Wellstar Sylvan Grove Medical Center has been named a first-time Georgia Oglethorpe Award winner. The Sterling Council, established in 1992, is a public/private not-for-profit corporation supported by the Executive Office of the Governor. The Council oversees the Governor’s Sterling Award for Performance Excellence and the Georgia Oglethorpe Award, which is based on the national Malcolm Baldrige Award, with Awards being presented annually to high performing, role-model organizations, both private and public, who demonstrate superior management approaches and role model results.
Wellstar Sylvan Grove is a nonprofit, critical access hospital in Jackson, Georgia and one of 11 Wellstar Health System hospitals. The hospital operates with 25 in-patient/swing beds (subacute rehab) and a 13-bed emergency department. The swing bed unit serves patients from all over the country, and the emergency department treats over 17,000 patients annually. Wellstar Sylvan Grove receives patients from across the nation because of their excellent reputation for rehabilitative care. “Together we can achieve more” describes the mindset of the Wellstar Sylvan Grove team. The hospital’s teamwork approach is the key driver of maintaining zero hospital-acquired infections for over three years and consistently remaining in the top 75th percentile for patient satisfaction as a facility.
Wellstar Sylvan Grove consistently remains one of the top-performing hospitals on the Great Place to Work® Survey, a national employee engagement survey, which resulted in the health system being named one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, earning the award in 2024 for the sixth time. The family culture extends outside of the four walls of the hospital to the people in the community. Wellstar Sylvan Grove participates in many community events, including a mobile market that helps to provide nutritious food and health education to the community at no cost.
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Medical Center is a first-time recipient of the Georgia Oglethorpe Award and is the sixth hospital that is part of the Wellstar Health System to be recognized with the Sterling Oglethorpe Award.
Wellstar Sylvan Grove will be formally recognized on Friday, May 31, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando at a banquet honoring their accomplishments and attainment of this recognition.