Community Initiatives
Ascension Sacred Heart provides multiple outpatient programs and services to support our mission of caring for the community, with special attention to the poor and vulnerable. Those services include:
Mission in Motion
The Mission in Motion mobile health unit provides free health screening to people who are poor, elderly or uninsured. The screenings measure blood pressure, blood sugar and total cholesterol, and can detect anemia. The screenings are helpful in diagnosing conditions that put people at high risk for heart attack, stroke, diabetes and other health problems. Osteoporosis screenings measure bone density.
Women’s Care Center
The Women's Care Center provides obstetrics and gynecology services for women, including those covered by Medicaid. For patients without insurance, cost of care may reflect each patient’s ability to pay, with payment plans available and some services given free of charge. Our onsite financial counselor is available to assist with any questions or concerns. Ascension Sacred Heart is an academic medical center or teaching hospital, which means we provide hands-on training to OB/GYN resident physicians. These residents – who will be part of your care team at the Women’s Care Center – have completed medical school and are training to become specialists in obstetrics and gynecology. All residents are closely supervised by experienced, board-certified doctors. For more information, call 850-416-2400. The Women's Care Center is located at 1657 Trinity Dr. on the Pensacola hospital campus.
Community Health Northwest Florida
Ascension Sacred Heart is proud to be a supporter of Community Health Northwest Florida, the area’s only Federally Qualified Health Center. The center provides primary and preventive outpatient care to the medically needy, uninsured, underinsured, and working poor citizens of Northwest Florida (Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties and surrounding areas). With fourteen locations and two mobile dental and medical units for outreach, Community Health Northwest Florida provides a full range of primary care services including adult primary care, urgent/walk in care, pediatric care, women's health services, behavioral health and wellness services, oral health services for adults and children, optometry, laboratory, x-ray, pharmacy assistance, healthcare for the homeless, case management, chronic disease management, health education, and other supportive services. Services also include urgent care/walk in care for minor injuries and illnesses. No appointment is necessary and open seven days a week. A sliding fee scale program is available for those individuals who do not have insurance coverage, based on household income. Payment plans are available for those persons who do not qualify or choose not to qualify for the sliding fee program. For information or to find a location, call 850-436-4630 or visit healthcarewithinreach.org.
