U.S. News honor follows Newsweek’s recognition of health care system just weeks earlier
Once again, the Sarasota Memorial Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has “been named among the nation’s best nursing homes, earning the highest possible ratings for both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care” in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best Nursing Homes rankings, released on Nov. 10, the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System (SMH) has announced.
“The recognition adds to a growing list of national quality honors” for the system and its nursing and rehabilitation center, a news release points out. Both SMH hospitals — in Sarasota and Venice — in the “region’s only public, community-owned health system,” also have been “recognized among the nation’s best by U.S. News, Newsweek, Forbes, Leapfrog Group and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, among other independent rating organizations, for excellence in patient care, quality and safety,” the release adds…