The Joint Commission: Northside Hospital receives first Maternal Levels of Care Verification

Editor's Note

The Joint Commission announced January 4 that Northside Hospital, Atlanta, is the first in the country to receive Maternal Levels of Care Verification and the first in the state to receive a Level IV Maternal Center Designation from the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Georgia is one of just a few states to review risk-appropriate care and the first to collaborate on a program with an accreditation organization.

More babies are born at Northside Hospital each year than any other hospital in the US, which offers it a unique opportunity to develop exceptional expertise in the care of women and newborns with high-risk conditions, The Joint Commission says.