Northside Hospital Atlanta Explained

Northside Hospital Atlanta
Org/Group:Northside Hospital System
Region:Sandy Springs
State:Georgia
Country:US
Coordinates:33.909°N -84.3539°W
Funding:Non-profit
Type:General
Standards:Level IV Maternal Center
Beds:621
H1-Number:H1
H1-Length-F:60
H1-Surface:Concrete
Publictransit:MARTA

N8Medical Center (Red Line)
MARTA Bus: 825

Former-Names:Northside Hospital

Northside Hospital Atlanta (originally Northside Hospital; sometimes Northside Atlanta) is a hospital serving the metro Atlanta area located in the "Pill Hill" neighborhood in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Opened in 1970, the hospital is the flagship and original location of the Northside Hospital System;, it has 621 beds and employs 2,300 physicians and over 11,000 staff. Northside Atlanta delivers the most babies of any hospital in the United States.[1]

History

Northside Hospital opened on July6, 1970.[2] The hospital had 288 beds, 80 doctors, and around 400 employees.[3]

The hospital is owned by the Hospital Authority of Fulton County.[4]

In May 1999, Northside's Women's Center opened to the public.[5]

Northside Atlanta expanded in 2018 with the eight-story East Tower, which added 81 beds to the hospital's capacity. The new tower's patient pickup and dropoff motor lobby area features a mural by contemporary Atlanta artist Ryan Coleman.[6] [7] [8]

In 2023, Northside Atlanta became the first hospital in the country to receive a level IV verification from the Joint Commission's Maternal Levels of Care program.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Gratas . Sofi . Northside Atlanta is first hospital in the U.S. with top-tier maternal care designation . GPB . January 19, 2023.
  2. Web site: Price-Richardson . Zenzele . Northside Hospital Auxiliary honors volunteers . Appen Media . 3 December 2015.
  3. Web site: History of Northside Hospital Forsyth and Auxiliary . NHF Auxiliary . April 2023.
  4. Web site: Teegardin . Carrie . Northside Hospital: records not public's business . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . December 1, 2015.
  5. News: Jackson . Reeves . Former president, CEO of Northside Hospital who expanded hospital's impact dies at 88 . 11Alive . February 23, 2023.
  6. Web site: Northside Hospital Atlanta Completes New Eight-Story Patient Tower . Northside Hospital Foundation . July 13, 2018.
  7. Web site: Northside Hospital Atlanta, GA . Ryan Coleman Art . 2 October 2023.
  8. DeMuth . Mary Ann . Making Mural Magic . Georgia Trend . July 2018 . 33 . 11 . 17 . 0882-5971.