These Are The Best Hospitals In Georgia, Newsweek Says In New List

GEORGIA — The best hospital in Georgia is Emory University Hospital, but 15 others are ranked in Newsweek’s first-ever ranking of America’s Best In-State Hospitals.

Every hospital in the country was eligible for the inaugural ranking for 2024, which includes 600 hospitals across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The results are based on four data sources, including surveys by Newsweek’s data partner, Statista, of doctors, hospital administrators and other healthcare professionals, as well as patients, and Medicare and Medicaid data.

The final scores were weighted on peer recommendations (32.5 percent in-state and 7.5 percent out-of-state), patient experience (17.5 percent), hospital quality metrics (40 percent) and implementation of standardized Patient-Reported Outcome Measures, or PROMs (2.5 percent).

The Georgia hospitals named to the list, along with their score and location, are:

1. Emory University Hospital: 92.02 percent, Atlanta
2. Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital: 82.82 percent, Atlanta
3. Northside Hospital, Atlanta: 82.44 percent , Atlanta
4. Piedmont Atlanta 82.21 percent, Atlanta
5. Emory University Hospital Midtown: 82.14 percent, Atlanta
6. Emory Johns Creek Hospital: 80.45 percent, Johns Creek
7. Northside Hospital Forsyth: 80.19 percent, Cumming
8. Fairview Park Hospital: 79.38 percent, Dublin
9. City of Hope Atlanta: 79.28 percent, Newnan
10. Northside Hospital-Cherokee: 79.01 percent, Canton
11. Piedmont Mountainside Hospital: 77.64 percent, Jasper
12. Wellstar Paulding Medical Center: 77.59 percent, Hiram
13. Northside Hospital Gwinnett: 77.37 percent, Lawrenceville
14. Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center: 77.10 percent, Marietta
15. St. Joseph's Hospital - Savannah: 76.84 percent, Savannah
16. Emory Decatur Hospital: 76.74 percent, Decatur