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The refreshing air, cleansing waters, and the desire to get outside and enjoy the outdoors have always attracted those seeking good health, and that continues today in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Asheville has more doctors per capita than most cities of its size. But the wealth of talent and commitment isn’t confined to the region’s largest city. Western North Carolina has many fine hospitals that practice the latest techniques in treatment, surgery, and preventive care.

Mission Hospital, located in Asheville, serves as the regional tertiary and quaternary care center in Western North Carolina. Mission Hospital is licensed for 815 beds. Its brand new, 630,000square-foot North Tower features the region’s most sophisticated emergency department and critical care facility with 94 emergency beds and 220 acute beds. It has the region’s only Level II trauma center, a comprehensive stroke center, a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, and the only children’s hospital in Western North Carolina. Mission Hospital is also a Magnet® designated hospital for nursing excellence.

Mission Children’s Hospital is a member of Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare. Its services include pediatric and adolescent specialty care, neonatal and pediatric intensive care, and pediatric and adolescent psychiatric care. Mission Children’s Hospital has 130 beds, averages 3,100 patient admissions to its pediatric inpatient units, 3,900 outpatient pediatric surgeries, and nearly 12,000 pediatric emergency department visits annually. Each year, approximately 750 ill and premature newborns MORE AT receive lifesaving care in its BEVERLY-HANKS.COM Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Western North Carolina is served by several other Are you ready to be more healthy? Don’t let your home be the reason you flub your excellent hospitals, such as goals. Find five easy things you Angel Medical Center in can do to make your home Franklin, Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine, CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital in Asheville, Charles healthier at beverly-hanks.com/blog/ new-years-resolution-for-yourhome. George VA Medical Center in Asheville, Harris Hospital in Sylva, Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital in Highlands, Mission Hospital McDowell in Marion, Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, AdventHealth in Hendersonville, St. Luke’s Hospital in Columbus, Swain Community Hospital in Bryson City, and Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard.

CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital in Asheville is an 80-bed regional referral center with programs for those suffering from stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, multiple trauma, amputation, joint replacement, and neurological disorders. The only licensed rehabilitation hospital in Western North Carolina, it is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, meaning that it has met or exceeded rigorous standards. Its therapists have an average of 14 years of experience, and its patient-to-nurse ratio is 6 to 1. It participates in a national database that compares its patient outcomes to similar rehabilitation hospitals around the country, which allows it to continually assess and improve the quality of its rehabilitation programs.

Charles George VA Medical Center is a 116-bed acute care facility with a separate 120-bed extended care and rehabilitation center serving more than 31,000 veterans from the region. It provides primary, tertiary, and long-term care in areas of

Haywood Regional Medical Center — A Duke LifePoint Hospital. HRMC

Medical Facilities

Angel Medical Center 120 Riverview St.

Franklin, NC, 28734 (828) 524-8411 missionhealth.org/angel

AdventHealth 100 Hospital Dr.

Hendersonville, NC 28792 (855) 774-5433 adventhealthnc.com

Blue Ridge Regional Hospital 125 Hospital Drive

Spruce Pine, NC 28777 (828) 765-4201 missionhealth.org/blueridge

CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital 68 Sweeten Creek Rd.

Asheville, NC 28813 (828) 277-4800 carepartners.org

Charles George VA Medical Center 1100 Tunnel Rd.

Asheville, NC 28805 (828) 299-2519 asheville.va.gov

Harris Regional Hospital — A Duke LifePoint Hospital 68 Hospital Rd.

Sylva, NC 28779 (828) 586-7000 westcare.org Highlands-Cashiers Hospital 190 Hospital Dr.

Highlands, NC 28741 (828) 526-1200 missionhealth.org/highlandscashiers

Mission Health 509 Biltmore Ave.

Asheville, NC 28801-4690 (828) 213-1111 missionhealth.org

Mission Hospital McDowell 430 Rankin Dr,

Marion, NC 28752

Asheville, NC 28801-4690 (828) 659-5000 missionhealth.org/mcdowell

Pardee UNC Health Care 800 N. Justice St.

