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A New Campus for the Changing Needs of the Community Newest venture of Iredell Health Systems opens in Mooresville this month
Compiled from staff reports
In 1954, the people of Iredell County created a community hospital with the mission of focusing on the health and wellness needs of the people they served. Today, Iredell Health System remains true to that vision, and with the prolific growth in the Mooresville/ South Iredell area, the decision to expand in order to offer more services available through Iredell Mooresville was a natural one. The newest venture of Iredell Health System, a state-of-the-art facility that will be known as the health care organization’s Iredell Mooresville campus, opened early this month. Still in its first phase, the 68,00-square-foot building will be home to Iredell Urgent Care—the only 24-hour urgent care facility in the area outside of a hospital emergency room—and an ambulatory surgery center, the first of its kind in Mooresville. It will also include a state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging center with CT, ultrasound, 3D mammography and x-ray. The new space will also house Iredell Occupational Medicine, Iredell Rehab at Mooresville, and multiple physician practices. “Our patients were telling us they preferred not to travel to get the care they need and deserve,” says John Green, President and CEO of Iredell Health System. “This campus will allow us to continue to expand on our services already offered in the Mooresville area, while adding new and other innovative services as well.”
The 17.2-acre property, located near the corner of Bluefield Road and Highway 150, will have multiple buildings serving various purposes, eventually totaling 200,000 square feet. As healthcare continues to evolve, Iredell Health System will continue to determine the community’s needs with respect to the future of healthcare and provide those services for them. Understanding the needs of the community is so important to HIS that after completing the land purchase for the Iredell Mooresville campus, it set out to determine what services should occupy the new space to best meet the needs of the individuals living in the Mooresville-South Iredell area. The planning process included research to determine what has worked best for similar communities across the country and included local citizen input. “It’s exciting to know that we still have an additional two-thirds of this campus available for other ventures,” says Green. “Our mission is to inspire wellbeing—together that will continue for many years to come.” Iredell Mooresville 653 Bluefield Road, Mooresville Iredellatmooresville.com
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