This week, Sarasota Memorial received HealthGrades’ “2012 Patient Safety Excellence Award™” – a designation given to the nation’s top 5% hospitals for patient safety. This is the NINTH consecutive year that we’ve received the independent health care rating organization’s safety award. HealthGrades’ analysis encompassed about 40 million  records from 5,000 hospitals nationwide. This year’s study [...]

You’re out on the beach over the weekend, fall asleep and you get a dangerous-looking, painful sunburn. You’re cleaning the garage, get bitten by a spider and it starts to swell alarmingly. Or, you need to find a doctor in a particular specialty. What do you do? Thanks to SMH’s smart phone app, help is [...]

Earlier this week the buck hoist, a temporary elevator used to carry personnel, materials and equipment between floors, was dismantled and removed from the Courtyard Tower construction site as seen in the series of photos. The removal represents another milestone in the construction of the new nine-story replacement bed tower, which continues to move forward [...]

In preparation for returning to work, introducing a bottle to your breastfeeding baby can be at times challenging!  By this time, 4 or more weeks of age, she has gotten the hang of breastfeeding!  Try the following tips when introducing a bottle: • Have another family member or support person bottle feed the baby while [...]

On June 20th, you’re invited to a presentation featuring prominent experts discussing the quality-of-life concerns that confront many men and women after various forms of cancer or other major illnesses, including pain, stress, fear, fatigue and reduced intimacy. The free event takes place from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm, Wednesday, June 20 in Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s Auditorium, [...]

Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s Auxiliary volunteer organization recently awarded college scholarships to six outstanding high school students who plan to pursue careers in health care. The G. Duncan Finlay Health Careers Scholarships, named after former Sarasota Memorial CEO G. Duncan Finlay, MD, will contribute $10,000 to each student over four years. Selection criteria include financial need, [...]

This week’s post features Perinatologist Dr. Washington Hill as he shares thoughts about the nine-story new bed tower, which will include Labor & Delivery on the 4th floor, the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the four-county area on the 5th floor and the Mother Baby Unit on the 6th floor.

Near drowning, suffocation, choking or other injuries may cause an infant to stop breathing or her heart to stop, this is called cardiac arrest.  If you give CPR right away, a person is more likely to survive.  Most cardiac arrests happen at home with family members.  You can help a loved one survive by doing [...]

  Sarasota Memorial celebrated Nurses’ Week (May 6 – 12) with a full slate of activities. The highlight of the week was the naming of the 10 winners of the 2012 Nurse of Excellence Awards and the four honorees for the 2012 Patient Care/Multi-Skilled Techs of Excellence Awards. Singled out by hospital leaders and peers [...]