Nashville Hospitals Bring State-of-the-Art Health Care to Middle Tennessee
health care, healthcare, hospitals, middle tennessee, professionals, state-of-the-art, technology,
With more than 30 hospitals‚ medical centers‚ clinics and specialty centers in the region‚ thousands of health-care professionals offer state-of-the-art care to Middle Tennessee residents. In fact‚ Middle Tennessee’s excellent hospitals and related health companies continue to win accolades for their results.
Known as the birthplace of investor-owned healthcare‚ Nashville is the headquarters of HCA‚ which owns approximately 200 hospitals and 82 outpatient surgery centers in 23 states‚ Switzerland and England. Nashville-area HCA hospitals‚ known for their surgical and cardiovascular care‚ include Centennial Medical Center‚ Southern Hills Medical Center‚ Summit Medical Center‚ Skyline Medical Center‚ Hendersonville Hospital and Horizon Medical Center in Dickson. Centennial‚ HCA’s flagship hospital‚ was selected in December 2003 as one of the Top 100 cardiovascular hospitals in America by Solucient‚ a leading health-care business intelligence company.
Saint Thomas Hospital‚ founded in 1898‚ is nationally recognized for its outstanding cardiac and cancer units. Saint Thomas is the only Nashville hospital to ever receive five stars in every cardiac category from HealthGrades‚ and it’s the only hospital in Tennessee among America’s Top 50 hospitals for acute adult care.
Baptist Hospital is Nashville’s largest not-for-profit medical center. Founded in 1919‚ its main campus covers nearly 2 million square feet and spans more than six city blocks. Included are a number of Centers for Excellence‚ such as the Mandrell Heart Center‚ the Institute for Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery‚ Diabetes Center and Women’s Pavilion. The official health-care provider for both the Tennessee Titans and the Nashville Predators‚ it is also well known for its Sports Medicine Center.
Today‚ Baptist joins Saint Thomas as a member of Saint Thomas Health Services‚ the leading faith-based health-care system in Tennessee and part of St. Louis-based Ascension Health‚ the largest not-for-profit health-care system in the United States.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center‚ one of the nation’s premier research and teaching facilities‚ is renowned for its orthopedics‚ cardiology and heart surgery‚ and psychiatric and cancer units‚ as well as for the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Since awarding its first medical degrees in 1875‚ VUMC has built an international reputation for its biomedical research.
Most of the counties surrounding Nashville have their own medical centers and community hospitals‚ which enjoy cooperative working arrangements with the larger Nashville hospitals. Williamson Medical Center serves Franklin‚ Brentwood and surrounding communities. In November 2003‚ HCA opened the StoneCrest Medical Center‚ a $76 million‚ 75-bed hospital in Rutherford County’s Smyrna.
The Nashville area is also home to five psychiatric hospitals‚ two Veterans Affairs hospitals and several specialty rehabilitation hospitals‚ ambulatory centers and clinics.
