Maria Parham - Franklin

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Franklin Medical Center
Novant Health, LifePoint Health
Geography
LocationLouisburg, North Carolina, United States
Organization
TypeGeneral
History
Opened1951, September 2017 reopened
ClosedOctober 16, 2015
Links
Websitewww.franklinregional.org
Lists[[List of hospitals in North Carolina

|Hospitals in North Carolina

]]


Franklin Medical Center was a hospital in Louisburg, North Carolina that closed on October 16, 2015. Previously, it was part of the Novant Health organization.[1] In September 2017, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners announced that they came to an agreement with Duke LifePoint to reopen the hospital as part of Maria Parham Health.[2]

Awards/patient satisfaction[edit | edit source]

  • In 2011, Franklin Medical Center was recognized as a top-performing healthcare organization by the Health Research & Education Trust (HRET).[3]
  • In 2010, Franklin Medical Center was awarded a three-year term of national accreditation in both magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and mammography by the American College of Radiology (ACR).[4]
  • In 2010, Franklin Medical Center's diabetes education program received the certificate of education recognition from the American Diabetes Association.[5]
  • In 2010, Franklin Medical Center was awarded the national laboratory accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP),[6] based on the results of a recent onsite inspection.
  • In 2010, Franklin Medical Center's diabetes education program received the 2010 American Diabetes Association (ADA) Provider of the Year Award.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Home". hret.org.
  2. "American College of Radiology". Archived from the original on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  3. "Home". diabetes.org.
  4. "College of American Pathologists - CAP Home". Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
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