St. Mary's Hospital and Health Care System | Accreditation | Athens GA

St. Mary's and its subsidiaries are regularly surveyed, accredited and/or licensed by numerous agencies. Some of our key certifications include:

Facility or unit	Issuing agency	Service or equipment covered
St. Mary’s Hospital	The Joint Commission State of Georgia Medicaid	Entire facility
St. Mary's Primary Stroke Center	The Joint Commission	All stroke care services, equipment and facilities
St. Mary’s Highland Hills	Ga. Dept Human Resources	Personal Care facility
Heart Failure Program	The Joint Commission	All heart failure services, equipment and facilities
Knee Replacement Surgery Program	The Joint Commission	Certification for surgical services and St. Mary's continuum of rehab care
Neuroscience Center of Excellence	NeuroSource	All facilities, services and equipment related to neuroscience
St. Mary’s Home Health Care/Hospice Service	The Joint Commission Ga. Dept Human Resources Ga. Dept Community Care Medicaid	All services and facilities
Food & Nutrition Services	Clarke County Health Dept. State of Georgia Health Dept.	Hospital and Highland Hills food handling and preparation
Pharmacies	Ga. State Board of Pharmacy Drug Enforcement Admin.	Hospital pharmacy IV Infusion pharmacy
Clinical laboratory	College of Amer. Pathologists Georgia Department of Human Resources Amer. Assoc. of Blood Banks	Entire department Blood bank
Outpatient Imaging Center (located at The Exchange)	American College of Radiology	Neuro, Head, Neck, Thorax, Abdominal CT imaging Mammography
Surgical lasers	Ga. Dept. Human Resources	Main Operating Rooms Outpatient Surgical Center
Engineering	Ga. Dept. of Labor Athens-Clarke County Fire Dept. Ga. EPD	High pressure vessels & elevators All facilities Underground tanks
Radiology	Ga. Dept. Human Resources Federal Food and Drug Administration American College of Radiology	Radioactive materials X-ray equipment Mammography Neuro, spine, brain, chest and abdominal imaging
Heliport	Federal Aviation Administration	Helicopter landing pad
Radio transmission systems	Federal Communications Commission	Various radio systems
Cardiac Rehabilitation	American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation	Entire program
Center for Rehabilitative Medicine	CARF	All services and facilities
St. Mary's Sleep Disorders Center	American Academy of Sleep Medicine	All services and facilities