TriStar Health System
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TriStar Health System is a part of Hospital Corporation of America
that owns and operates hospital facilities throughout Tennessee
and south central Kentucky
. TriStar was established on July 22, 1999.
The TriStar Family of Hospitals includes:
, and is recognized as one of the country's 100 Top Hospitals in cardiovascular medicine
, stroke service, orhtopaedics and breast cancer
management.
Centennial Medical Center at Ashland City offers Cheatham County on-site healthcare options which include inpatient care for non-life threatening illness, outpatient surgery
, a 24-hour emergency room
, lab services and imaging services.
Greenview Regional Hospital is a 211-bed acute care facility
with over 200 physicians trained in a variety of specialties providing healthcare services to the greater Bowling Green, Kentucky
area.
Hendersonville Medical Center, located in Sumner County
, is a 110-bed community-based medical center with comprehensive medical and surgical programs including cardiology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and neurosurgery services.
Horizon Medical Center, located in Dickson, Tennessee
, is a 157-bed hospital offering medical and surgical technologies for personalized patient and family-based care. The staff of board certified
physicians offers care in more than 20 different specialties.
Natchez Medical Park, located in Dickson, Tennessee, provides cancer and diagnostic care through The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Natchez Imaging Center, physician offices for Tennessee Oncology and a resource center for The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation.
Parkridge Medical Center has served the community since 1971, providing a full range of services offering care in cardiology, robotics, vascular surgery
, orthopaedics and oncology.
Parkridge East Hospital, a facility of Parkridge Medical Center, is a 128-bed acute care community hospital serving the Chattanooga, Tennessee
, and the northeast Georgia area, specializing in high-risk births, women's services, bariatric surgery
, orthopaedics, outpatient surgery and diagnostics.
Parkridge Valley, a behavioral health
facility of Parkridge Medical Center located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has served the tri-state area
for over 33 years, providing treatment in behavioral and chemical dependency problems for all ages.4
Parthenon Pavilion is the oldest and largest full-service 158-bed psychiatric facility in middle Tennessee
, providing inpatient mental health
services for adults and geriatric patients as well as community-based mental health programs.5
Portland Medical Center, located in Sumner County, is a 38-bed medical center offering acute care services including 24-hour emergency care, general surgery
, intensive care and outpatient diagnostics. Portland Medical Center has been providing medical and surgical care to the community for over 90 years.6
Skyline Medical Center is nationally recognized for its neuroscience services and was Tennessee's first hospital to receive national certification as a Primary Stroke Center from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
.7 Skyline provides services for cardiac, emergency, oncology, orthopaedics and rehab patients.
Skyline Madison Campus provides a rehab services program, featuring the Krueger Independence Square Village which helps patients learn the necessary skills to return to an independent lifestyle. And, its Behavioral Health Services program provides services for all ages from inpatient care to partial hospitalization
programs which allow people to continue working while receiving care.
StoneCrest Medical Center offers acute care services including emergency and intensive care, general surgery, cardiology, obstetrics, physical medicine, outpatient diagnostic services and cancer care
. StoneCrest has 76 private patient rooms situated on 43 acres (174,015 m²) in Smyrna, Tennessee
.
Summit Medical Center is a 188-bed community hospital located in Hermitage, Tennessee
.
Southern Hills Medical Center has been a leader for 27 years in a wide range of healthcare, including emergency service
s, cardiology, vascular surgery, orthopaedics and oncology.
The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center is a service-line offered through The TriStar Family of Hospitals designed to meet the needs of individuals undergoing cancer treatment
. The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center provides extensive drug, radiation and surgical services.
The Women's Hospital at Centennial is Tennessee's only stand-alone women's hospital and neo-natal intensive care unit
delivering 2,500 babies annually and is recognized nationally in breast cancer management in addition to providing the area's only total digital mammography program. 8
Cancer Care
Cardiac Services
Diagnostic Imaging
Neuroscience and Stroke Services
Orthopaedic Services
Rehabilitation Services
Sleep Disorder
Centers
Surgical Services
Weight Loss
Centers
Women’s Services
Hospital Corporation of America
Hospital Corporation of America is the largest private operator of health care facilities in the world, It is based in Nashville, Tennessee and is widely considered to be the single largest factor in making that city a hotspot for healthcare enterprise.-History:The founders of HCA include Jack C....
that owns and operates hospital facilities throughout Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
and south central Kentucky
South Central Kentucky
South Central Kentucky is a cultural region of 22 Kentucky counties located roughly between I-65 in the Bowling Green area and I-75 around the London area, but within three counties of the Tennessee border and south of the "Golden Triangle"...
