Norton Healthcare Foundation Inc

Programs: The norton healthcare foundation is the philanthropic arm of the not-for-profit norton healthcare adult-service hospitals: norton audubon hospital, norton brownsboro hospital, norton hospital and norton women's and norton children's hospital. The foundation raises funds each year to improve programs, equipment and facilities, research and education, enabling the hospitals to stay up-to-date with medical advances and technology, and maintaining the community's access to health care. Community support through the norton healthcare foundation allows caregivers to continue making a difference for patients served by norton healthcare inc. In 2017, the support helped the foundation provide funding to: * norton healthcare foundation funds granted more than $2. 1 million to benefit dozens of areas of care throughout the facilities . * support of norton cancer institute initiatives that provide early detection screenings, education and clinical research. * support pastoral care services for patients, their families and staff members at all norton healthcare adult-service facilities. * provide baby-friendly hospital initiatives to support breastfeeding at norton women's and children's hospital. * provide educational opportunities for the community and caregivers, such as the gail klein garlove lectureship series, with 166 attendees and nixon lectureship series with 345 attendees, which focus on topics related to cancer care, prevention and research. * support nurses to obtain oncology-certified nurse designation, enabling them to provide the most advanced and comprehensive care to cancer patients. * program support for integrative medicine initiatives for the norton neuroscience institute. Philanthropy plays an increasingly important role at norton healthcare as caregivers strive to continuously improve the health of the community.

capital projects are also funded by the norton healthcare foundation. In 2017, the foundation granted over $1 million to fund the following projects: * construction of a second floor garden for our norton women's & children's hospital patients. * equipment for the norton cancer institute, including a digital biopsy specimen imaging system, eioimpedence spectroscopy and breast board standardization * norton women's and children's critical care emergency equipment * improvements to the norton brownsboro emergency department waiting area * norton audubon main entry sculpture * norton hospital fourth floor conference room