02/03/2026
We wanted to clear up some confusion as it relates to our facility. For now and the future, we remain the only hospital in North Walton County. 2025 was our first full year in operation and we wanted to report some of our statistics. Every month, we served over 1,000 patients just in our Emergency Department and in total last year we served nearly 15,000 patients. For Emergency Care, we are covered to provide care on every insurance plan.
While there is another option for Emergency Care, NWDH remains the only Emergency Room in the North End that can admit patients overnight or that can perform operating room procedures on those who need that level of care. Beyond the Emergency Room, which is where our competitor ends, we provide laboratory testing and a full suite of imaging services and all you need to do is bring in your doctor's order. We performed over 2,000 outpatient lab and imaging tests in 2025.
Our surgeons, which include orthopedics, spine, vascular, and skin surgerons, performed 300 surgeries in 2025 at the hospital. Our inpatient and observation unit accommodated 129 overnight stays. We have successfully recruited pain management, dermatology, orthopedics, spine surgery, and cardiology providers to see patients in our medical office building in just one year, with many other specialists interest in opening practices here in DeFuniak Springs.
Our commitment to the community continues in 2026, with the expansion of outpatient services to bring general surgery, primary care, and urgent care to the North end of the county. And we are working to expand our surgical capacity and increase our number of hospital beds to meet the demands of our growing community. We know you have many choices when selecting where to receive health services, but when it comes to finding a facility that is committed to bringing physicians and hospital-based care to the DeFuniak Springs area, there is only one option - North Walton Doctors Hospital!
