Maria Parham - Franklin

Franklin Medical Center was a hospital in Louisburg, North Carolina that closed on October 16, 2015. Previously, it was part of the Novant Health organization.^[1] In September 2017, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners announced that they came to an agreement with Duke LifePoint to reopen the hospital as part of Maria Parham Health.^[2]

Franklin Medical Center
Novant Health, LifePoint Health
Geography
Location	Louisburg, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates	36.112853°N 78.293913°W / 36.112853; -78.293913
Organization
Type	General
History
Opened	1951, September 2017 reopened
Closed	October 16, 2015
Links
Website	www.franklinregional.org
Lists	Hospitals in North Carolina

Awards/patient satisfaction

• In 2011, Franklin Medical Center has been nationally recognized as a top-performing healthcare organization by the Health Research & Education Trust (HRET).^[3]
• In 2010, Franklin Medical Center was awarded a three-year term of national accreditation in both magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR).^[4]
• In 2010, Franklin Medical Center's diabetes education program received the certificate of education recognition from the American Diabetes Association.^[5]
• In 2010, Franklin Medical Center was awarded the national laboratory accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP),^[6] based on the results of a recent onsite inspection. This is Franklin Medical Center's fifth CAP Accreditation; their first was awarded in March 2002.
• In 2010, Franklin Medical Center's diabetes education program received the 2010 American Diabetes Association (ADA) Provider of the Year Award.