Becker’s Hospital Review has named Methodist Medical Center as one of its 65 Great Community Hospitals. Methodist is being recognized as one of the high-performing leaders in patient care, clinical quality and community outreach. (65 Great Community Hospitals.)

To compile this list each year, the Becker’s Hospital Review editorial team analyzes and reviews data from sources including U.S. News & World Report, HealthGrades, American Nurses Credentialing Center and Thomson Reuters to identify remarkable hospitals. For inclusion on this list, hospitals needed to have fewer than 550 patient beds and minimal teaching programs.

Methodist President and CEO Michael Bryant said, “Methodist is proud that based on objective external data, we are recognized as one of the best community health care systems in the country. This type of recognition reinforces the hard work of all our employees in delivering outstanding healthcare to central Illinois.”