Carolinas Healthcare System
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Carolinas HealthCare System is a hospital network
located throughout North
and South Carolina
. About 90% of the hospitals affiliated with the system are located within a 75 mile radius of Carolinas Medical Center
in Charlotte, North Carolina
. The system's headquarters and the flagship hospital, Carolinas Medical Center
are located in the Dilworth and Myers Park areas of Charlotte
.
area; four of them are considered by many to comprise 90% of Carolinas HealthCare System's operations.
These hospitals are considered to be the bulk of Carolinas Healthcare's operations:
These hospitals are other community and regional medical centers that Carolinas Healthcare System owns or operates:
centers in the Charlotte metropolitan area. Most are open from 8:00am to 8:00pm, seven days a week (except Thanksgiving and Christmas).
Hospital network
A hospital network is a network or group of hospitals that work together to coordinate and deliver a broad spectrum of services to their community. A hospital system or health care system is 2 or more hospitals owned, sponsored, or contract managed by a central organization...
located throughout North
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
and South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
. About 90% of the hospitals affiliated with the system are located within a 75 mile radius of Carolinas Medical Center
Carolinas Medical Center
Carolinas Medical Center is a large, public, non-profit hospital located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The hospital was organized in 1940 as Charlotte Memorial Hospital on Blythe Boulevard in the Dilworth neighborhood. Since that time, the hospital has undergone several major expansions and...
in Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
. The system's headquarters and the flagship hospital, Carolinas Medical Center
Carolinas Medical Center
Carolinas Medical Center is a large, public, non-profit hospital located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The hospital was organized in 1940 as Charlotte Memorial Hospital on Blythe Boulevard in the Dilworth neighborhood. Since that time, the hospital has undergone several major expansions and...
are located in the Dilworth and Myers Park areas of Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
.
Charlotte metropolitan area
Carolinas HealthCare System is based in Charlotte, but its operations are not limited to Charlotte. The network operates eight hospitals within the CharlotteCharlotte metropolitan area
The Charlotte metropolitan area is a metropolitan area/region of North and South Carolina within and surrounding the city of Charlotte...
area; four of them are considered by many to comprise 90% of Carolinas HealthCare System's operations.
Main Facilities
These hospitals are considered to be the bulk of Carolinas Healthcare's operations:
- Carolinas Medical Center-Main - This is the flagship hospital for the entire system (located between DilworthDilworth (neighborhood)Dilworth is a neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA found south of Uptown. The neighborhood was Charlotte's first streetcar suburb and was established by Edward Dilworth Latta in the 1890s on 250 acres southwest of the original city limits. It included the Joseph Forsyth Johnson designed...
and Myers Park) - Levine Children's HospitalLevine Children's HospitalThe Levine Children's Hospital is a 234 bed pediatric hospital located on the campus of Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The hospital opened its doors in October 2007. It is named after businessman Leon Levine....
(Children's Hospital, located at the CMC Campus in Charlotte) - Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy (located in the ElizabethElizabeth (neighborhood)Elizabeth takes its name from Elizabeth College, a small Lutheran women’s college founded in 1897 on the present-day site of Presbyterian Hospital. Elizabeth began to develop rapidly after 1902, when a trolley line was completed, and was annexed in 1907...
neighborhood, central Charlotte) - Carolinas Medical Center-PinevilleCarolinas Medical Center-PinevilleCarolinas Medical Center-Pineville is a 98 bed acute care facility located in Pineville, North Carolina. The Hospital was opened in 1987 by the Sisters of Mercy to serve the rapidly growing southern part of Mecklenburg County. in 1995, the Sisters of Mercy sold the hospital to Carolinas...
(located in PinevillePineville, North CarolinaPineville is a suburban town in the southernmost portion of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina situated in the Waxhaws district between Charlotte, North Carolina and Rock Hill, South Carolina....
