Atrium Health
Atrium Health, formerly Carolinas HealthCare System, is a hospital network with more than 70,000 employees. It operates 40 hospitals, six freestanding emergency departments, over 30 urgent care centers, and more than 1,400 care locations in the American states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. It provides care under the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist name in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina, region, Atrium Health Navicent in the Macon, Georgia area, and Atrium Health Floyd in the Rome, Georgia area. Atrium Health offers pediatric, cancer, and heart care, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized  musculoskeletal programs. Legally, Atrium Health is The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, a municipal hospital authority established under North Carolina's Hospital Authorities Act (North Carolina General Statutes chapter 131E, part 2). The authority is governed by a self-perpetuating board of commissioners which nominates new commissioners to fill its own vacancies; the chair of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners can approve or veto those nominations but not make nominations of her own. Hospitals & Facilities. Atrium Health is based in Charlotte. Carolinas Medical Center is the flagship hospital for the entire system (located between Dilworth and Myers Park). Atrium Health  operates seven freestanding Emergency Departments, these are 24-hour emergency care centers for the treatment of emergency medical conditions, but are not attached to a full service hospital. Atrium Health also operates 37 urgent care centers across the system's Charlotte NC market.  On February 23, 2022 Atrium Health Union West Hospital in Stallings is scheduled to open. Other Facilities. In addition to providing patients with quality health care, Atrium Health operates long-term care facilities in the Charlotte Area. Other facilities of importance include: Mergers. Wake Forest Baptist Health (based in Winston-Salem, NC). On October 9, 2020, Atrium  Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health, including Wake Forest School of Medicine, officially joined together as a single enterprise, Atrium Health. The new enterprise became effective immediately. The strategic combination was first announced in April 2019, with a definitive agreement signed in October 2019, following approval by each entity's governing board. On October 23, 2020, Atrium Health announced $3.4 billion in planned investments for Wake Forest Baptist Health and the communities it serves over the next 10 years. Atrium Health will invest approximately $2.8 billion to improve facilities and fund critical investments. On August 18, 2021, the  system was renamed Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Navicent Health. On February 8, 2018, Atrium Health and Navicent Health of Macon, Georgia announced a partnership. On December 19, 2018, leaders from Atrium Health and Navicent Health signed the definitive agreement that commits to the organizations’ strategic combination. The agreement was effective January 1, 2019, making Navicent Health the central and south Georgia hub for the Atrium Health network. On January 29, 2021, the system was renamed Atrium Health Navicent. Floyd Health System. On November 5, 2019, Atrium Health and Floyd Health System (Floyd) announced that the organizations signed a letter  of intent to combine. The agreement was finalized on July 14, 2021. "Atrium Health has pledged to invest $650 million in capital" into Floyd Health System over the next 10 years. On October 28, 2021, the system was renamed Atrium Health Floyd.