St. Francis–Emory Healthcare is a 376-bed community hospital serving west Georgia and east Alabama with more than 2,500 associates and 300 physicians. The hospital offers the only open-heart surgery program in Columbus and the Chattahoochee Valley and celebrated its 75th year serving the Columbus area in 2025. In 2025, the hospital recruited more than 80 providers, invested more than $3 million in facilities and advanced technologies, and earned Healthgrades distinctions including the “Coronary Intervention Excellence Award” and a ranking among the top 10% nationally for coronary interventional procedures. The hospital’s Bradley Center, a cornerstone of behavioral health since 1955, offers 84 licensed inpatient psychiatric beds for pediatric, adult and geriatric populations, and has established a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to provide 24/7 crisis services, including a walk-in crisis center and a 37-bed crisis stabilization unit. St. Francis–Emory Healthcare was the first hospital in Georgia to receive the “Purple Heart Hospital” designation from the Military Order of the Purple Heart, and recently earned The Joint Commission’s advanced perinatal care certification, making it the first hospital in Georgia to obtain that certification. The hospital paid a payroll of more than $133 million, contributed more than $20 million in local, state and provider taxes, and provided more than $43 million in uncompensated care in 2025. A community-based psychiatry residency program developed by the Bradley Center in partnership with St. Francis is expected to be the largest of its kind in Georgia upon full implementation.
