Accreditation

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 Sacred Heart Hospital	Georgia Department of Public Health Franklin County Health Dept. for Hospital food handling and preparation College of Amer. Pathologists FAA/Helicopter landing pad FCC	Sacred Heart Remote Treatment Stroke Center Food & Nutrition Services Clinical Laboratory Pharmacies Engineering Heliport Radiology Radio transmission systems
St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital	State of Georgia	Remote Treatment Stroke Center
Advanced Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center	The Joint Commission	St. Mary’s Hospital stroke services, equipment and facilities
St. Mary’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory	American College of Cardiology	Heart attack treatment and cardiac catheterization services
St. Mary’s Highland Hills	Ga. Dept Human Resources	Personal Care facility
Spine Surgery	The Joint Commission	Specialty certification for surgical services and continuum of care
Breast Health Center	National Quality Measures for Breast Centers ™ Program American College of Surgeons National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers	Educational, screening, diagnostic and therapeutic services, equipment and personnel
St. Mary’s Home Health Care/Hospice Service	The Joint Commission Ga. Dept Human Resources Ga. Dept Community Care Medicaid	All services and facilities
Center for Rehabilitative Medicine	CARF	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 (St. Mary's Hospital only)	Entire department Blood bank (St. Mary's Hospital only)
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