About Us
St. Joseph’s/Candler is the region’s only faith-based, not-for-profit health institution.
Through its affiliate hospitals and health services, St. Joseph’s/Candler is the largest and most experienced healthcare provider in the region. Together, its two anchor hospitals--St. Joseph’s and Candler Hospital---offer 615 licensed acute care beds serving all of Southeast Georgia and the South Carolina Low Country. Both institutions have been accredited separately by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO), while jointly, the health system is one of only a few in the nation to have received network accreditation status.
St. Joseph’s/Candler is the region’s only recipient of the national Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence – one of only a select handful of health institutions in the country to be so honored.
Since 1999, St. Joseph’s/Candler has been listed as one of the nation's Top 100 Integrated Health Systems, as published in Modern Healthcare Magazine. We set the standards for health care in our region through groundbreaking innovations in:
· Cardiology
· Oncology
· Neurosensory Disorders
· Orthopaedics
· Women’s Services
· Children’s Services
· Pulmonology
· Digestive Diseases
· Diabetes
Individually, St. Joseph’s Hospital is the region’s recognized leader in heart care services, orthopedics and neurology, while Candler Hospital provides the finest in primary care, outpatient and women’s and children’s services. The Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion at St. Joseph’s/Candler provides the most advanced technology, treatments, and screenings to more patients than any other cancer program in the region.
St. Joseph’s/Candler also provides a regional network of physician practices, as well as complete home health services.
St. Joseph’s/Candler is affiliated with Emory University HealthCare, Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville, Neumors Children’s Hospital and the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla.
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