Augusta University Medical Center

Augusta University Medical Center
Geography
Location	Augusta, Georgia, United States
Organization
Affiliated university	Augusta University
Services
Helipad	Yes
Beds	478 154 (Children's Hospital of Georgia)
History
Founded	1956
Links
Website	http://www.augustahealth.org/
Lists	Hospitals in Georgia

Augusta University Medical Center is an academic health center affiliated with the Augusta University Health System, affiliated with Augusta University. It is a healthcare network that offers primary, specialty and sub-specialty care in Augusta, Georgia, the Central Savannah River Area, and throughout the Southeast United States.

Facilities

Augusta University Medical Center’s facilities include:^[1]

• 478-bed Medical Center
• Medical Office Building with more than 80 outpatient practice sites
• 13-county regional Level 1 trauma centers at the Critical Care Center
• Sports Medicine Center^[2]
• One of 72 Gamma Knife Programs in the United States
• Bone Marrow Transplant Program
• Stem Cell Transplant Program
• Comprehensive Stroke Center^[3]

Awards

The hospital has received several awards.

The Breast Health Center was named Augusta, Georgia's only Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology in 2011.^[4]

In addition, the Kidney Transplant Excellence Award from HealthGrades was awarded in 2009 and 2010.^[5] GRMC was one of 10 kidney transplant programs to receive the distinction.

Children's Hospital of Georgia

The recently renamed Children's Hospital of Georgia is a 154-bed academic children's hospital, and is the only children's hospital in the Central Savannah River Area. The Children's Hospital provides the highest level of neonatal intensive care and pediatric intensive care available as defined by the American Academy of Pediatrics^[6] . It staffs a team of pediatric specialists who deliver inpatient and outpatient care for everything from common childhood illnesses to life-threatening conditions like heart disorders, cancer and neurological diseases.

The facility opened in 1998 as part of the Medical College of Georgia's 10 year master-plan expansion as the MCGHealth Children's Medical Center, and was renamed in 2013.^[7] The hospital is among the largest pediatric facilities in the US.^[8]

The Children's Hospital of Georgia has an award-winning Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program. They are frequently considered pioneers in this area, having started the first program in the Southeast in 1985^[9] and being designated a Center of Excellence in 2012.^[10]

Quality Improvement

In 1993, Augusta University Medical Center implemented a program in which patients and family members serve as advisers to the hospital in order to provide input that can lead to general quality improvement efforts.^[11]

See also

• Medical District (Augusta, Georgia)

References

1. "Health Services".
2. About MCGHealth Archived December 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
3. Corwin, Tom (19 June 2013). "Better stroke care at GRMC earns distinction". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
4. "Breast Health Center at MCGHealth Named an ACR Breast Imaging Center of Excellence".
5. Dobbel, Jacey. "Nation's Top Hospital Organ Transplant Centers Identified by HealthGrades". HealthGrades.com.
6. "About Children's Hospital of Georgia".
7. Corwin, Tom. "MCG Hospital, Children's get new names". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
8. "About Children's Hospital of Georgia".
9. "2013 Columbia County Resource Guide" (PDF).
10. "Centers of Excellence - Extracorporeal Life Support Organization". Archived from the original on 2013-09-05.
11. "Patient Advisers Participate in Hospital Councils, Committees, Staff Training, and Other Activities, Contributing to Improved Patient Satisfaction and Better Organizational Performance Issues as an Alternative to Outpatient and Inpatient Care". Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2014-04-29.

External links

• — official website