Awards & Recognition

• 

  Forrest General Hospital Named High Performing Hospital in Five Categories by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Ratings

  Forrest General Hospital has been named a High Performing Hospital by U.S. News & World Report for TAVR, stroke, cancer, orthopedics and vascular care.

  August 28, 2026
• 

  Forrest General Hospital Awarded Primary Stroke Center Certification from Joint Commission

  Forrest General has earned Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Primary Stroke Center Certification.

  August 19, 2026
• 

  Forrest General Hospital Among Nation’s Top Performing Hospitals for Treatment of Heart Attack Patients

  Forrest General Hospital (FGH) has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ? MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2026.

  August 3, 2026
• 

  Forrest Health Hospitals Nationally Recognized for Commitment to High-Quality Heart Attack, Stroke Care in South Mississippi

  All seven hospitals in the Forrest Health system have been recognized with national Get With the Guidelines® awards.

  July 1, 2026
• 

  Forrest General Teams Recognized with Spero Awards for Work with MORA’s Organ Donation Team

  Three teams at Forrest General Hospital are being recognized by the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency (MORA) with its prestigious Spero Award.

  April 3, 2026
• 

  Pearl River County Nursing Home Earns Five Stars in CMS Rating

  The stars have aligned for Forrest Health’s Pearl River County Nursing Home – all five of them.

  January 12, 2026
• 

  Highland Community Hospital Achieves Re-Designation as a Baby-Friendly Hospital

  Highland Community Hospital is proud to announce it has achieved the highly prestigious international Baby-Friendly re-designation.

  January 9, 2026
• 

  Forrest’s Jefferson Davis Community Hospital Awarded by Newsweek as one of America’s Best Nursing Homes 2026

  Jefferson Davis Community Hospital’s Extended Care Facility, a 55-bed nursing home in Prentiss, has been recognized on Newsweek’s America’s Best Nursing Homes 2026 list.

  December 1, 2025
• 

  Forrest General Hospital Named High Performing Hospital in Five Categories by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Ratings

  Forrest General Hospital has been named a High Performing Hospital by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals 2025-2026 ratings and rankings which were released in July.

  August 6, 2025
• 

  Forrest Home Care and Hospice Agencies Earn SHPBest TM “Premier Performer” Patient Experience Awards

  Two Forrest Health Home Care & Hospice teams were recognized as “Premier Performers” by Strategic Healthcare Programs.

  August 6, 2025

View More