Dreams are being built from the ground up at Norton West Louisville Hospital. The new hospital is taking shape at the corner of 28th Street and West Broadway, and lives are already being transformed through some of the construction work happening on the job site. Houston Briscoe is from West Louisville and grew up around…
For Pam and Rick Jeffries, it’s become like clockwork. Every other Friday morning, at the same time of day, they drive to the Norton Infusion Center on the Norton Brownsboro Hospital campus. After some time in the waiting area, Pam is admitted back into a room, where she receives her biweekly infusion of lecanemab, the…
If the age-old saying “what a difference a day makes” holds true, then imagine how much difference years can make. As Shelita Jackson and Kamilla Taylor walk through the front doors of the Institute for Health Equity, a Part of Norton Healthcare, they’re the personification of the positive change time can bring. “We have to…
Long before becoming the practice manager at a bilingual medical office, Carolina Tafur knew the importance of patients being able to communicate with their medical provider. “As a first-generation American, I grew up seeing the language barrier in every aspect of my life. My sister and I were the translators for my parents at their…
For the second year in a row, Norton Healthcare has been named among the nation’s top workplaces for disability inclusion. This recognition comes from the 2023 Disability Equality Index (DEI), which assessed our organization alongside 485 U.S. health systems. We’re tremendously proud to rank in the 15 top workplaces, earning a score of 90% percent….
When asked, Tonya Anthony, a clinical effectiveness coordinator with Norton Healthcare, offers some life advice. “You have to let go of your idea of help and accept the patient’s perspective and definition of help.” Tonya has put that philosophy into practice many times in her career and life. In 2012, Tonya left Louisville to work…
Katina Griffith, R.T., a respiratory care coordinator at Norton Children’s Hospital, makes her impact helping sick kids recover in the pediatric intensive care unit and Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. As a registered respiratory therapist, she’s been a vital part of helping the hospital respond to surges of COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus…
Helping patients with cancer live more comfortably often can weigh heavy on Rikka S. Foster’s heart and mind. As a medical assistant at Norton Cancer Institute Women’s Cancer Center, Rikka helps care for patients who have breast cancer and some who are in palliative care. According to Rikka, she wants to be there for every…
With construction of the new Norton West Louisville Hospital site underway, the architects’ designs are one step closer to becoming reality. Tim Fishking, partner and national health care practice leader at Moody Nolan, an African American-owned architectural firm based out of Ohio, is leading the project for the first new hospital built west of Ninth…
Years ago, Norton Healthcare employee Corenza Townsend noticed something big was missing in West Louisville. The area and its residents desperately needed better access to health care. “West Louisville is in our backyard, and we hadn’t touched it,” she said. “Norton Healthcare had mobile mammogram units and participated in other events, but we didn’t have…
A walk in Parkland is a walk down memory lane for Carey Anderson, a West Louisville native. The local architect grew up near 32nd and Grand Avenue. He knows firsthand that a hospital has been missing from this area for many years. “I’m very familiar with this neighborhood. I remember riding bicycles back and forth,…
Cada vez que Regina-Riley Smith tiene una cita con el médico, suele tener que tomarse todo el día libre en el trabajo. Si quiere llegar a tiempo a su cita, tiene que salir 45 minutos antes para conducir desde su casa en el barrio Shawnee de West Louisville hasta la consulta de su médico de…