Norton Healthcare
| Norton Healthcare, Inc. | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
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| Care system | Private |
| Hospital type | General |
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| Standards | JCAHO accreditation |
| Beds | 1969 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.nortonhealthcare.com |
| Lists | Hospitals in U.S. |
| Other links | List of hospitals in the United States |
Norton Healthcare is one of Kentucky's healthcare systems with more than 40 locations in and around Louisville, Kentucky. The hospital and health care system is the Louisville area's third largest private employer, providing care at more than 140 locations throughout Greater Louisville and Southern Indiana. The Louisville-based not-for-profit system includes five Louisville hospitals with 1,837 licensed beds; seven outpatient centers; 12 Norton Immediate Care Centers; over 13,000 employees; some 654 employed medical providers; and approximately 2,000 total physicians on its medical staff.
What is now known as 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, through her fundraising ideas and leadership, 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 Kosair Children's Hospital, opened in 1892 as Children's Free Hospital, dedicated to assisting children with any form of illness or injury. As Kentucky and Southern Indiana's only full-service, free-standing pediatric hospital, Kosair Children's Hospital, along with its predecessor hospitals, have cared for children for more than a century without regard to their families' ability to pay. The hospital also is an advocate for the health and well-being of all children. The 267-bed hospital serves as the primary pediatric teaching facility for the University of Louisville School of Medicine. In 2007 and 2012, Kosair Children's Hospital received the prestigious Magnet designation recognizing excellence in nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
The system's most notable locations are five acute care hospitals located within Metro Louisville:
Additionally, Norton Healthcare provides services through 12 immediate care centers in the Louisville area.
According to Business First of Louisville, Norton Healthcare is the Louisville area's third largest employer, with more than 12,000 employees. Norton Healthcare employs some 3,000 nurses and has nearly 2,000 affiliated physicians. Additionally, Norton Healthcare has programs in place to support nursing students attending both public and private universities in Kentucky and Indiana. The Norton Healthcare Scholar Program is designed for nursing students to cover the cost of tuition, books, and room and board. In return, the student must work for Norton Healthcare for one month per $500 received after graduating. .
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