Becker's has compiled a list of the best hospitals for patient experience in Georgia using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores from CMS.
The HCAHPS summary star rating is the average of the star ratings of the 10 topic-specific HCAHPS measures. The HCAHPS summary star rating combines information about different aspects of patient experience of care to make it easier to compare hospitals. The figures are from CMS' Hospital Compare website and represent data released Jan. 26, 2022, and based on data from July 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021 — three quarters rather than the customary four quarters. CMS says users should interpret the data with caution, "as they are based on fewer months of data, fewer discharged patients, and fewer hospitals than normal."
Hospitals included below received a four patient summary star rating.
Georgia's top-rated hospitals for patient experience:
Bacon County Hospital (Alma)
Colquitt Regional Medical Center (Moultrie)
Dwight Eisenhower Army Medical Center (Fort Gordon)
Emanuel Medical Center (Swainsboro)
Fairview Park Hospital (Dublin)
Grady General Hospital (Cairo)
Martin Army Community Hospital (Fort Benning)
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital (Vidalia)
Northside Hospital Cherokee (Canton)
Optim Medical Center-Tattnall (Reidsville)
Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus (Saint Marys)
Southeastern Regional Medical Center (Newnan)
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital (Greensboro)
Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center (Lavonia)
Upson Regional Medical Center (Thomaston)
Winn Army Community Hospital (Fort Stewart)
*This article was updated with a data clarification Feb. 7. A previous version of this story included hospitals with an overall five-star rating instead of a patient summary star rating.