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GEORGIA
St. Mary's Health Care System, Inc. ®
Athens, Georgia
St. Mary’s is a private, non-profit health care system whose mission is to be a compassionate healing presence in their community. The 196-bed acute care hospital is a major referral center for Northeast Georgia, providing highly sophisticated care in key areas such as emergency medicine, general medical/surgical services, neurosciences, cardiac services, orthopedics, women’s health, children’s health and gastroenterology. St. Mary's features a continuum of care that strives to meet the ongoing health care needs of fast-growing Northeast Georgia. St. Mary's is North Georgia's first JCAHO-certified Primary Stroke Center and Northeast Georgia’s first JCAHO-certified Heart Failure Center and Knee Replacement Center . The system includes Oconee Heart and Vascular Center, the region’s largest home health care/hospice service, the region's only acute inpatient rehabilitation center, the region's only inpatient hospice house, Athens' only 64-slice CT scanner, an industrial medicine practice, Highland Hills Village retirement community, and a freestanding outpatient diagnostic, rehab and wellness center. St. Mary’s was founded in 1906 and became a Catholic hospital in 1938 under the sponsorship of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In 1999, sponsorship was transferred to the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, South Central Community, and St. Mary's joined the Catholic Health East system of care.
St. Mary's Health Care System Online Resources
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Saint Joseph's Health System
Atlanta, Georgia
Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1880, Saint Joseph’s Hospital is Atlanta's oldest hospital. Today, Saint Joseph's is recognized as one of the top 50 U.S hospitals and is a leading acute-care, specialty-referral hospital in the Southeast. Saint Joseph's was the first hospital in Georgia, and remains in the top one percent of facilities in the nation, recognized with the Magnet Recognition for Nursing Excellence, the gold-standard for nursing care. The 410-bed hospital has earned recognition as a Top 100 Hospital for Cardiovascular care more than six times and was named as one of America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for orthopaedics in 2005 and 2006. Saint Joseph's offers cardiovascular, oncology, neurology, orthopaedic, gastroenterology (digestive diseases), surgical, inpatient and outpatient care and more. Saint Joseph's Health System is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, South Central Community.
Saint Joseph's Hospital Online Resources
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