Sacred Heart is rated as a "high performing" hospital in ten adult procedures and conditions according to U.S. News & World Report.

[5] As Spokane's population grew, so too did the number of sick, injured, and poor: the sisters’ works were quickly outgrowing the original building so a new wing was added in 1889.

[7] With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center was one of the first hospitals to receive COVID-19 patients due to its Special Pathogens Unit.

[8] The unit was established in 2015 as one of 10 regional treatment facilities for the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC).

Although not a part of the campus, a private family residence was almost entirely encircled by the hospital complex, just south of the neighboring Women's Health Center until 2024.

[12] She had rebuffed an initial offer of $200,000 in 1960 ($2.06 million in 2023 dollars) when Sacred Heart had planned a major expansion with a new patient tower, the resistance to sell has resulted in campus redesigns-causing unusual architectural decisions and challenges to design around.

[15][16] The Providence Spokane Heart Institute retains specialized physicians with expertise that encompass all aspects of cardiovascular care and work to enhance and pioneer new diagnostic testing, medications, interventions and surgical techniques and hence are referred difficult cases from elsewhere in the region.

[17] The facilities were used to treat people during the Western African Ebola virus epidemic and four passengers from the stranded-in-port Diamond Princess cruise ship in 2020 during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.