) - Carolinas Medical Center-Randolph - Only dedicated psychiatric emergency department in the region (located in central Charlotte)
- Carolinas Medical Center-Steele Creek (located in the Steele CreekSteele Creek, North CarolinaSteele Creek is primarily considered to be a community and neighborhood in the southwestern part of Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. It is generally defined geographically by the original boundaries of Steele Creek Township...
neighborhood, southwest Charlotte) - Carolinas Medical Center-UniversityCarolinas Medical Center-UniversityCarolinas Medical Center-University is a 130 bed acute care facility located in Charlotte's University City area. This hospital is the location of the second busiest emergency departments in Mecklenburg County. It is owned by Carolinas Healthcare System, one of the nation's largest publicly...
(located in the University City neighborhood, northeast Charlotte) - Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEastCarolinas Medical Center-NorthEastCarolinas Medical Center-NorthEast, , is a 457 bed, acute-care,teaching hospital located in Concord, North Carolina. Founded in 1937 as Cabarrus County Hospital, the hospital has continued to expand and now serves most of Cabarrus County as a regional hospital...
(located in ConcordConcord, North CarolinaConcord is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. According to Census 2010, the city has a current population of 79,066. It is the largest city in Cabarrus County and is the county seat. In terms of population, the city of Concord is the second largest city in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area...
, formerly NorthEast Medical Center & Cabarrus Memorial Hospital) - Carolinas Medical Center-UnionCarolinas Medical Center-UnionCarolinas Medical Center-Union , formerly known as Union Regional Medical Center, is a 157 bed acute care facility located in Monroe, NC...
(located in MonroeMonroe, North CarolinaMonroe is a city in Union County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 36,397 as of the 2010 census. It is the seat of government of Union County and is also part of the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC Metropolitan area.-Geography:...
)
Other Hospitals
These hospitals are other community and regional medical centers that Carolinas Healthcare System owns or operates:
- Anson Community Hospital (located in WadesboroWadesboro, North CarolinaWadesboro is a town in Anson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,780 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Anson County.-Geography:Wadesboro is located at ....
) - Cleveland Regional Medical Center (located in ShelbyShelby, North CarolinaShelby is a city in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 19,477 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cleveland County.-Geography:Shelby is located at ....
) - Crawley Memorial Hospital (located in Boiling SpringsBoiling Springs, North CarolinaBoiling Springs is a town in Cleveland County, North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 4,647. It is home to Gardner-Webb University. The Broad River runs along the south of the township, where the Broad River Greenway is located, providing recreational...
) - Carolinas Medical Center-Lincoln (located in LincolntonLincolnton, North CarolinaLincolnton is a city in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States, within the Charlotte metropolitan area. The population was 10,683 at the 2010 census. Lincolnton is located northwest of Charlotte, on the South Fork of the Catawba River, and near the junction of State Highway 27 and U.S. Route...
) - Kings Mountain Hospital (located in Kings MountainKings Mountain, North CarolinaKings Mountain is a small suburban city of Gastonia and Charlotte in Cleveland and Gaston counties, North Carolina, United States. The population was 9,693 at the 2000 census....
) - Stanly Regional Medical Center (located in AlbemarleAlbemarle, North CarolinaAlbemarle is the county seat of Stanly County, North Carolina. The population was 15,680 at the 2000 census. It is governed by Mayor Elbert L. "Whit" Whitley, Jr...
)
Burke County, NC
Carolinas HealthCare System manages Blue Ridge Health Care System, which includes the following hospitals.- Grace Hospital (located in MorgantonMorganton, North CarolinaMorganton is a city in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. Reader's Digest included Morganton in its list of top ten places to raise a family. The town was recently profiled in The 50 Best Small Southern Towns. The population was 17,310 at the 2000 census...
) - Valdese Hospital (located in ValdeseValdese, North CarolinaValdese is a town in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,485 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Valdese is located at ....
)
Columbus County, NC
- Columbus Regional Health System (located in WhitevilleWhiteville, North CarolinaWhiteville is a city in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,148 at the 2000 census. It is the only city of Columbus County and is the county seat....
