Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of Georgia Founded: 1956 DAISY Award Winners: 12 Licensed Beds: 632 Awards:
n State designations: • Level I Trauma Center • Level I Emergency Cardiac Care Center • Level II Pediatric Trauma Center • Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit • Level IV Maternal Center (GA DPH) n American College of Cardiology: • Chest Pain Center/Primary PCI • Accredited for Electrophysiology • Accredited Cardiac Cath Lab/ PCI n The American College of Radiology: • Breast Imaging Center of Excellence n Certified AACVPR Program n DNV Credentialed VAD program n Human Rights Campaign Foundation Healthcare Equality Index Leader n IC-OS Center of Excellence n Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Pharmacy Residency Program n College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)’s Certified Level 7 Digital Health Most Wired (Acute Care, Ambulatory Care)
n Blue Cross Blue Shield: • Blue Distinction Centers:
n Children’s Hospital of Georgia: ELSO – ECMO Gold Level Center of Excellence Distinction n U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals in Georgia n Newsweek’s America’s Best Maternity Hospitals n AHA/ASA: • Get With The Guidelines® - Target: Heart Failure – Gold Plus; Honor Roll with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2023) - Target: Stroke – Honor Roll Elite Plus with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2023) - Target: Stroke – Gold Plus (2021) - Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll (2021) - Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2021)
Bariatric weight loss surgery and Kidney Transplant
• Blue Distinction Center+: Transplant – Adult Bone Marrow/Stem Cell n Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC): • Accredited Center for Echocardiograhy • 20-year Echocardiography Bronze Accreditation in all three: adult transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, stress echocardiography n Accredited Center for n Accredited Level 4 adult/ pediatric Comprehensive Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers n ALS Center named Center of Excellence by the ALS Association n National Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence since 2002 n Certified 24/7 Obstetrics Emergency Department n Antibiotic Stewardship Honor Roll (DPH – 2024) Comprehensive MS Care by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Designations: n Adult medical center, the
Children’s Hospital of Georgia and the Georgia Cancer Center n The Joint Commission/AHA/ASA: • Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center
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