The Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida released a statement celebrating new data from its original report that shows its Safety Net Hospitals as leaders in graduate medical education (GME) this week.
“This report shows tremendous success! Our hospitals are always on call and provide the most critical, complex care in the state - and are among the best in the nation," Safety Net Hospitals CEO Justin Senior said in a release. "This update validates findings from the cornerstone GME Match Rates and Quality, 2020-24 Report, that Safety Net Hospitals are attracting more doctors-in-training than other hospitals.”
According to a release, Safety Net Hospitals make up only 14% of hospitals, but yield 60% of Florida’s top-performing hospitals, as scored by generating 700 matches and a match rate above the overall state match rate. They also capped its 93% match rate at 100% after supplemental matches were declared.
The hospital's new programs also command an outstanding 100% match rate annually. Safety Net Hospitals credited the success to the quality of its GME since the inception of its 2020-24 report.
“Excellence in care and excellence in training go hand-in-hand, and that is why our hospitals consistently lead in both," Senior added. "Every physician we train represents another step toward ensuring every Florida family continues to have access to outstanding care close to home.”
In addition, medical school graduates have been shown to increasingly turn to train in Florida's hospitals, with 85.8% in 2020 to 90.1% in 2025.
Data from the five years include:
- New doctors nearly 50%.
- Slots increased by over 40%.
- Hospitals supervising GME up 7% from 2020 (58% to 65%).
- Hospitals with more than 70 matches and above the state's overall match rate doubled.
“This 2025 data proves once and for all that Safety Net Hospitals set the pace for training the next generation of Florida’s doctors," Safety Net Hospitals President & COO Lindy Kennedy added.
"Safety Net Hospitals comprise only 14% of hospitals, yet almost 50% of the new doctors are choosing our hospitals to complete their training," Kennedy continued. "This is because medical school graduates seek out high-quality programs when considering where to do their training. For Florida families, that means more communities gaining access to well-trained, compassionate doctors.”
View the full data here.
