Emory Healthcare is a
health care system
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in the U.S. state of
Georgia
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. It is part of
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...
and is the largest health care system in the state. It comprises 11 hospitals, the Emory Clinic and more than 250 provider locations.
Established in 2011, the Emory Healthcare Network is the largest clinically integrated network in Georgia with more than 2,800 physicians concentrating in 70 different subspecialties.
Hospitals
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Emory University Hospital
Emory University Hospital is a 733-bed facility in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in the care of acutely ill adults. Emory University Hospital is staffed exclusively by Emory University School of Medicine faculty who also are members of The Emor ...
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Emory University Hospital Midtown
Emory University Hospital Midtown (originally Emory Crawford Long Hospital) is a 511-bed acute care teaching hospital located in the SoNo district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and affiliated with Emory Healthcare. The hospital's CEO is Dan ...
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Emory University Hospital at Wesley Woods
* Emory Johns Creek Hospital
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Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital
* Emory Rehabilitation Hospital
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Emory University Orthopaedics and Spine Hospital
The Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital is part of the Emory Healthcare system. The hospital is situated in a six-story building at the intersection of Interstate 285 and Lawrenceville Highway in Tucker, Georgia, United States, and is ...
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Emory Decatur Hospital
*Emory Hillandale Hospital
*Emory Long Term Acute Care
Emory Clinic
Emory Clinic is the outpatient physician practice of the Emory Healthcare system.
Affiliations and partnerships
Emory Healthcare has relationships with the Atlanta VA Medical Center,
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
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,
Grady Memorial Hospital
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, and
MinuteClinic
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s in the Atlanta area. In 2015, Emory Healthcare's Veterans Program received a $15 million grant from
Wounded Warrior Project
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to expand its outpatient services and become a partner of the
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as a
PTSD treatment center.
Awards and recognition
*Emory University Hospital (including Emory University Hospital at Wesley Woods and Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital) has ranked #1 in metro Atlanta and in Georgia by ''
U.S. News & World Report'' from 2012 through 2020.
*Emory Healthcare is the only academic medical institution to have had two hospitals ranked in the national top 10 for quality by the University Health System Consortium (UHC). In 2013, Emory University Hospital was ranked #2 and Emory University Hospital Midtown was ranked #3. In 2014, these hospitals remained in the top quartile, with Emory University Hospital ranking #2 and Emory University Hospital Midtown ranking #22.
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Winship Cancer Institute
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is a nonprofit cancer research and patient care center based in Atlanta, Georgia. Winship Cancer Institute is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Georgia.
His ...
of Emory University is Georgia’s only
National Cancer Institute
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-designated cancer center.
*Emory University Hospital and Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital have both received
Magnet
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recognition by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center
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. Emory University Hospital received Magnet accreditation in 2014; the same year Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital received its fifth consecutive accreditation, making it one of only three hospitals in the world to be accredited five times.
*Emory University Hospital was the first hospital in the United States to treat patients with known
Ebola virus disease
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. To date, four patients with Ebola virus disease have been successfully treated at this facility. It has been designated by the
White House
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as one of the country’s Ebola treatment centers.
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Medical and health organizations based in Georgia (U.S. state)