Norton Healthcare has received certification as an Orthopaedic Center of Excellence, one of only 12 hospital systems in the country to receive the designation. Norton Healthcare’s Norton Orthopedic Institute and Norton Leatherman Spine received the designation from DNV Healthcare, a leading worldwide certification body committed to the development and continual improvement of health care quality…
Each of Norton Healthcare’s four adult-service hospitals received an “A” grade in the fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. This national distinction recognizes each facility’s achievements in protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents and infections. The four hospitals are Norton Audubon Hospital, Norton Brownsboro Hospital, Norton Hospital and Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital. (Pediatric hospitals…
A ribbon-cutting event marked the completion of a $31.8 million update of the Norton Healthcare Pavilion. As part of the project, nearby Norton Hospital expanded beds into the Pavilion. The ribbon cutting, which took place on Monday, July 19, featured renovations to portions of the fourth floor of the Pavilion. It houses 31 medical, surgical…
In anticipation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15, Norton Children’s has opened vaccine preregistration for children ages 12 and up on NortonChildrens.com. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine currently is in review with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for possible emergency use authorization…
Starting on April 5, 2021, patients will have immediate access to most test results and progress notes through their MyNortonChart accounts. New federal laws taking effect that day require health care organizations to give patients immediate access to progress notes and test results as soon as they are completed. (These new laws do not replace…
Norton Healthcare cut the ribbon on its newly renovated Norton Children’s Hospital pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), marking the completion of a $78 million expansion and renovation project to improve critical care services for children and expand a family-centered approach to treating the region’s sickest kids. The $9 million renovation of the PICU included transforming…
Norton Children’s Hospital has been verified as a Level I Children’s Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons Children’s Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program. The verification means Norton Children’s Hospital meets standards that ensure that children facing surgery receive care under a pediatric multidisciplinary program with quality improvement and safety processes, data collection and…
The Norton Children’s Hospital emergency department’s clinical ultrasound program has been recognized for excellence in supervision, safety and education by the American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Ultrasound Accreditation Program (CUAP). The CUAP Management Award emphasizes best credentialing process, safety and best overall application. The CUAP last year accredited the Norton Children’s Hospital ultrasound program. The CUAP…
Norton Healthcare has expanded access to specialty care in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Providers specializing in cardiology, endocrinology, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, spine, sports medicine, rheumatology and vascular surgery have schedules in Hardin County offices. The expanded services mean patients from Elizabethtown and the surrounding area don’t need to travel to Louisville to get Norton Healthcare specialty care….
Former Kentuckiana Pulmonary Associates practices are now a part of Norton Healthcare. This acquisition adds 22 providers and four offices to Norton Pulmonary Specialists, for a total of seven locations. Amadeo L. Abraham, M.D. Pulmonology Norton Pulmonary Specialists Christopher W. Barber, M.D. Pulmonology Norton Pulmonary Specialists Sonia V. Compton, M.D. Pulmonology Norton Pulmonary Specialists Maroun…
The University of Kentucky, in partnership with Baptist Health Lexington and Norton Healthcare in Louisville, has been selected as a testing site for the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson’s Phase 3 clinical research study, called the ENSEMBLE trial, to evaluate Janssen’s investigational COVID-19 vaccine candidate, JNJ-78436735, also known as Ad26.COV2.S. The Phase 3…
Caring for children born with single ventricle anomalies can be challenging and stressful for families. Before these children go home for the first time, Norton Children’s Heart Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, gives family members extensive education to make sure they are both knowledgeable and comfortable. Once the family takes the child…