Baptist Hospital is celebrating its one-year anniversary at its new location at Brent Lane and I-110. The new Baptist Hospital emergency doors opened at 3 a.m. on September 23, 2023, at which time the very first patient arrived. Beginning at 5 a.m. that morning, all patients at the E and Moreno street Legacy campus were safely transported to the new Brent Lane location by noon. Completing the historical move was the result of intensive planning and a collaborative effort of 1,100 Baptist team members, multiple area emergency response teams and many community partners.
Since that day, the Baptist team has provided care for thousands of individuals from throughout the community. Due to growth at the new campus and across the organization, more than 1,350 new team members have been hired, including more than 400 registered nurses. The campus has hosted many free community seminars with hundreds in attendance as well as more than 45 team member recruitment events
Other facts about the first year at the new campus include more than
- 728 new job positions added
- 11,200 surgeries performed
- 1 million phone calls to Baptist Hospital switchboard and medical practices
- 323,400 patient meals served
“It has been an incredible year, and we are honored that our community trusts us to care for them and their loved ones,” said Mark Faulkner, president and CEO, Baptist Health Care. “We are proud of our new campus and the level of care it allows us to deliver. We are even more proud of our amazing team members across the organization who continuously provide the best possible care and experience for our patients. I am deeply grateful for each and every one of them and their support and dedication to our patients, each other and our community at large.”
Baptist Hospital offers a broad range of inpatient care services and 24-hour emergency care. Outpatient services on the campus are located in the Bear Family Foundation Health Center. The Baptist Hospital Behavioral Health Unit is located on the west side of the campus offering inpatient care for children and adults. A fourth building, the Henderson Health Center, opened on the campus in August, with offices for Andrews Institute Rehabilitation, Baptist Wound Care and several other independent physician practices.
In addition to opening the new $650 million hospital campus in the past year, Baptist opened its second hybrid emergency department/urgent care center at Baptist Medical Park—Nine Mile in February 2024. Baptist’s first hybrid model (and the first in the state of Florida) opened in 2020 at Baptist Medical Park—Navarre. The hybrid model makes it easy for the patient by removing the burden of deciding what level of care is required for illness or injury and only billing for that level of care. As the area’s only locally led and governed not-for-profit health system, Baptist continuously explores opportunities to innovate, grow and set new standards in health care delivery to meet the needs of the growing community.
Click here to watch or download Baptist’s One-Year Anniversary Celebration Video
