Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton is number seven on Becker Hospital Review’s list of the Twenty Most Beautiful Hospitals in the country.
Another Georgia hospital, Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, is first. In fact, there are four Georgia hospital in all on the list. The others are Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston and Northside Hospital Cherokee in Canton.
The 12th annual list, published July 31, features the top hospitals recognized for their outer and inner beauty, such as top-notch staff or a holistic approach to well-being, according to Becker Hospital Review.
More than 1.4 million votes were received during the June 24-July 25 voting period. As the No. 1 “most beautiful hospital,” Phoebe Sumter Medical Center will receive a $5,000 donation.
The number of hospitals from Georgia on the list is the highest number yet for the state.
Here’s the complete list:
1. Phoebe Sumter Medical Center (Americus, Ga.)
2. Southeast Health (Dothan, Ala.)
3. The University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center (Rio Rancho, N.M.)
4. Chickasaw Nation Medical Center (Ada, Okla.)
5. Community Hospital – Grand Junction (Colo.)
6. Caldwell (Kan.) Regional Medical Center
7. Northeast Georgia Health System Braselton
8. Upson Regional Medical Center (Thomaston, Ga.)
9. Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage, Calif.)
10. Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
11. NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital (New York City)
12. Riverside Regional Medical Center (Newport News, Va.)
13. Northside Hospital Cherokee (Canton, Ga.)
14. Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital (Wheaton, Ill.)
15. UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
16. Monadnock Community Hospital (Peterborough, N.H.)
17. La Rabida Children’s Hospital (Chicago)
18. UAB Medicine (Birmingham, Ala.)
19. Brook Lane Hospital (Hagerstown, Md.)
20. Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hecktown Oaks (Easton, Penn.)