Sarasota Memorial Health Care System has been named one of the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems® by Modern Healthcare and Premier Inc. today, placing Sarasota Memorial among the highest-performing health systems in the United States. The annual study recognizes 15 standout health systems that demonstrate superior and sustained performance across a balanced scorecard that includes patient outcomes, operational performance and patient experience. This year’s awards recognize health systems that not only perform well overall, but also set the national benchmark for delivering consistent, balanced and sustainable high performance across all facilities in their network. Sarasota Memorial ranked #3 in the small health system category (those with less than five hospitals in their system) placing it among an elite group that topped a field of 336 health systems representing more than 2,700 hospitals studied nationwide.

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