Hendersonville, NC 28791 (828) 696-1000 pardeehospital.org

St. Luke’s Hospital 101 Hospital Dr.

Columbus, NC 28722 (828) 894-3311 saintlukeshospital.com

Swain Community Hospital 45 Plateau St.

Bryson City, NC, 28713 (828) 488-2155 myswaincommunity.com

Haywood Regional Medical Center — A Duke LifePoint Hospital 262 Leroy George Dr.

Clyde, NC 28721 (828) 456-7311 haymed.org Transylvania Regional Hospital 260 Hospital Dr.

Brevard, NC 28712 (828) 884-9111 missionheath.org/transylvania

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medicine, surgery, mental health, neurology, oncology, dentistry, ophthalmology, geriatrics, women’s health, spinal cord injury, physical medicine, and rehabilitation. Because the hospital is a teaching hospital, it provides a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology and programs in education and research.

Blue Ridge Regional Hospital, a member of Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare, is a community hospital serving Mitchell, Yancey, lower Avery, and upper McDowell counties. Located in Spruce Pine, Blue Ridge Regional Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital operating 25 beds. Blue Ridge Regional Hospital offers medical specialties including emergency services, prenatal and postnatal obstetrical care, wound clinic, cardiac stress testing, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs, nuclear medicine, 3D mammography, endoscopy services, critical care, rehabilitation services and fitness center, cancer services, orthopedics, general surgical services, pediatrics and family medicine, and walk-in, non-emergency care at Mission My Care Now Spruce Pine.

Haywood Regional Medical Center is a 154-bed hospital serving Haywood and surrounding counties with 160-plus physicians on its medical staff. Haywood Regional Medical Center offers a comprehensive array of services including imaging, orthopedics, spine services, cardiology, general surgery, women’s care, birthing center, wound care center, emergency medicine, behavioral health, and 12 multi-specialty physician clinics. The campus, located in Clyde, is also home to the 54,000-square-foot Haywood Regional Health and Fitness Center and the 44,000-square-foot Haywood Regional Outpatient Care Center (outpatient surgery center, laboratory, imaging center including women’s imaging and physician practices). Haywood Regional Medical Center also operates two urgent care centers in the county, in Hazelwood and Canton. As a part of Duke LifePoint Healthcare, Haywood Regional Medical Center is supported by Duke University Health System’s world-renowned leadership in clinical excellence and quality care and LifePoint Health’s extensive resources, knowledge, and experience in operating community hospitals.

Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, established in 1925, is an 86bed acute and specialty care facility serving Western North Carolina with more than 100 physicians practicing in locations throughout a multi-county region, including Harris Regional Hospital Medical Park of Franklin, an outpatient facility in Macon County. Harris is also affiliated with Duke LifePoint.

Swain Community Hospital, established in 1950, is a 48-bed Critical Access Hospital serving a multi-county region with primary care, emergency medicine, and subspecialty care, including a pain clinic and a transitional care unit. Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital began an affiliation in 1997 and joined Duke LifePoint Healthcare in 2014.

In Highlands, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, a member of Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare, is a community hospital serving Macon, Jackson, and the surrounding counties.

Pardee Urgent Care locations can be found in Mills River, Fletcher,

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Located on Highway 64 between the towns of Highlands and Cashiers, the hospital offers 24/7 emergency care, acute inpatient care, and rehabilitation, as well as long-term care through Eckerd Living Center. Highlands-Cashiers Hospital has 24 beds for acute care services and 80 beds in the Eckerd Living Center. Ambulatory services are also available, including therapy services and primary care practices serving both Highlands and Cashiers.

Mission Hospital McDowell, a member of Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare, is a community hospital serving McDowell, Burke, and Rutherford counties. Located in Marion, Mission Hospital McDowell operates 30 beds, including 5 labor and delivery suites. Medical specialties offered include family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general surgery, orthopedics, urology, obstetrics and gynecology, and walk-in, non-emergency care at Mission My Care Now McDowell. Five of Mission Hospital McDowell’s primary care practices have been recognized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as Rural Health Clinics.

