Northside hospitals recognized for specialty care

Through consistent quality standards of care, Northside Hospital has an unwavering focus on advancing the health and wellness of the communities it serves. Northside’s employees and physicians and their efforts to deliver safe, high-quality care have earned multiple awards and recognitions over the past quarter.?

Northside hospitals were among the best U.S. hospitals recognized with Healthgrades ' 2025 Specialty Excellence Awards . The awards recognize hospitals that deliver superior patient outcomes across multiple specialty areas, including surgery, joint replacement and stroke care.

• Atlanta: America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery Award
• Cherokee: Outpatient Joint Replacement Excellence Award, Pulmonary Care Excellence Award
• Duluth: America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Prostate Care Award
• Forsyth: Outpatient Joint Replacement Excellence Award, Stroke Care Excellence Award
• Gwinnett: America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Prostate Care Award

The Northside Hospital system was honored by workplace culture and compensation monitoring site Comparably for Best Company Happiness and Best Company Perks & Benefits 2024 among top large employers (more than 500 employees) across the U.S.?

The health system also ranked among Forbes ’ 2024 list of America’s Best Employers By State and Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Great hospitals in America.”?

Northside Atlanta earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval? for health care quality, receiving Disease-Specific Care recertification for lung cancer and designation as a Primary Heart Attack Center.

Northside Hospital Heart Institute received the Silver Level ELSO Award Of Excellence in Life Support from the ELSO (The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization) and is on the Path to Excellence. The honor distinguishes Northside for providing exceptional care in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

Northside Gwinnett and Northside Duluth were redesignated by the Georgia Department of Public Health Office of EMS and Trauma as Emergency Cardiac Care Centers (ECCC). Northside Gwinnett was designated a Level I ECCC; Northside Duluth a Level III ECCC.

In addition, Northside Gwinnett’s computerized tomography (CT) department was awarded the HeartFlow, Inc CT Quality Award for excellence in cardiac imaging.

Northside Cherokee and Northside Duluth are among seven Georgia hospitals, 350 nationwide, named by Becker's Healthcare as the cleanest hospitals . The hospitals received 5-star cleanliness ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) national patient survey.

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