Studer Group Ranked Fifth on Great Place to Work® 2014 Best Small & Medium Workplaces List

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GULF BREEZE, Fla., Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Studer Group®, a Gulf Breeze, Florida-based outcomes firm, is proud to be named a 2014 Best Small & Medium Workplace by Great Place to Work®. Ranked fifth, this is the seventh consecutive year Studer Group has received this honor and the fourth consecutive year in the top ten. 

Studer Group's mission is to change the face of healthcare by creating better places for employees to work, physicians to practice medicine, and patients to receive care. The same principles that they help partner organizations to implement are hardwired within their own organization. Standards of Behavior are signed at the time of hire, quarterly training and development sessions are mandatory, and standardized meetings between leaders and their direct report take place on a monthly basis. To show commitment to transparency, all staff have access to 90-day performance plans for the entire organization and receive monthly financial reports sharing revenue, expenses and net income.

Studer Group supports work-life balance through benefits such as four weeks of paid vacation time annually, 48 hours of flexible time to volunteer in the community, and six-to-eight weeks of paid maternity leave and one week of paid paternity leave for new parents. In addition to hand-written thank you notes and birthday cards sent to employees' homes, staff also receive a $75 gift card on their birthday (and $25 in cash for employee's children on their birthday).

To learn more about Studer Group visit www.studergroup.com. The full list of 2014 Great Place to Work Best Small & Medium Workplaces winners is available at www.greatplacetowork.com.

About Studer Group
A recipient of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Studer Group is an outcomes-based healthcare performance improvement firm that works with healthcare organizations in the United States, Canada, Australia and beyond, teaching them how to achieve, sustain, and accelerate exceptional clinical, operational, and financial results. Working together, they help to get the foundation right so organizations can build a sustainable culture that promotes accountability, fosters innovation, and consistently delivers a great patient experience and the best quality outcomes over time. To learn more about Studer Group, visit studergroup.com.

About Great Place to Work
Great Place to Work^® is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment tools, advisory services, and employer branding programs, including Best Companies lists and workplace reviews, Great Place to Work^® provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures. In the United States, Great Place to Work^® produces the annual FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For^® list and the Great Place to Work^® Best Small & Medium Workplaces list. Follow Great Place to Work^® online at www.greatplacetowork.com and on Twitter at @GPTW_US. For information about global operations at Great Place to Work^®, visit www.greatplacetowork.net.

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