Company Profile
Cone Health
Company Overview
Cone Health is an integrated not-for-profit network of health care providers serving people in Guilford, Forsyth, Rockingham, Alamance, Randolph, Caswell and surrounding counties. Our tagline – “The Network for Exceptional Care” – highlights our commitment to excellence, which is shared by our more than 12,000 employees, 1,300 physicians and 1,200 volunteers.
As one of the region’s largest and most comprehensive health networks, Cone Health has more than 100 locations, including six hospitals, three ambulatory care centers, three outpatient surgery centers, three urgent care centers, a retirement community, more than 100 physician practice sites and multiple centers of excellence.
Company History
From our beginnings in 1911 as a trust established by Bertha Lindau Cone, Cone Health has grown into one of North Carolina’s most extensive and trusted healthcare networks. As we expand to meet our community’s evolving healthcare needs, we continue to honor the values of our founders who believed in accessible healthcare for all, regardless of their ability to pay.
1846 - Herman Cone, father of Moses and Ceaser, left Germany for America at the age of 17. With him, he carried a letter from his brother-in-law Joseph Rosengart with advice that laid the foundation for the Cone family legacy and ultimately Cone Health.
1895 - Moses H. Cone and his brother Ceasar build their first denim manufacturing plant in Greensboro, NC, which was later called Cone Mills.
1911 - Bertha Cone establishes a trust fund to build a hospital as a memorial to her husband Moses who died in 1908. Following her death in 1947, Bertha's share of the family inheritance is directed toward the hospital's founding.
February 25, 1953 - The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital opens to the public with 231 employees and 53 of the 310 beds in service with costs of $8 to $20 per day. The first patient, a toddler, is admitted with a respiratory infection.
1960-1962 - Moses Cone Hospital expands, opening a fifth and sixth floor and North Carolina’s first intensive care unit.
1963 - Four African-American doctors join the medical staff, and Moses Cone Hospital becomes the first integrated hospital in Greensboro before the U.S. Supreme Court’s legislation requires it in 1964.
1974 - Another expansion project at Moses Cone Hospital adds a radiology department, emergency department and more patient beds.
1990 – The Women's Hospital of Greensboro opens as North Carolina's first free-standing hospital dedicated solely to women and newborns. It is later renamed Women’s Hospital.
1995 – Moses Cone Hospital and The Women’s Hospital of Greensboro become Moses Cone Health System.
1997 - Wesley Long Hospital joins the Moses Cone Health System. The Moses Cone-Wesley Long Community Health Foundation is created and is later renamed the Cone Health Foundation.
1999 - One of Greensboro's oldest and largest private physician groups, LeBauer HealthCare, joins the Moses Cone Health System.
2000 - The 80-bed Behavioral Health Center opens to provide behavioral health services to children, adolescents and adults suffering from acute psychiatric and substance-abuse conditions. The center is later renamed Behavioral Health Hospital.
2001 - Annie Penn Hospital, a 110-bed facility founded 1930 in Reidsville, joins the Moses Cone Health System.
2002 - The Moses Cone Health System Regional Cancer Center opens at Wesley Long Hospital to provide comprehensive services in cancer prevention and treatment. Today, it is called the Cone Health Cancer Center.
2010 - Triad HealthCare Network was established and became a Medicare accountable care organization (in the Shared Savings Program) in 2012.
2011 - Moses Cone Health System is re-branded as Cone Health with a tagline of "The Network for Exceptional Care."
2012 - Cone Health Medical Group is formed with more than 400 physicians in the Triad area.
2013 – Cone Health completes the installation of an integrated, leading-edge electronic medical records system with secure and ready access to patient medical history from anywhere within the network.
2013 - Alamance Regional Medical Center officially becomes part of Cone Health.
2016 - Cone Health officially apologized for past discriminatory practices to Alvin Blount, MD, the only surviving physician of the Simkins v Moses Cone lawsuit.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Alamance Regional Medical Center Earns 5 Stars for Treatment of Pneumonia and Respiratory Failure
October 23, 2019
Alamance Regional Medical Center rates 5 stars for the treatment of pneumonia and respiratory failure according to Healthgrades.
If It Hurts When You Move It, Come to Cone Health
October 23, 2019
Annie Penn, Moses Cone, Wesley Long Hospitals only in NC to receive America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement, Orthopedic Surgery and Spine Surgery from Healthgrades
Cone Health Earns Great Place to Work Designation
October 22, 2019
Cone Health has been Great Place to Work-Certified™ for 2019-2020. The certification comes from Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture. This marks the first time Cone Health has applied for the honor
Cone Health Places 27 Nurses on Great 100 List
September 9, 2019
More Great 100 nurses work at Cone Health than work for any other health care network in the state. Twenty-seven of this year’s Great 100 nurses work at Cone Health.
Cone Health Earns Leader in LGBTQ Health Care Equality Designation
August 19, 2019
For the sixth year, all six Cone Health's hospitals earned the “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC).
U.S. News & World Report Names Cone Health Hospitals High Performing
July 30, 2019
Cone Health hospitals have been recognized as High Performing Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 2019-20.
Cone Health Hospitals Again Earn Prestigious Magnet Status
July 29, 2019
All six Cone Health hospitals have been named Magnet Hospitals by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center (an affiliate of the American Nurses Association.)
Top Honors for Heart and Stroke Care
July 25, 2019
Moses Cone Hospital has received top honors from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Emergency Department Recognized Nationally for Excellence
July 18, 2019
The emergency department at The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital will receive the prestigious Lantern Award.
Annie Penn and Wesley Long Hospitals Receive an ‘A’ for Patient Safety From Leapfrog
May 16, 2019
Annie Penn Hospital and Wesley Long Hospital were awarded A’s from The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
Benefits
Cone Health is a private, not-for-profit organization which was established to serve the community by providing a full range of health care services distinguished by measurable excellence. The founding principles of community service and superior patient care are the cornerstones of the organization.
Our Purpose
To connect health care and well-being.
Our Vision
A tradition of health and well-being is woven through the fabric of our communities.
Our Values
At Cone Health, we value and are accountable for:
Caring for Our Patients
We provide exceptional quality, compassionate care and service in a safe, respectful environment.
Caring for Each Other
We appreciate each other through honest communication and respect. We inspire ongoing learning, pride, passion and fun.
Caring for Our Communities
We engage our communities with integrity and transparency. We embrace our responsibility to promote health and well-being.
Cone Health has been Great Place to Work-Certified™ for 2019-2020. The certification comes from Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture. This marks the first time Cone Health has applied for the honor.
The certification means that Cone Health meets or exceeds national bench marks in workplace culture, employee experience and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue and increased innovation. Great Place to Work uses a rigorous, data-driven methodology to determine company satisfaction.
“This award speaks to our culture at Cone Health,” says Mandy Eaton, executive vice president, People & Culture. “Employee experience is a priority every day. This is important to us because we know that employees who are engaged and love their jobs deliver outstanding patient care.”
An extensive survey of employees reveals that people who work at Cone Health report a consistently positive experience with their co-workers, their leaders and with their jobs.
We congratulate Cone Health on its certification,” said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, vice president of best workplace list research at Great Place to Work. “Organizations that earn their employees’ trust create great workplace cultures that deliver outstanding business results.”