Recently Sarasota Memorial staff celebrated the official opening and dedication of EPIC Park, located on the west side of the beautiful new Courtyard Tower.  As seen in the photos, the celebration included comments by hospital leaders, the unveiling of the EPIC Park donor sculpture, delicious cake and a Zumba demonstration!  The annual EPIC (Employee Partners In [...]

Congressman Vern Buchanan took a “technology tour” of Sarasota Memorial, getting a firsthand look at state-of-the-art new patient care areas and surgery suites. At left, the Congressman gets a sneak peek at the hospital’s new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with Marguerite G. Malone, Ed.D., left, member of the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board, and [...]

Take a moment to watch this time lapse construction video of Sarasota Memorial’s Courtyard Tower from the ground up.  The first floor of the new patient care tower opened April 1, 2013 – no fooling!  The upper floors will open in phases beginning in the fall.

Now that the Lobby of the Courtyard Tower is open, prep work has begun on the first floor of the Waldemere Tower, which will house a beautiful new non-denominational chapel along with offices for the hospital chaplain and visiting chaplains.  The SMH Gift Shop will remain on the first floor of the Waldemere Tower near [...]

Although the first floor of the new Courtyard Tower opened earlier this week, improvements continue on the Sarasota Memorial campus.  As seen in the photo, construction crews are dismantling a temporary Emergency Care Center canopy.  During the next few weeks, the hospital’s emergency entrance will be temporarily re-routed to the east entrance of the Courtyard [...]

Sarasota Memorial recently held a special celebration to mark the opening of the ground floor of its new Courtyard Tower! Community leaders, Hospital Board members, staff, physicians and volunteers took a “sneak peek” tour of the hospital’s new lobby, registration department, preadmission testing, volunteer services, surgery check-in, Courtyard Cafe, courtyards and other public areas. The [...]

Among the finishing touches to prepare for the early April opening of Sarasota Memorial’s new Courtyard Tower first floor was the installation this week of Courtyard Tower “Sara.”  Sara is a virtual wayfinding greeter who helps patients and visitors navigate the hospital. “She” provides maps and walking directions (both in English and Spanish) that can [...]

Here’s a sneak peek at one of the beautiful Mother Baby Unit private rooms in Sarasota Memorial’s new Courtyard Tower!  The first floor of the new building (Registration, Pre-Admission Testing, Surgery Check-in, Public Safety Communications, Volunteer Services and the Courtyard Café) opens in early April while the upper floors, including the Mother Baby Unit, will [...]

The first floor of Sarasota of Sarasota Memorial’s Courtyard Tower is scheduled to open in early April, with the upper floors opening in the Fall of 2013.  The lights in the new building are so artful you almost forget their utilitarian purpose.