Tracing its history back to 1913, Pardee UNC Health Care in Hendersonville is a not-for-profit hospital managed by UNC Health Care.

Pardee is home to a state-of-the-art cancer center, a comprehensive physician practice network, four urgent care locations, three rehabilitation and wellness centers, and six orthopedic clinics with a medical staff representing more than 40 specialties.

Pardee recently expanded its cardiac service by becoming a Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) designated hospital able to treat heart attack patients around the clock. Pardee is one of only two hospitals in Western North Carolina able to provide this level of care. The designation formally recognizes the collection of personnel and procedures Pardee's Emergency Department and Cath Lab have in place to handle these most serious heart attacks, further enhancing the continuum of cardiac care available 24 hours a day.

Committed to meeting the broader community’s growing needs, Pardee continues to expand its primary care, urgent care, and specialty services throughout Henderson, south Buncombe, Transylvania, and Haywood counties. In 2020, Pardee added a new urgent care, orthopedics, and physical therapy practice in Pisgah Forest, offering convenient care to Transylvania County residents. In early 2021, Pardee opened new primary care facilities in Brevard and Arden.

Pardee UNC Health Care has a number of awards and accreditations for patient safety, service, quality, and value by many well-known organizations, including the American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, Healthgrades, American College of Cardiology, and Great 100 Nurses, among others.

AdventHealth Hendersonville has been providing wholeperson care — body, mind, and spirit — to people across Western North Carolina for more than 100 years. Its network of care serves Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, and Transylvania counties with a full range of medical-imaging services, cardiac care and rehabilitation, state-of-the-art surgical care, nationally awarded cancer services, and full-service orthopedic care. AdventHealth Hendersonville is also a proud member of the AdventHealth family of more than 50 exceptional not-for-profit, faith-based hospitals located across the country.

Leading the way in firsts for health care in the region, AdventHealth now offers enhanced CT imaging to patients with its GE Healthcare Revolution Apex CT Scanner which provides 4D Imaging so physicians can see an entire organ, such as the heart, including its blood flow and motion.It is also the first health system in the region to implement the Age-Friendly Health System evidence-based practices for addressing health and wellness best practices for older adults. AdventHealth Hendersonville is now designated as an Age-Friendly Health System Participant and Committed to Care Excellence organization. AdventHealth’s wholeperson care promise includes a commitment to delivering safe, high-quality health care. AdventHealth is proud to be recognized as a Leapfrog Safety Grade “A” Hospital and a CMS 5-Star Hospital.

St. Luke's Hospital is a highly-rated, critical access, not-for-profit, independent, community-owned hospital serving Polk County and the Carolina Foothills since 1929. St. Luke's is nationally accredited by The Joint Commission and accredited by the Better Business Bureau. It is one of only 266 hospitals nationwide to earn 5 stars for patient experience from Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services. St. Luke's services include a 24/7 emergency department, world-class orthopedic and rehabilitation care, and a state-of-theart, regional-leading cancer and infusion center. St. Luke's also offers top-rated services in pain management, urology, radiology, surgical services, and imaging services, including MRI, CT, bone densitometry, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and sensorysurround digital mammography, all supported by a full-service laboratory and other ancillary services.

Transylvania Regional Hospital, also a member of Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare, is a full-service community hospital serving Transylvania and the surrounding counties. Located in Brevard, North Carolina, the hospital offers 25 inpatient rooms and 10 transitional care unit rooms. Transylvania Regional Hospital offers comprehensive services representing a full spectrum of specialties. Transylvania Regional Hospital was recently named one of the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States.

Southeastern Physical Therapy is a physical therapist-owned company that has been serving Western North Carolina since 1999. It has 10 locations throughout the region and specializes in orthopedic sports and active physical therapy. Its specialty is to help people get back to their activities, whether that be sports, gardening, hiking, biking, walking, or just becoming pain free. n