Kaiser continues expansion in metro Atlanta

Kaiser continues expansion in metro Atlanta

Kaiser Permanente of Georgia opened its 30th facility in the state Tuesday, with a new location in Sandy Springs. The nonprofit health care organization said it has invested $6 million in the new primary care facility, which employs 60 and is located inside The Pavilion at Lake Hearn building near Northside Hospital. Kaiser said the…

5 health centers get $11 million from feds

5 health centers get $11 million from feds

Five Georgia community health centers will receive a total of $11 million in grants to expand and improve their services, the federal government announced Tuesday. The Georgia money is part of $728 million nationally that will go to hundreds of community health centers across the country, under the 2010 health reform law. A Stone Mountain…

U.S. News ranks metro Atlanta hospitals

U.S. News ranks metro Atlanta hospitals

U.S. News & World Report has produced its first ranking of hospitals by metro area, and Emory University Hospital came out No. 1 in Atlanta. The publication’s ranking of Emory nationally in 11 medical specialties helped push it to the top spot in metro Atlanta. U.S. News is widely known for its rankings of colleges…

Checking out dialysis facilities

Checking out dialysis facilities

ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative news organization, has created a web tool for consumers to dig into the quality of care at individual dialysis clinics. There are 269 such facilities in Georgia, and the tool gives you information such as mortality rates, infection rates, and hospitalizations. The data were collected by contractors for the federal Centers…