Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Georgia with the lowest surgical site infections (colon)
55 Georgia hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (colon) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 51 | Wellstar Douglas Medical Center | 2.17, 3rd percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 2.21, 2nd percentile | 0.22, 66th percentile | — | 0.61, 48th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Wellstar Douglas Medical Center |
| 52 | Northside Hospital Cherokee | 2.35, 2nd percentile | 1.29, 7th percentile | 0.54, 45th percentile | 0.59, 32nd percentile | 4.73, 0th percentile | 0.44, 64th percentile | 0.18, 65th percentile | Compare Northside Hospital Cherokee |
| 53 | Coliseum Medical Centers | 2.75, 1st percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 0.35, 62nd percentile | 0.14, 73rd percentile | 0.00, 89th percentile | 0.55, 55th percentile | 0.24, 57th percentile | Compare Coliseum Medical Centers |
| 54 | Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | 2.76, 1st percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center |
| 55 | Crisp Regional Hospital | 2.86, 1st percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | — | 0.82, 19th percentile | — | — | 0.36, 38th percentile | Compare Crisp Regional Hospital |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).