SMH ranked #7 on list of nation's best hospitals

SARASOTA — Sarasota Memorial Hospital has been named one of the nation’s 10 best hospitals in 2024 by Money magazine.

SMH is ranked #7, one of only two Florida hospitals in the top 10. The other is #1-ranked AdventHealth Orlando.

The methodology for Money’s 2024 list of the best hospitals in America leans heavily on key quality and safety indicators — including low mortality and hospital readmission rates –— as well as patient satisfaction and the experience of the hospitals’ doctors.

“Money’s 2024 list of the best hospitals in the country spotlights facilities that we judge consistently deliver care of the highest quality while also offering a fine patient experience,” Money magazine wrote. “… Our selection methodology takes a particularly fair and equitable approach to identifying high-quality hospitals with exceptionally experienced staff in a wide diversity of locales.”

SMH-Sarasota is not new to being a high-ranked hospital. It receives multiple national quality and safety rankings each year, including consistently high 5-star ratings from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Money’s quality ranking differs from others in that it scores hospitals not only on hospital quality and safety indicators but also factors in the experience of more than a million practitioners caring for patients in those hospitals.

“... each hospital's ranking score is, in large part, a product of how experienced its physicians are,” Money reported with the debut of its 2024 list of best hospitals.

The top 10 ranked hospitals are:

AdventHealth OrlandoNew York University Langone Medical CenterMayo Clinic Hospital RochesterCedars-Sinai Medical CenterChristianaCareMassachusetts General HospitalSarasota Memorial HospitalLehigh Valley HospitalCleveland ClinicBrigham And Women's Hospital

The full list of ranked hospitals can be viewed at:

money.com/best-hospitals