Kettering Med Center-Network

Name :

Kettering Med Center-Network

Address  :

3535 Southern Boulevard

Town  :

Kettering

State  :

Ohio

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

45429

Phone  :

937 298 4331

Fax  :

937 395 8004

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Family Practice
  • Gastro-enterology
  • Gynaecology
  • Hematologist
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Oncologist
  • Pain Management
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Psychiatrist
  • Pulmonology
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 522


Description

About Us
We are a comprehensive health care network that includes Kettering Medical
Center Grandview Medical Center Sycamore Medical Center Southview
Medical Center Greene Memorial Hospital and Kettering Behavioral Medicine Center

About Kettering Health Network
Featuring over 50 stateoftheart facilities and services including two major medical center hospitals four other hospitals a college of medical arts over 8000 employees over 1500 physicians and over 1000 volunteers the Kettering Health Network KHN certainly covers the Dayton area And this is a network of quality Thanks to great medical professionals and physicians every year KHN and its hospitals receive awards and recognitions from several national organizations

Kettering Grandview and Southview hospitals were recently recognized by HeathGrades with the rare Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence placing them among the top 5 percent out of 5000 acutecare hospitals in the nation measured across the seven major clinical areas of cardiac orthopedics pulmonary stroke vascular critical care and GI Kettering Grandview and Southview hospitals have all received prestigious 100 Top Hospital recognitions by Solucient All four of KHNs hospital Emergency departments are Chest Pain Center accredited

Mission amp Vision
Mission Statement
The Kettering Health Networks Mission is to improve the quality of life of the people in the communities we serve through healthcare and education We are dedicated to excellence and to providing each individual the most appropriate care in the most appropriate setting In the spirit of Seventhday Adventist healthcare ministry we strive to be innovative and to convey Gods love in a caring environment

Considered the abbreviated version of the mission statement

KHN Vision Statement
Kettering Health Network will be recognized as the leader in transforming the health care experience


History

History
Kettering Memorial Hospital opened in 1964 as a tribute to Charles F Kettering the American inventor scientist and humanitarian Kettering Medical Center Sycamore opened in 1978 as a general acute health care facility designed to serve the needs of the fastgrowing areas of Montgomery and Warren counties
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