Company Profile
Carolinas Healthcare System
Company Overview
Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) is the largest healthcare system in the Carolinas, and the third largest non-profit public system in the nation. CHS owns, leases or manages 25 hospitals in North and South Carolina, including Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte and CMC-NorthEast in Concord, a 457-bed medical center, which is home to Jeff Gordon Children's Hospital.
CHS employs over 1,100 physicians who practice in more than 300 care locations. CHS also operates rehabilitation hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgery centers, home health agencies, radiation therapy centers and physical therapy facilities. Together, these operations comprise over 5,400 licensed beds and employ more than 40,000 full-time or part-time employees.
CHS's flagship facility is Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) in Charlotte, an 874-bed hospital with a Level I trauma center, a research institute and a large number of specialty treatment units including heart, cancer, organ transplant, and behavioral health. CMC also serves as one of North Carolina's five Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospitals, providing residency training for over 240 physicians in 18 specialties. CMC is listed as a "Best Hospital" by U.S.News & World Report for urology, and has been designated 11 times as Charlotte's "Consumer's Choice Preferred Hospital" by the National Research Corporation.
Charlotte is the largest city in the Carolinas. The current population of the immediate metropolitan area is 1.7 million, which represents a 30% increase in population within the past 10 years (US Census data). Charlotte is the nation’s second largest banking center, home to Bank of America and Wachovia (purchased by Wells Fargo in 2008 but continuing to operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary), and ranks 8th in the level of economic growth, while maintaining a cost of living at the national average. 300 of the Fortune 500 firms make their home in Charlotte. As the 32nd largest city in the United States, Charlotte has significant cultural and education resources. The arts are well supported by the community and the educational system is progressive, with strong schools in both public and private sectors. Regional attractions abound. Charlotte is two hours from the Blue Ridge Mountains and three hours from Charleston, South Carolina and other coastal resorts.