This Hospital In Georgia Is Among Nation's Greatest

ATLANTA, GA – A new report says one hospital in Georgia is among the greatest in the nation. Becker's Healthcare, which publishes business and legal information for the healthcare industry, released its annual "100 great hospitals in America" list last week.

Below is the Georgia hospital that made the list:

Emory University Hospital (Atlanta). Emory University Hospital, which started in 1904 as a 50-bed facility housed in an Atlanta mansion, has since transformed into the 733-bed flagship hospital for Emory Healthcare, the most comprehensive health system in Georgia with more than 17,000 employees. Emory University Hospital houses the fifth busiest solid organ transplant center in the country, where more than 320 transplant procedures are performed annually. The hospital also contains a serious communicable diseases unit, where clinicians treated the nation's first Ebola patients in 2014. U.S. News & World Report recognized Emory University Hospital as the best hospital in Georgia for the seventh consecutive year in 2017-18.

The group says the hospitals that made the list have received national recognition for excellence in clinical care, patient outcomes and staff and doctor satisfaction. The list is in alphabetical order and are not to be taken as rankings.

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"These institutions are industry leaders that have achieved advanced accreditation and certification in several specialties," the group said on its website. "The list also includes industry innovators that have sparked trends in healthcare technology, hospital management and patient satisfaction."

Becker's Healthcare has a portfolio that includes trade publications, such as the magazine Becker's Hospital Review.

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The hospital list is based on the group's analysis of ranking and awards agencies, including the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, star ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, letter grades from The Leapfrog Group and Truven Health Analytics.

Becker's also sought nominations for the list.

Patch reporter Dan Hampton contributed to this report. Image via Shutterstock