. TriStar was established on July 22, 1999.
The TriStar Family of Hospitals includes:
- Centennial Medical Center
- Centennial Medical Center at Ashland City
- Greenview Regional Hospital
- Hendersonville Medical Center
- Natchez Medical Park
- Parkridge Medical Center
- Parkridge East Hospital
- Parkridge Valley
- Parthenon Pavilion
- Portland Medical Center
- Skyline Medical Center
- Skyline Madison Campus
- StoneCrest Medical Center
- Summit Medical Center
- Southern Hills Medical Center
- The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center
- The Women's Hospital at Centennial
Facilities
Centennial Medical Center is a 657-bed tertiary facility located in the heart of Nashville, TennesseeNashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, and is recognized as one of the country's 100 Top Hospitals in cardiovascular medicine
Cardiology
Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...
, stroke service, orhtopaedics and breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
management.
Centennial Medical Center at Ashland City offers Cheatham County on-site healthcare options which include inpatient care for non-life threatening illness, outpatient surgery
Outpatient surgery
Outpatient surgery, also known as ambulatory surgery, same-day surgery or day surgery, is surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay. The term “outpatient” arises from the fact that surgery patients may go home and do not need an overnight hospital bed...
, a 24-hour emergency room
Emergency department
An emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...
, lab services and imaging services.
Greenview Regional Hospital is a 211-bed acute care facility
Nursing home
A nursing home, convalescent home, skilled nursing unit , care home, rest home, or old people's home provides a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living...
with over 200 physicians trained in a variety of specialties providing healthcare services to the greater Bowling Green, Kentucky
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Bowling Green is the third-most populous city in the state of Kentucky after Louisville and Lexington, with a population of 58,067 as of the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Warren County and the principal city of the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area with an estimated 2009...
area.
Hendersonville Medical Center, located in Sumner County
Sumner County, Tennessee
Sumner County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2000, the population was 130,449. Its county seat is Gallatin, but its largest town is Hendersonville...
, is a 110-bed community-based medical center with comprehensive medical and surgical programs including cardiology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and neurosurgery services.
Horizon Medical Center, located in Dickson, Tennessee
Dickson, Tennessee
Dickson is a city in Dickson County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 12,244 at the 2000 census.-Demographics:...
, is a 157-bed hospital offering medical and surgical technologies for personalized patient and family-based care. The staff of board certified
American Board of Medical Specialties
The American Board of Medical Specialties is a non-profit physician-led umbrella organization for 24 of the 26 approved medical specialty boards in the United States...
physicians offers care in more than 20 different specialties.
Natchez Medical Park, located in Dickson, Tennessee, provides cancer and diagnostic care through The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, Natchez Imaging Center, physician offices for Tennessee Oncology and a resource center for The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation.
Parkridge Medical Center has served the community since 1971, providing a full range of services offering care in cardiology, robotics, vascular surgery
Vascular surgery
Vascular surgery is a specialty of surgery in which diseases of the vascular system, or arteries and veins, are managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures, and surgical reconstruction. The specialty evolved from general and cardiac surgery...
, orthopaedics and oncology.
Parkridge East Hospital, a facility of Parkridge Medical Center, is a 128-bed acute care community hospital serving the Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the US state of Tennessee , with a population of 169,887. It is the seat of Hamilton County...
, and the northeast Georgia area, specializing in high-risk births, women's services, bariatric surgery
Bariatrics
Bariatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity. The term bariatrics was created around 1965, from the Greek root bar- , suffix -iatr , and suffix -ic...
, orthopaedics, outpatient surgery and diagnostics.
