Norton Healthcare, Inc. | |
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Geography | |
Location | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Organisation | |
Care system | Private |
Type | General |
Services | |
Standards | JCAHO accreditation |
Beds | 1969 |
History | |
Opened | 1886 |
Links | |
Website | nortonhealthcare |
Lists | Hospitals in U.S. |
Norton Healthcare is a Kentucky healthcare system with more than 40 clinics and hospitals in and around Louisville, Kentucky. The hospital and health care system is the Louisville area's third largest private employer, located at more than 140 locations throughout Greater Louisville, and Southern Indiana. The Louisville-based system includes six hospitals, one being in Madison, Indiana,[1] (with ongoing expansion into Southern Indiana[2]), and with 1,993 licensed beds, eight outpatient centers, 18 Norton Immediate Care Centers, over 14,500 employees, over 1,500 employed medical providers, and approximately 2,000 total physicians on its medical staff.
What is now known as the predecessor to Norton Healthcare originally started with the actions of the Home Mission Society of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Mary Louise Sutton Norton led this group to create the John N. Norton Memorial Infirmary in 1886, which was named in honor of her late husband. The hospital system has had multiple influences from religious groups over the years, including the Episcopal Church, United Methodist Church, United Church of Christ, and the Roman Catholic and Presbyterian communities, all of which were dedicated to promoting the idea of health and medical care for the sick and less fortunate.
Also of note is Norton Children's Hospital, which opened in 1892 as Children's Free Hospital. The 267-bed hospital serves as the primary pediatric teaching facility for the University of Louisville School of Medicine.
The system's most notable locations are five acute care hospitals located within Metro Louisville:
Norton Healthcare provides services through numerous Immediate Care Centers throughout the Louisville area,[5] as well as a Norton Prompt Care clinic inside the KFC Yum! Center.[6][7] Additionally, Norton Healthcare is expanding its footprint, and services outside of Louisville.[8][9][10]
In Southern Indiana: