FTMC Named in Top 100 Best Places to Work in Health Care
09/16/2008 
9/16/2008-Norwalk-Fisher-Titus Medical Center was recently selected among 100 hospitals in
the United States
on Modern Healthcare’s inaugural list
of the 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. The local Medical
Center was one of four Ohio hospitals to be
selected for this honor.
“Our employees are our greatest asset,” said FTMC
President Patrick J. Martin. “I am very proud of all of them and everything
they do everyday taking care of our patients in the hospital and our residents
at Norwalk Memorial Home and The Carriage House.”
With almost 900 employees, Fisher-Titus Medical
Center serves Norwalk,
Huron County and contiguous communities with
the latest medical advancements. As a local, independently owned community
hospital, FTMC provides the area’s 60,000 residents a full continuum of care
that includes Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital, a 98-bed acute care hospital;
Norwalk Memorial Home, a 69-bed skilled nursing facility; The Carriage House of
Fisher-Titus, a 48-unit assisted living facility; and a Home Health Center.
Almost 240 health-care
companies participated in this first-ever health-care workplace listing. Modern Healthcare, a weekly magazine
published for the health-care industry, will reveal the specific ranking of the
100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare, from 1 to 100, in a special supplement
to be published Oct. 27.
The program collected
information from both the employer and employees and was open to all companies
(providers, suppliers, payers, associations, etc.) with at least 25 employees.
Employers completed a survey detailing company policies, practices, benefits
and demographics. Employees were asked an in-depth set of questions that
resulted in an analysis in eight core areas: leadership and planning, culture
and communications, role satisfaction, working environment, relationship with
supervisor, training and development, pay and benefits and overall
satisfaction.
“The health care
environment today and in the future is characterized not just by shrinking
margins; increasing regulations; new technologies; increasing consumerism;
patient empowerment; autonomy and competition, but also by staffing shortage
challenges and a heightened appreciation for the quality of the workplace,”
said Fawn Lopez, publisher of Modern
Healthcare.
“Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare program
identifies and recognizes healthcare organizations that have successfully built
workplace excellence and enabled employees to perform at their optimal level.
By sharing the best practices and innovations in the workplace settings, we
hope to enable others to develop progressive human resources strategies
critical to creating and sustaining the best healthcare system for patients.”
Modern Healthcare
partnered with Best Companies Group, a Pennsylvania-based firm that administers
“best places to work” programs nationwide. Modern Healthcare conducted this
program to recognize outstanding employers in the healthcare industry on a
national level.
The list is now available online at Modern Healthcare.
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