Cone Health
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| Company type | Non-profit |
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| Industry | Healthcare |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Guilford County, North Carolina,Rockingham County, North Carolina,Forsyth County, North Carolina,Alamance County, North CarolinaPiedmont Triad |
Number of employees | 13,000 |
| Website | conehealth |
Cone Healthis a private, not-for-profit healthcare delivery system based inGreensboro, North Carolina.The health network serves people in Alamance, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham and surrounding counties in central North Carolina. Hospitals in the Cone Health network includeMoses H. Cone Memorial Hospital,Wesley Long Hospital,andCone Health Behavioral Health Hospitalin Greensboro as well asAlamance Regional Medical Center(Burlington, North Carolina) andAnnie Penn Hospital(Reidsville, North Carolina). Beyond the hospitals, health care services are offered at MedCenter High Point, MedCenter Kernersville, MedCenter Mebane, MedCenter Greensboro and a wide range of primary care and specialty practices staffed by Cone Health Medical Group physicians.
TheMoses H. Cone Memorial Hospital,the flagship of the system, opened in 1953[1]on 63 acres (250,000 m2) near downtown Greensboro. Bertha Cone established it in honor of her husband, Moses H. Cone. Moses Cone was a textile magnate and founder ofCone Mills.
Cone Health is active in primary care, cardiology, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedics, rehabilitation, obstetrics and many other specialties.
U.S. News & World Report.[2]listed Cone Health hospitals as a 2022-2023 High Performing Hospital in 17 of 20 common adult procedures and conditions.
In August 2020, Cone Health announced its intent to merge with Sentara Healthcare, though the planned consolidation was later canceled[3]in 2021.
On June 21, 2024, Cone Health announced it had agreed to be acquired byRisant Health,a nonprofit, charitable organization created in 2023 by California-basedKaiser Permanente.[4]
References
[edit]- ^Gwynn, David."Cone Health collection to be digitized".UNC Greensboro Digital Collections.Retrieved2023-05-03.
- ^"US News Top Hospitals".health.usnews.com.
- ^Correspondent (2021-06-07)."Cone, Sentara cancel merger plans, but future consolidation seems inevitable".North Carolina Health News.Retrieved2023-05-03.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^Johnson, Lillian (21 June 2024)."Risant Health, nonprofit created by Kaiser Permanente, to acquire Cone Health. Dr. Mary Jo Cagle explains why".Triad Business Journal.Retrieved21 June2024.
