San Juan Regional Health

San Juan Regional Medical Center is proud to announce it has ranked sixth on Soliant’s 10^th annual Top 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals contest. Supporters from across the country nominated and voted for facilities that recognized nurturing staff, comforting aesthetics, and innovative designs as key elements of beauty which contribute to the overall well-being of patients. 

As a community owned and operated hospital, San Juan Regional Medical Center collaborated with the community to find out what patients needed to facilitate their healing process. Deliberate aesthetic design elements were incorporated into the new tower build in an effort to foster a more healing environment, with cultural and natural elements woven throughout the construction. Visitors to San Juan Regional Medical Center will notice:

• Muted, natural colors found in Farmington’s bluffs and desert landscape
• Skylights and open air balconies that provide a beautiful visual aesthetic and fresh air

• Meditation Rooms that mimic a Navajo Hogan, suitable for religious or non-religious ceremonies, or a meeting place for extended families
• A beautiful Healing Garden that is open year round to provide a peaceful and scenic outdoor place for patients and visitors  

• Private patient rooms and family kitchens designed to provide a comfortable and homey atmosphere to aid in healing and accommodate patients and their families

“We are honored to serve, support and provide healthcare services to a diverse community. Our hope is that everyone who walks through our doors feels like they are part of an inclusive environment where each patient and employee can feel connected, valued and engaged,” said Jeff Bourgeois, President and CEO of San Juan Regional Medical Center. “Fostering our patients’ comfort is an important part of the healing process, and we are committed to providing a space where our patients can engage in physical, emotional, spiritual and mental recovery.” 

With more than 8,542,596 votes cast for the record-setting 96 hospitals nominated, San Juan Regional Medical Center emerged as one of the top 20 facilities recognized by supporters on Soliant’s annual list. It was also the only New Mexico hospital to make the list. Pipestone County Medical Center & Family Clinic Avera in Pipestone, Minnesota ranked first. San Juan Regional Medical Center was also ranked as Soliant’s sixth most beautiful hospital in 2012.

“Congratulations to the hospitals that landed on this year’s Top 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals list,” said David Alexander, president of Soliant. “These facilities recognize that beauty encompasses more than just a pleasing design; it includes compassionate and dedicated staff partnering with comforting surroundings to help create the most optimal place for people to receive the treatment they need and to restore their health.”

About Soliant’s Annual Top 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals Contest

Beginning in 2009, Soliant conducts an annual contest to discover hospitals in the United States that prove beauty is more than skin deep – that it starts from within and radiates through by making patients feel more comfortable, healing them faster and treating them like family. Whether it’s soothing art and design, a healing garden to make a hospital feel more like home, or support of the top-notch staff who knows that love and laughter may be the best medicine, Soliant seeks out nominations and votes from community members and staff for those hospitals they feel best represent what they find beautiful.