Tampa General Hospital wins Tampa Bay Times “Best of the Best People’s Choice Award” Twice in a Row

Tampa General Hospital is named region’s best hospital in the newspaper’s two-year-old contest.

TAMPA, FL (Sept. 18, 2020) - For the second year in a row, Tampa General Hospital is the winner in the “Best Hospital” category in the Tampa Bay Times “Best of the Best People’s Choice Awards.” The newspaper’s contest, which is posted online,  is designed to “celebrate businesses and organizations loved by the Tampa Bay and North Suncoast communities.”

Tampa General received the “Gold” award for “Best Hospital and “Best Emergency Room.” Tower Radiology, the TGH-affiliated radiology service, received the gold award for “Best Mammogram Center.”  Tampa General also received the bronze award for “Best Place to Have a Baby.”

Readers voted for the “best of the best” in categories including eating, drinking, shopping, services, arts and entertainment, health and wellness, home, auto and vehicles, schools and sports and recreation.

This is the latest among several honors for Tampa General Hospital in 2020, including:

• U.S. News & World Report named Tampa General as the number one hospital in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area for the fifth year in a row and also ranked it nationally in five medical specialties.
• Tampa General became the first hospital in the nation to receive dual recognition from the Maternal Safety Foundation for two key maternal health programs.
• Forbes Magazine included Tampa General on its 2020 list of best Employers for Women
• Becker’s Healthcare, a leading national publication for the health care industry, named Tampa General as one of the “100 Great Hospitals in America.”

ABOUT TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL
Tampa General Hospital, a 1006-bed non-profit academic medical center, delivers world-class care as the region’s only center for Level l trauma and comprehensive burn care. It is one of the nation’s busiest adult solid organ transplant centers and is the primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. With five medical helicopters, Tampa General Hospital transports critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties to receive the advanced care they need. Tampa General houses a nationally accredited comprehensive stroke center and its 32-bed Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit is the largest on the West Coast of Florida. It also is home to the Jennifer Leigh Muma 82-bed Level IV neonatal intensive care unit, and a nationally accredited rehabilitation center. Tampa General Hospital’s footprint includes 17 Tampa General Medical Group Primary Care offices, TGH Family Care Center Kennedy, TGH Brandon Healthplex, TGH Virtual Health and 18 outpatient Radiology Centers. Tampa Bay residents also receive world-class care from the TGH Urgent Care powered by Fast Track network of clinics, and they can even receive home visits in select areas through TGH Urgent Care at Home, powered by Fast Track. as one of the largest hospitals in Florida, Tampa General Hospital is first in the state to partner with GE Healthcare and open a clinical command center that uses artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to improve and better coordinate patient care at a lower cost.  For more information, go to www.tgh.org.