Health Care Taking Care of You

Lake Norman’s medical community can meet all your needs

With plenty of area hospitals, as well as medical, surgical and rehabilitation centers, patients can rest easy knowing they have numerous options from which to choose, whether they are seeking well care or specialized treatment. Here’s a look at some of the Lake Norman region’s offerings.

Iredell Mooresville/ Iredell Health System

653 Bluefield Road, Mooresville www.iredellatmooresville.com

Iredell Mooresville is home to the county’s only 24-hour urgent care facility outside of a hospital emergency room, providing individuals with convenient access to cost-effective healthcare during all hours of the day. “Our patients were telling us they preferred not to travel to get the care they need and deserve. We’ve been listening,” says John Green, President & CEO of Iredell Health System.

Iredell Urgent Care, Iredell Occupational Medicine, Iredell Imaging and Iredell Rehab are part of the new 68,000-square-foot building that makes up Phase One of the more than 17-acre campus. The state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging center includes ultrasound, 3D digital mammography and general x-ray. Also at this location are Iredell Ambulatory Surgery Center at Mooresville – the first of its kind in the town – and Family Care Center of Mooresville with a family practice physician and cardiologists.

Iredell’s other campus is located in Statesville and is home to Iredell Memorial Hospital, a 247-bed facility with emergency, imaging, cardiology, oncology, maternity, orthopedic, surgical and many other specialties, including a critical care unit and a hospital-based skilled nursing facility. The Statesville campus also has a Women’s Health Center; cardiopulmonary rehabilita- tion services; laboratory; infusion care services; Iredell Endoscopy Center; J. Allen Knox Radiation Therapy center; and physical, speech and occupational therapy services. The Health System has a Wellness & Diabetes Center in Troutman, and physician practices in Statesville, Mooresville, Mocksville, Harmony, Troutman and Taylorsville. Iredell Memorial Hospital is at 557 Brookdale Drive, Statesville.

Piedmont Healthcare

Various locations www.piedmonthealthcare.com

One of the largest physician-owned and -directed multi-specialty groups in North Carolina, Piedmont Healthcare offers more than 200 providers in multiple specialties treating patients in more than 60 locations in Troutman, Mooresville, Statesville and Mocksville. The physicians at Piedmont Healthcare work together across all specialties, allowing patients to receive comprehensive care. In addition, patients have access to the latest in medical tests and procedures, including X-ray, 2D and 3D Mammography, CT, MRI, ultrasound and in-house laboratories. Piedmont Healthcare earned the 2014 UnitedHealthcare PATH Excellence in Patient Service Award, which is based on clinical results that measure how successfully practices have closed gaps in patient care.

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center

171 Fairview Road, Mooresville www.lnrmc.com

Formerly known as Lowrance Hospital, Lake Norman Regional Medical Center first opened in 1926 and operated as a non-profit corporation in its early years.

Now operating as a 123-bed hospital, LNRMC offers 24-hour services, a surgical weight loss center, orthopedic specialty center, women’s services and The Stork’s Landing Maternity Center, as well as cardiology, oncology and surgical services. Over the years, it has received numerous accolades and awards, from places such as the Optum Center of Excellence network in the area of spine and joint surgeries, Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care, and accreditation by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.

Because of its location in Mooresville, patients close to I-77, I-40 and I-85 can easily access the center for medical services.

Atrium Health Lake Norman

www.atriumhealth.org

As the result of a unanimous rezoning approval by the Town of Cornelius Board of Commissioners in early March 2023, Atrium Health has begun construction for a new hospital at the southwest corner of N.C. Highway 21 (Statesville Road) and Westmoreland Road. The hospital group received a certificate of need from the state on appeal in May 2021.

The new Atrium Health Lake Norman will be a multi-story, 170,000-squarefoot hospital with 30 beds, maternity suites and services, an intensive care unit with four ICU beds, two operating rooms and a cesarean-section operating room. The emergency department, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, will have eight treatment rooms and a helipad available on site. Also expected at the site will be multiple medical office buildings and other facilities associated with the hospital. Services at Atrium Health Lake Norman will include mobile magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized tomography (CT), digital radiography, fluoroscopy, two mobile x-ray units and ultrasound. In addition, there will be onsite laboratory and pharmacy services. The hospital is expected to open its doors in 2025.

Atrium Health

Huntersville

16455 Statesville Road, Huntersville www.atriumhealth.org/huntersville

Conveniently located off I-77, this healthcare pavilion is home to several physician offices offering advanced diagnostic imaging services, a full-service lab, retail pharmacy, outpatient surgery center and a 24-hour emergency department with bedside registration for convenience, as well as treatment rooms (including one designated as a trauma/resuscitation room). It is also home to specialty practices in internal medicine, rehabilitation, and gynecology and obstetrics.

The staff includes physicians who are board-certified in emergency medicine, and the facility is backed by the breadth and depth of Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center.

Atrium Health Lincoln

433 McAlister Road, Lincolnton www.atriumhealth.org/lincoln

This three-story, 101-bed facility is located off the west shore of Lake Norman, servicing the Denver, Maiden and west Lincoln County communities. Hospital features include cardiac care, imaging, pain management and rehabilitation services, as well as a spacious birthing center featuring a Level 2 nursery and a pediatric hospitalist on staff. The hospital is also an anchor to a 64-acre medical campus featuring numerous specialty practices.

In addition, there is a 1.2-mile walking trail circling the hospital campus. The facility also maintains a link to local history with the building’s exterior, which contains 300,000 reclaimed bricks from a portion of the former Belding-Hausman Mill.

Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center

10030 Gilead Road

Huntersville www.novanthealth.org

Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center is a 139-bed community hospital offering a wide range of services in emergency, maternity, surgery, pediatrics, cardiovascular, cancer and outpatient care. It is a part of Novant Health, an integrated network of physician clinics, outpatient facilities and hospitals consisting of more than 1,900 physicians and more than 36,000 employees that provide care at more than 800 locations, including 16 medical centers and hundreds of outpatient facilities and physician clinics.

The medical center’s newest upgrade in 2022 is a 5,000-square-foot children’s emergency services center with nine private treatment rooms, a triage room, advanced medical equipment specifically designed to treat children, a treatment room for minor emergencies and sleep chairs for latenight emergencies. This child-friendly emergency services space was made possible by a $2.4 million investment from the Martin Truex Jr. Foundation. Huntersville Medical Center is also the primary residency training site for the Novant Health Family Medicine Residency program, established in 2016. Its physicians train residents in all clinical areas of the institution over a three-year accredited program.

Its emergency department is also open 24 hours a day and patients have access to advanced surgical services close to home, including the use of the state-of-the art da Vinci Robotic Surgery System®, which involves a surgical tool that provides robot-assisted technology for procedures such as hysterectomies and procedures that help treat prostate cancer.