)
Haywood County, NC
- Haywood Regional Medical Center (located in ClydeClyde, North CarolinaClyde is a town in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. The 200 census recorded the population at 1,324 people. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Clyde is located at ....
)
Polk County, NC
- St. Luke's Hospital (located in ColumbusColumbus, North CarolinaColumbus is a town in Polk County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 992 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Polk County.-Geography:Columbus is located at ....
)
Scotland County, NC
- Scotland Health Care System (located in LaurinburgLaurinburg, North CarolinaLaurinburg is a mid-sized city in Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Scotland County. Located in southern North Carolina near the South Carolina state border, Laurinburg is southwest of Fayetteville and is home to St. Andrews Presbyterian College...
)
Wilkes County, NC
- Wilkes Regional Medical Center (located in North WilkesboroNorth Wilkesboro, North CarolinaNorth Wilkesboro is a town in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. The population was approximately 4,116 at the 2000 census and is now 4,245 as of the 2010 census. North Wilkesboro is the birthplace and original home of Lowe's Home Improvement, which continues to have a major presence in...
)
South Carolina
The majority of Carolinas HealthCare System's hospital operations in South Carolina is around the Charleston area.Charleston Metropolitan Area
The hospitals Carolinas HealthCare manage in Charleston are organized as Roper-St. Francis Health System. This system was created in partnership with two other non-profit organizations, the Medical Society of South Carolina, one of the oldest continuously operating physician organizations in the United States and the owner of Roper Hospital, and the Bon Secours Healthcare System, which owns hospitals and medical facilities throughout the eastern United States.Roper-St. Francis Health System
- Roper Hospital (located in Charleston)
- Bon Secours St. Francis Xaiver Hospital (A Roman Catholic Hospital - located in West AshleyWest AshleyWest Ashley is one of the six distinct areas of the city proper of Charleston, South Carolina, with an estimated 2010 population of 57,403. Its name is derived from the fact that the land is west of the Ashley River. A few skirmishes took place there in the American Revolution and in the Civil War...
) - Roper-St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital (located in Mount PleasantMount Pleasant, South CarolinaMount Pleasant is a large affluent suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It is a member of the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area, for statistical purpose only, as designated by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget....
) - Roper Berkeley Day Hospital (Outpatient Facility located in Moncks Corner)
Urgent Care Centers
Known as Carolinas HealthCare Urgent Care, it is a system of 18 Urgent CareUrgent care
Urgent care is the delivery of ambulatory care in a facility dedicated to the delivery of medical care outside of a hospital emergency department, usually on an unscheduled, walk-in basis. Urgent care centers are primarily used to treat patients who have an injury or illness that requires immediate...
centers in the Charlotte metropolitan area. Most are open from 8:00am to 8:00pm, seven days a week (except Thanksgiving and Christmas).
- Arboretum Urgent Care (located in south Charlotte)
- Ballantyne Urgent Care (located in the BallantyneBallantyne (neighborhood)Ballantyne is a neighborhood in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.It is a community located in south Charlotte, adjacent to the South Carolina border.The community was named after land developer Howard C. “Smoky” Bissell's aunt Barbara Ballantyne...
neighborhood, south Charlotte) - Cabbarus Urgent Care (located in ConcordConcord, North CarolinaConcord is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. According to Census 2010, the city has a current population of 79,066. It is the largest city in Cabarrus County and is the county seat. In terms of population, the city of Concord is the second largest city in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area...
) - Cotswold Children's Urgent Care (located in the CotswoldCotswold (neighborhood)The Cotswold neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina most likely takes its name from a large shopping center, Cotswold Village Shops, located at the intersection of Randolph and Sharon Amity Roads. Originally known as Cotswold Mall, it was Charlotte's first suburban mall. Cotswold is emerging as...
neighborhood, central Charlotte) - East Lincoln Urgent Care Express (located in DenverDenver, North CarolinaDenver, formerly known as "Dry Pond," is an unincorporated community located in Lincoln County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is situated on North Carolina State Highway 16 on the west side of Lake Norman on the Catawba River...
