Cherokee’s Community Hospital
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orthside Hospital-Cherokee continues its commitment to the community by balancing clinical excellence with safe, highquality, compassionate care. In fact, the hospital has been recognized for doing just that by the nation’s leading healthcare organizations. Throughout an expanding network of state-ofthe-art medical facilities in Canton, Holly Springs and Woodstock (Towne Lake), Northside offers a wide variety of services, including cardiology, emergency, cancer care, radiology, surgery, women’s services, and much more. Award-Winning Patient Care In 2013, Northside Hospital-Cherokee was named a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission (TJC), the leading accreditor of healthcare organizations in America. The hospital was recognized for its exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care. Northside Hospital-Cherokee also was named to Georgia Hospital Association’s Partnership for Health and Accountability Core Measures Honor Roll. Alongside Northside Hospital-Atlanta and Northside Hospital-Forsyth, the three hospitals are among only 25 Georgia hospitals to be placed in the Chairman’s category, the highest on the list. Excellence in Cardiovascular Care Northside Hospital-Cherokee is an accredited Chest Pain Center and was recertified as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center in 2013. The hospital also achieved the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® STEMI Receiving Center Bronze Performance Achievement Award, recognizing its commitment and success in heart attack care.
Northside-Cherokee Towne Lake Medical Campus
Artist’s rendering of new replacement hospital
In addition, Northside Hospital-Cherokee and Northside Cherokee Cardiology were accredited in nuclear cardiology by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission. In May 2013, Northside HospitalCherokee added a second suite to its Cardiac Catheterization/ Interventional Radiology Laboratory and expanded its services to include the latest in vascular surgery services. Northside’s Heart and Vascular Institute is the only program in the nation equipped to treat high-risk patients with custom-modified endografts for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm. Patients also have access to a wider array of options for cardiac testing and treatment, including angioplasty. Northside Hospital-Cherokee Replacement Hospital Northside Hospital-Cherokee is committed to advancing healthcare in Cherokee County, and looks forward to continuing to offer these services at the new Northside Hospital-Cherokee replacement hospital. In October 2013, the new Northside Cherokee Boulevard opened between Highways 20 and 140, which will bring the community to the new hospital. Site preparation is well under way for the project, which will include the hospital, a distinct Women’s
Center, a multi-specialty medical office building (MOB) and cancer center, a 600-space parking deck and 300 surface parking spaces. In the meantime, Northside continues to improve and expand its existing facilities to better meet the needs of patients. In the last year, the hospital completed renovation of several patient units and expanded its parking lot, adding 160 spaces. In September 2013, Northside proudly opened its newest state-of-the-art facility, the Northside-Cherokee Towne Lake Medical Campus, located at 900 Towne Lake Parkway in Woodstock. The 100,817-square-foot, four-story, medical office building houses a wide variety of outpatient healthcare services and physician practices, representing numerous medical specialties.
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