Prompt Family Care history

1918: physicians build the 40-bed Morristown-Hamblen Hospital at the corners of West Third North, West Fourth North and High Streets.

1955: Morristown-Hamblen Hospital is constructed for $1 million amid the celebration of Morristown’s centennial.

1960: When the community outgrows the 70-bed facility, James E. Burke gives $100,000 toward a $2 million, 50-bed expansion.

1985: as the hospital nears its 100th anniversary of service and 30th anniversary in its existing building, Morristown-Hamblen Hospital has 167 beds, 350 employees and offered specialized services as computed tomography (CT) scanning and laser eye surgery.

1998: construction is completed on the hospital’s new senior behavioral unit that provides inpatient psychiatric care, occupational therapy and recreation activities for older patients.

2000: MHHS expands surgery services by adding a 25,300 square foot Surgical Services Center.

2003: the Sleep Disorder Center is expanded, with state-of-the-art diagnostic testing equipment and doubling the number of diagnostic testing room.

2005: cardiac, vascular and pulmonary services are consolidated under the newly created Heart, Lung & Vascular Center, located in the new, state-of-the-art Northeast Tower.

2007: MHHS completes construction of the new Surgery-Endoscopy Center of Morristown, a 12,000 square foot, multi-specialty outpatient surgery center with four dedicated operating suites.

2009: the outpatient imaging center is renamed Morristown Regional Diagnostic Center and adds digital mammography.

In 2010, the company completed two strategic acquisitions -- PRO2 Respiratory Services, based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and Arcadian HealthCare, based in Parsippany, New Jersey, in an effort to expand their reach and provide services to more patients in need.

In 2012, the company’s Home Infusion business launched its Cardiac Transitions Program, which has been recognized by cardiologists, nurses and case managers as critical to a patient’s successful transition home.

2014: Surgical Associates of East Tennessee joins MHHS

2018: MHHS is certified as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center, which means the hospital has the staff, training, and capability to provide immediate stroke care.

Later in 2019, Kelly Bewsey, MD, PhD, joins Hamblen Urology Clinic