Kentucky Health Collaborative

From its modest beginnings as a faith-based healing hospital, Norton Healthcare has grown to be one of the leading, nonprofit health providers in Louisville, Ky. During the 1800s, providing health care to the sick was an important mission for churches because access to health care was limited primarily to the wealthy through in-home care by private physicians. During this time, several hospitals that are now Norton Healthcare facilities were established through the charitable works of local church members. It has hospitals with prominent medical specialties, immediate care centers and physicians practices. From the Leatherman Spine Center to the Women s Pavilions, the organizations hospitals and immediate care centers treat thousands of patients every year, including pediatric, heat and cancer patients.