Santa Rosa Medical Center or SRMC is an American 129-bed general

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located in the small

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. SRMC is the primary provider of hospital-based

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services and

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Santa Rosa County, Florida Santa Rosa County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2020, the population is 188,000. The county seat is Milton, which lies in the geographic center of the county. Other major communities within ...

. The main hospital campus is located at 6002 Berryhill Road, Milton, FL 32570. The facility is leased and managed by

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(CHS), a large U.S. healthcare company based in Franklin, Tennessee. SRMC, along with its affiliated health services facilities and

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s, is one of the largest employers in Santa Rosa County, Florida, employing nearly 700 staff and volunteers, over 200 physicians.Santa Rosa County Major Employers, Santa Rosa County Economic Development, TEAM Santa Rosa, Milton, FL
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History

A group of Santa Rosa County citizens formed a County Hospital Board in 1951 which filed a Certificate of Organization for what would eventually become the Santa Rosa Medical Center.History of Santa Rosa Medical Center, About Santa Rosa Medical Center, Santa Rosa Medical Center, Milton, FL
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, to be operated and managed by the county. Construction began in mid-1951 and on December 2, 1952, the first patients were admitted. The hospital was located on Stewart Street in Milton. It was expanded in 1963 and again in 1966. According to the hospital's website, local growth and population needs were exceeding the capabilities of the 100-bed facility by 1970. The Santa Rosa Hospital

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and the Santa Rosa

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ers began drafting proposals for a new hospital on a new site. The proposed 4-floor facility included over of diagnostic and treatment space. Funding was acquired and construction began at the hospital's current Berryhill Road location in Milton, Florida. The new $4.5 million, 153-bed county-owned facility opened in December 1972 with approximately 300 employees. In 1985, the county leased the management of the hospital to the for-profit corporation, Hospital Corporation of America, Inc. and the name was changed to the Santa Rosa Medical Center. Since then, the several firms have leased and managed the facility. The facility has been managed by CHS, since the company purchased Health Management Associates, Inc. in 2013. According to the hospital's website, the facility holds several accreditations and its employed physicians group, Santa Rosa Medical Group, offers multiple specialty care service lines, including: cardiology, urology, family medicine, obstetrics & gynecology, neurology, pulmonology, orthopedics, general surgery, allergy and ENT services.

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* {{authority control Hospital buildings completed in 1952 Hospitals in Florida Community Health Systems Buildings and structures in Santa Rosa County, Florida