Winner: Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

Baptist Memorial Hospital has accomplished many firsts in its nearly 100-year history: According to baptistonline.org, it was the first hospital in the Mid-South to perform a cardiomyoplasty procedure, as well as the first hospital in Memphis to build a free-standing radiation oncology center, among other distinctions.

They can add the distinction of being first with our readers as they were voted the Most Exceptional Hospital.

“Baptist’s employees and the physicians affiliated with us are committed to providing compassionate care to patients and their families,” says Jason Little, CEO and administrator for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis. “Each Baptist colleague takes our mission of healing, teaching and preaching very seriously.

6019 Walnut Grove, 226-5000; baptistonline.org.

Finalists: Methodist Healthcare; Saint Francis Hospital