Charlotte Health Care, Charlotte NC Medical Facilities


The Charlotte region is flush with excellent health-care providers and a broad, sophisticated network of professionals and organizations offering everything from primary and emergency care to preventive maintenance and high-tech procedures. While you can still find traditional fee-for-service practices, managed care is widely available and accepted here. The area has many health-maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred provider organizations (PPOs) and point-of-service (POS) plans. So, these days you’ll find more and more Charlotte-area physicians practicing in large clinics. Nevertheless, you can still find a few physicians in solo or two-doctor practices. If you need nonemergency care but don’t yet have a family physician, you can visit a minor-emergency or urgent-care center. If you need hospitalization, managed care probably will dictate your choices here as well. Hospitals located just outside of the Charlotte Metro area, include; Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville Gaston Memorial Hospital- Gaston County Northeast Medical Center in Concord has been named one of Solucient’s Top 100 Teaching Hospitals for the past three years. In Monroe, Union Regional Medical Center Piedmont Medical Center serves York, Chester and Lancaster counties with 288 beds. Salisbury has a VA Hospital. Additional hospitals in York and Union County are on the rise.	Charlotte has two major hospital systems: Carolinas HealthCare System and Novant Health/Presbyterian Healthcare. Both systems grew as a result of a push toward integrated systems that help keep costs low. They offer excellent treatment and are continually expanding to provide a full range of services in order to satisfy managed-care contracts and solidify their patient base. Together, the two systems operate MEDIC, the county’s ambulance system. Carolinas HealthCare is the largest healthcare system in the Carolinas and one of the largest publicly-owned systems in the county. As the flagship hospital with 861 beds, Carolinas Medical System (CMC) is located at the edge of Myers Park. Soon to be part of the CMC campus is Levine Children’s Hospital, an $85 million project that will focus on pediatric care. The hospital is opened in 2007. In 1906 the Sisters of Mercy established Mercy Hospital, which became part of the Carolinas HealthCare system in 1995. Located in the Elizabeth neighborhood, CMC-Mercy houses 305 beds within its facility. Carolinas Medical Center also has locations at CMC-University and CMC-Pineville off Park Road and Highway 51 Both facilities serve the growing suburban areas of Charlotte. The other healthcare giant in Charlotte is Presbyterian Healthcare, an affiliate of Novant health. The flagship hospital, off Hawthorne Lane in Elizabeth, began as a 20-bed hospital in 1903 and has grown to 593 beds and 64 bassinettes. Other locations include Matthews and Huntersville. For the past 50 years, Presbyterian has also operated Hemby Children’s Hospital, dedicated solely to pediatric care. Presbyterian Orthopedic Hospital is hailed as the top hospital in the state for joint operations.