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 No matter where you live around Lake Norman, you’ll find excellent health-care facilities nearby. In the past decade, hospitals, physicians’ groups and other health-care providers in the area have expanded to serve the growing population. The two major health-care systems in the region are Carolinas HealthCare and Presbyterian Healthcare/Novant Health. Carolinas HealthCare operates Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, which opened in 1940. With 861 beds, this facility is the flagship hospital for the system and one of the largest hospitals in North Carolina. Carolinas HealthCare is currently planning Levine Children’s Hospital, an $85 million children’s hospital that will be located on the campus of Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Slated to open in 2007, the facility will operate 230 beds including 185 acute-care beds, 13 pediatric rehabilitation beds, 20 day hospital beds and 12 observation beds. Located in northeast Charlotte, CMC-University is a 130-bed hospital that opened in 1985 to serve northern Mecklenburg, southern Iredell and Cabarrus counties. The hospital includes a cardiac/intensive care unit, sleep center, and labor and delivery suites. CMC-University also operates NorthCross Surgery Center in Huntersville, which includes four operating rooms, two endoscopy suites, a recovery room and a stepdown unit. The facility also provides family medicine, OB/GYN care and urgent care services. In nearby Concord, NorthEast Medical Center is a not-for-profit hospital with 457 acute-care beds. It opened in 1937 as Cabarrus County Hospital and changed its name to NorthEast Medical Center in 1997. For the past four years, NorthEast has been recognized on Solucient’s list of 100 Top Teaching Hospitals and has been named as the best in the region for overall cardiovascular care and for orthopedics, knee replacement and joint replacement by HeathGrades, a leading healthcare information company. NorthEast Medical Center employs 3,500, including 285 physicians. In 1903, Presbyterian Hospital opened with 20 beds. After serving the area for more than a century, the facility on Hawthorne Lane in Charlotte now includes 593 beds and 64 bassinets. With 6,000 employees, including 1,400 physicians, Presbyterian Hospital treats more than 250,000 patients each year. Along with Presbyterian Matthews, Presbyterian Hospital was recently ranked in the top 20th percentile of hospitals in the U.S. for overall quality of care. In 2004, Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville opened off of Gilead Road. The $55.7 million facility covers 165,000 square feet. The new hospital includes an emergency department, five operating rooms, four intensive care beds, eight labor and recovery rooms, two nursery beds and 36 medical/surgical beds. Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville opened a $41 million facility off I-77, exit 33, in 1999, replacing an older one and nearly doubling the space. The facility includes Stork’s Landing Maternity Center, with six labor and recovery suites that offer private baths and Jacuzzis, a newborn nursery and educational programs in pregnancy and parenting. Also, the Diagnostic Imaging Department provides radiology, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, angiography, MRI, CT scan, lithotripsy, cardiac catheterization, mammography and screening for osteoporosis. Its 24-hour emergency department includes Nurse First a fast-track program for minor injuries, two trauma rooms and 12 individual treatment rooms. The Medical Pavilion at Lake Norman houses a surgical center and a rehabilitation center as well as Lake Norman Home Health for home recovery services. As the only not-for-profit hospital in Iredell County, Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville celebrated 50 years of medical service in 2004. With 247 beds, the facility offers general medical and surgical services, Intensive Care and Coronary Care Units, neurology, obstetrics, orthopedics and an emergency department. Iredell Memorial also operates a Diabetes Center for Learning, which helps diabetics manage their condition; the J. Allen Knox Radiation Therapy Center for cancer treatment; a Cardiac Rehabilitation Center for those recovering from heart disease; the Women’s Breast Health Center, which provides mammograms, education and information about breast cancer; Iredell Home Health for home care; and The Birth Place for labor, delivery and recovery after childbirth. Also in Statesville, Davis Regional Medical Center has served the area since 1920, when it was called the Carpenter-Davis Hospital. In 1984, Davis Regional relocated to its current facility on Old Mocksville Road. The acute-care hospital includes 149 beds and covers 182,000 square feet. An affiliate of Carolinas HealthCare System that operates in Lincolnton, Lincoln Medical Center includes a heart center, New Beginnings Birthing Center, Optima Therapy Services, a Sleep Center and Home Health, for those recovering at home. Lincoln Medical also offers outpatient services for diabetes patients, an emergency department, imaging services, and inpatient and outpatient surgical services. With 258 beds, the Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory includes a comprehensive cancer center, center for orthopaedics, center for rehabilitation and heart center. As the largest not-for-profit hospital in the region, the Catawba Valley Medical Center serves residents in Iredell, Catawba, Lincoln, Caldwell, Alexander and Burke counties. The Catawba Valley Medical Center was awarded the Magnet Nursing Services Recognition Program for Excellence in Nursing Service in 2001, the highest honor a hospital can receive for high-quality nursing. Also in Hickory, Frye Regional Medical Center is a 355-bed private hospital that has served the area since 1911. With three campuses in Hickory, the hospital offers acute and express emergency services, a neonatal transport team and a facility for outpatient elective surgery. Frye Regional’s Women’s Pavilion also provides a variety of services for women and children during the prenatal stage, labor and delivery, and continued pediatric care. Regional Hospitals Carolinas Medical Center 1000 Blythe Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28203 704-355-2000 www.carolinas.org Carolinas Medical Center - Mercy Hospital Carolinas Medical Center-University Hospital Catawba Valley Medical Center Frye Regional Medical Center Gaston Memorial Hospital Iredell Memorial Hospital Lincoln Medical Center NorthEast Medical Center Presbyterian Hospital Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville Presbyterian Orthopaedic Hospital |
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