) - Fort Mill Urgent Care (located in Fort Mill, SCFort Mill, South CarolinaFort Mill is a fast-growing suburban town in both York and Lancaster counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina, and a suburb of the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Rock Hill...
) - Morrocroft Urgent Care (located in the Southpark neighborhood, central Charlotte)
- Prosperity Crossing Urgent Care (located in north Charlotte)
- Matthews Urgent Care (located in MatthewsMatthews, North CarolinaMatthews is a large suburban town of Charlotte located in southeastern Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The population was 27,198 according to the 2010 Census.- Geography :Matthews is located at ....
) - Mint Hill Urgent Care (located in Mint HillMint Hill, North CarolinaMint Hill is a suburban town in southeastern Mecklenburg and northwestern Union counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, it is a major suburb on the outskirts of Charlotte and near the Cabarrus County line...
) - Mountain Island Urgent Care (located in Northwest Charlotte)
- Northcross Urgent Care (located in HuntersvilleHuntersville, North CarolinaHuntersville is a large town in Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Counties, North Carolina, United States. The population was 46,773 at the 2010 census, which makes Huntersville the 19th largest city in North Carolina. It is located about 12 miles north of uptown Charlotte. It is thought that the town...
) - Steele Creek Urgent Care (located in the Steele CreekSteele Creek, North CarolinaSteele Creek is primarily considered to be a community and neighborhood in the southwestern part of Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. It is generally defined geographically by the original boundaries of Steele Creek Township...
neighborhood, southwest Charlotte) - Monroe Urgent Care (located in MonroeMonroe, North CarolinaMonroe is a city in Union County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 36,397 as of the 2010 census. It is the seat of government of Union County and is also part of the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC Metropolitan area.-Geography:...
) - Union West Urgent Care (located in Indian TrailIndian Trail, North CarolinaIndian Trail is a town in Union County, North Carolina, United States. Founded on March 12, 1861, the town holds a history of traders traveling along the "Indian Trail," which ran from Petersburg, Virginia, to the Waxhaw Indians, and gold mining. Indian Trail was first a farming community; however,...
) - Gastonia (located in GastoniaGastonia, North CarolinaGastonia is the largest city and county seat of Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is also the third largest suburb of the Charlotte Area, behind Concord and Rock Hill. The population was 71,226 as of Gastonia is the largest city and county seat of Gaston County, North Carolina,...
)
Rehabilitation Facilities
Carolinas HealthCare System operates a rehabilitation facility on the main campus of Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Other Rehabilitation facilities include:- Carolinas Rehabilitation-Mount Holly (located in Mount HollyMount Holly, North CarolinaMount Holly is a small suburban city in northeastern Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. The city is situated on the western bank of the Catawba River in the Southern Piedmont area of North Carolina, north of Interstate 85, south of North Carolina State Highway 16, and west of Charlotte....
) - Roper-St. Francis Rehabilitation Hospital (located at Roper Hospital Campus in Charleston)
Behavioral Health Facilities
Carolinas HealthCare System operates a 66 bed inpatient and outpatient behavioral health facility on Randolph Road in Charlotte in partnership with Mecklenburg County. Outpatient services include child, adolescent and adult Partial Hospitalization Programs.Other Facilities
In addition to providing patients with quality health care, Carolinas HealthCare System operates long-term care facilities in the Charlotte Area. Other facilities of importance include:- James G. Cannon Research Center (Research Facility, located on CMC campus in Dilworth)
- Carolinas College of Health SciencesCarolinas College of Health SciencesCarolinas College of Health Sciences is a public 2-year college located near downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. A subsidiary of Carolinas Medical Center and owned by Carolinas HealthCare System, the college offers educational programs leading to entry-level employment in health care...
(Education Facility, located on CMC campus in Dilworth) - Carolinas Physician Network (Network of Physician Offices in North and South Carolina)
External links
- Carolinas Healthcare System homepage
- Carolinas College of Health Sciences homepage
- Carolinas Physicians Network homepage