The Norton Story

For more than a century Norton Healthcare’s faith heritage has guided its mission to provide quality health care to all those served. Today, Norton Healthcare is the Louisville area’s leading hospital and health care system (45 percent market share) and second largest private employer. The not-for-profit system – the largest in Kentucky and rated one of the top 100 integrated health care delivery systems in the country – includes four large hospitals in Louisville, 10 Norton Immediate Care Centers, 9,700 employees, 280 employed medical providers at some 50 locations, and nearly 2,000 total physicians on its medical staff. Norton Healthcare serves the Greater Louisville metro area, including Southern Indiana, and patients throughout Kentucky.

Our Faith Heritage
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.

Our Leadership
Leadership is demonstrated at every level of Norton Healthcare. We are proud of everyone who contributes to the care and services of patients. Whether it is clinical care and medical services or support staff and facilities management -- every person at Norton has an important role in contributing to the health of our community.

Community Outreach
At Norton Healthcare, our partnership with our community is important.  Not only do we invest time and money in our people, our equipment and our buildings; we invest in research, education and our community’s overall health and well being.

Media Information Center
At Norton, we strive to provide media professionals and other members of the press with accurate, concise information. This site is the media’s guide to contact information, press releases and articles, Norton publications, media policy and patient condition explanations.

Quality Report
In this report, the hospitals of Norton Healthcare show their performance on more than 400 nationally recognized quality indicators and practices. Where available, performance is also displayed for the average hospital in Kentucky and in the United States.

Financial Report
As a not-for-profit health care system, Norton Healthcare is responsible for being good financial stewards of the community assets that comprise our health care system and to report our financial performance to the community.