birthday—and say “thank you” for giving us your presents! My colleagues and I see some first birthdays in our community that are anything but happy. Like you, I never...
New mothers at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast have access to the highest level of breastfeeding support and education available, thanks to the hospital’s efforts to become recognized as a Baby-Friendly birth facility by Baby-Friendly USA. Baby-Friendly USA, Inc is the U.S. authority for the implementation of...