Parkridge Valley, a behavioral health
Behavioral health
In psychology behavioral health, as a general concept, refers to the reciprocal relationship between human behavior, individually or socially, and the well-being of the body, mind, and spirit, whether the latter are considered individually or as an integrated whole...
facility of Parkridge Medical Center located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has served the tri-state area
Tri-state area
There are a number of areas in the 48 contiguous United States known as tri-state areas where three states either meet at one point or are in proximity to each other. The best known of the latter type is the New York metropolitan area...
for over 33 years, providing treatment in behavioral and chemical dependency problems for all ages.4
Parthenon Pavilion is the oldest and largest full-service 158-bed psychiatric facility in middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee is a distinct portion of the state of Tennessee, delineated according to state law as the 41 counties in the Middle Grand Division of Tennessee....
, providing inpatient mental health
Mental health
Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
services for adults and geriatric patients as well as community-based mental health programs.5
Portland Medical Center, located in Sumner County, is a 38-bed medical center offering acute care services including 24-hour emergency care, general surgery
General surgery
General surgery, despite its name, is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal organs, e.g., intestines including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland . They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft...
, intensive care and outpatient diagnostics. Portland Medical Center has been providing medical and surgical care to the community for over 90 years.6
Skyline Medical Center is nationally recognized for its neuroscience services and was Tennessee's first hospital to receive national certification as a Primary Stroke Center from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission , formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations , is a United States-based not-for-profit organization that accredits over 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States...
.7 Skyline provides services for cardiac, emergency, oncology, orthopaedics and rehab patients.
Skyline Madison Campus provides a rehab services program, featuring the Krueger Independence Square Village which helps patients learn the necessary skills to return to an independent lifestyle. And, its Behavioral Health Services program provides services for all ages from inpatient care to partial hospitalization
Partial hospitalization
Partial hospitalization, also known as PHP , is a type of program used to treat mental illness and substance abuse. In partial hospitalization, the patient continues to reside at home, but commutes to a treatment center up to seven days a week...
programs which allow people to continue working while receiving care.
StoneCrest Medical Center offers acute care services including emergency and intensive care, general surgery, cardiology, obstetrics, physical medicine, outpatient diagnostic services and cancer care
Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...
. StoneCrest has 76 private patient rooms situated on 43 acres (174,015 m²) in Smyrna, Tennessee
Smyrna, Tennessee
Smyrna is a town in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. Smyrna's population was 25,569 people at the 2000 census. The Census estimate of the 2009 population is 39,142.-Geography:Smyrna is located at ....
.
Summit Medical Center is a 188-bed community hospital located in Hermitage, Tennessee
Hermitage, Tennessee
Hermitage, Tennessee is a section of Metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee located in eastern Davidson County, adjacent to, and named in honor of, The Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States...
.
Southern Hills Medical Center has been a leader for 27 years in a wide range of healthcare, including emergency service
Emergency service
Emergency services are organizations which ensure public safety and health by addressing different emergencies. Some agencies exist solely for addressing certain types of emergencies whilst others deal with ad hoc emergencies as part of their normal responsibilities...
s, cardiology, vascular surgery, orthopaedics and oncology.
The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center is a service-line offered through The TriStar Family of Hospitals designed to meet the needs of individuals undergoing cancer treatment
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center provides extensive drug, radiation and surgical services.
The Women's Hospital at Centennial is Tennessee's only stand-alone women's hospital and neo-natal intensive care unit
Intensive Care Unit
thumb|220px|ICU roomAn intensive-care unit , critical-care unit , intensive-therapy unit/intensive-treatment unit is a specialized department in a hospital that provides intensive-care medicine...
delivering 2,500 babies annually and is recognized nationally in breast cancer management in addition to providing the area's only total digital mammography program. 8
Services Offered
Behavioral HealthCancer Care
Cardiac Services
Diagnostic Imaging
Medical imaging
Medical imaging is the technique and process used to create images of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science...
Neuroscience and Stroke Services
Orthopaedic Services
Rehabilitation Services
Sleep Disorder
Sleep disorder
A sleep disorder, or somnipathy, is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning...
Centers
Surgical Services
Weight Loss
Weight Loss
Weight Loss is a 2006 novel by Upamanyu Chatterjee.-Plot summary:Weight Loss is about the strange life of a sexual deviant named Bhola, whose attitude to most of the people around him depends on their lust worthiness. Bhola’s tastes are not, to put it mildly, conventional...
Centers
Women’s Services