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May 25, 2016

Voting opens for Soliant Health's 2016 Most Beautiful Hospitals in the U.S.; See the 76 finalists

Jeff Lagasse, Editor

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Soliant Health, a leading specialty healthcare staffing provider and part of Adecco Group, has opened up the voting period for its eighth annual Most Beautiful Hospitals in the U.S. contest.

The 11-month long nomination period has closed and voting will begin for the contest. Votes will be accepted at mostbeautifulhospitals.com from now to June 22. Soliant places no limit on the number of votes one can submit for each hospital. Winners will be announced on Friday, June 24.

In 2015, Soliant received a record-breaking 400,000 votes, compared to 250,000 in 2014.

Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia earned 94,426 votes last year, enough to earn it the top spot in 2015. It earned more than three times as many votes as 2014 winner McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah. Phoebe Sumter’s LEED-certified facility features an eco-friendly rooftop garden, natural lighting, all-private patient rooms, and HCACPS scores that exceed national standards on quietness and cleanliness. The hospital underwent a complete reconstruction after an F3 tornado ravaged the original facility, Sumter Regional Hospital, in 2007.

To see the 76 finalists nominated for this year's contest, view the slides below.

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La Rabida Children's Hospital - Chicago, IL

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Flagler Hospital - St. Augustine, FL

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Riverview Medical Center - Red Bank, NJ

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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC - Pittsburgh, PA

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PinnacleHealth West Shore Hospital - Mechanicsburg, PA

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Logan Regional Hospital - Logan, UT

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Mercy Health - West Hospital - Cincinnati, OH

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Doctors Memorial Hospital - Bonifay, FL

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HealthPark Medical Center - Fort Myers, FL

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Forest Park Medical Center San Antonio - San Antonio, TX

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Andrews Women's Hospital at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center - Fort Worth - Fort Worth, TX

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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago - Chicago, IL

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Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis - Memphis, TN

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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble Falls, TX

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Bear River Valley Hospital - Tremonton, UT

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Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southwestern Regional Medical Center - Tulsa, OK

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Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital - Roanoke, VA

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CaroMont Regional Medical Center - Gastonia, NC

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Carteret Health Care - Morehead City, NC

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Children's Hospital Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA

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Cullman Regional Medical Center - Cullman, AL

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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center - Lebanon, NH

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Eisenhower Medical Center - Rancho Mirage, CA

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Elmhurst Hospital - Elmhurst, IL

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Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital - Atlanta, GA

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Emory University Hospital Midtown - Atlanta, GA

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Fayetteville VA Medical Center - Fayetteville, NC

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FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital - Hoke Campus - Raeford, NC

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Florida Hospital Orlando - Orlando, FL

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Forest Park Medical Center San Antonio - San Antonio, TX

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Franklin Woods Community Hospital - Johnson City, TN

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Community Hospital - Grand Junction, CO

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Greer Memorial Hospital - Greer, SC

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Hackensack University Medical Center - Hackensack, NJ

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Henry Ford Hospital - Detroit, MI

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Holzer Medical Center - Jackson, OH

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Inova Women's and Children's Hospital - Falls Church, VA

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Intermountain LDS Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT

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Intermountain Medical Center - Murray, UT

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Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center - Santa Clara, CA

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Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center - Hillsboro, OR

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Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center - Torrance, CA

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Marian Regional Medical Center - Santa Maria, CA

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Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital - Wheaton, IL

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Mayo Clinic Hospital in Florida - Jacksonville, FL

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McKay-Dee Hospital - Ogden, UT

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Medical University of South Carolina - Ashley River Tower (ART) - Charleston, SC

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Metro Health Hospital - Wyoming, MI

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Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo, CA

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North Valley Hospital - Whitefish, MT

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Northside Hospital - Atlanta, GA

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Northwell Health (formerly North Shore-LIJ Health System) - Great Neck, NY

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Norton Sound Regional Hospital - Nome, AK

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OASIS Hospital - Phoenix, AZ

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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend - Springfield, OR

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PinnacleHealth West Shore Hospital - Mechanicsburg, PA

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Providence Regional Medical Center - Everett, WA

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Redmond Regional Medical Center - Rome, GA

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Saint Luke's South Hospital - Overland Park, KS

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Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital - Barrow, AK

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Sinai Hospital - Baltimore, MD

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Sioux Center Health - Sioux Center, IA

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Soin Medical Center - Beavercreek, OH

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St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital - Greensboro, GA

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St. Anthony's Hospital - St. Petersburg, FL

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St. Cloud Hospital - St. Cloud, MN

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Stanford Hospital - Stanford, CA

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StoneSprings Hospital Center - Dulles, VA

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Summit Pacific Medical Center - Elma, WA

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The Johns Hopkins Hospital - Baltimore, MD

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The University of Kansas Hospital - Kansas City, KS

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University Medical Center - New Orleans, LA

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White Plains Hospital - White Plains, NY

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Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies - Orlando, FL

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York Hospital - York, ME

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Woodwinds Hospital - Woodbury, MN

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