About Us
Atrium Health Navicent is the leading provider of healthcare in central and south Georgia and is committed to its mission of elevating health and well-being through compassionate care. Atrium Health Navicent is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Navicent provides high-quality, personalized care in 53 specialties at more than 50 facilities throughout the region. As part of the largest, integrated, nonprofit health system in the Southeast, it is also able to tap into some of the nation's leading medical experts and specialists with Atrium Health, allowing it to provide the best care close to home - including advanced innovations in virtual medicine and care. Throughout its 125-year history in the community, Atrium Health Navicent has remained dedicated to enhancing health and wellness for individuals throughout the region through nationally recognized quality care, community health initiatives and collaborative partnerships. It is also one of the leading teaching hospitals in the region, helping to ensure viability for rural health care for the next generation. For more information, please visit www.NavicentHealth.org.
History
Atrium Health Navicent was incorporated on November 17, 1994 as a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to coordinate Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center and other affiliated entities toward our mission: "Together, we elevate health and well-being through compassionate care."
Included within the Atrium Health Navicent system is Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center, a 637 bed, nationally-verified Level I-designated Trauma Center and a four-time Magnet Designated hospital for nursing excellence worldwide.
Atrium Health Navicent provides a broad range of community-based, outpatient diagnostic, primary care, extensive home health and hospice care, and comprehensive cancer and rehabilitation services spanning the full continuum of care. Included within the system are:
- Five acute care hospitals
- A rehabilitation hospital
- A new, state-of-the-art children's hospital
- Central Georgia's first life plan community
- An in-patient hospice facility, as well as in-home hospice care
- Wellness and preventative services
- Multiple urgent care centers
- Numerous community-based partnerships that help Atrium Health Navicent deliver on its mission.
Distinguished nationally for its excellence, Atrium Health Navicent is also one of the premier teaching hospitals in the United States and serves as the primary teaching hospital for the Mercer University School of Medicine. Atrium Health Navicent supports residency-training programs in family practice, general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics along with fellowships in critical care, geriatrics and orthopedic traumatology. Atrium Health Navicent also partners with a number of central Georgia universities and colleges to offer advanced training for nursing students. As a teaching hospital, Atrium Health Navicent attracts the best and the brightest to the area.
In 2019, Navicent Health strategically combined with Charlotte-based Atrium Health. With similar missions and complementary capabilities, we're bringing better care to everyone we serve throughout the Southeast, from the Carolinas to Georgia. Our combination has brought:
- Access to world-class care - from the top experts to the most advanced treatments in heart, cancer and children's care.
- The latest and most innovative care options - like real-time virtual care for everything from everyday illnesses to critical care to mental health needs.
- Care focused on the whole community - through programs that help prevent disease, address social factors impacting health (like access to safe housing or fresh food), and boost health outside our walls.
Vision
To be the first and best choice for care.
Mission
To improve health, elevate hope and advance healing - for all.
Our Culture Commitments
We recognize that employees are our most valuable asset. We have identified five Culture Commitments, built through the input of thousands of our teammates, as our guideposts for how we care for our patients and each other, every day.
- We create a space where all Belong
- We Work as One to make great things happen
- We earn Trust in all we do
- We Innovate to better the now and create the future
- We drive for Excellence - always