Company Profile
Kettering Health
Company Overview
Kettering Health is a faith-based family of medical centers, emergency centers, and outpatient facilities. Our mission is to improve the quality of life of the people in the communities we serve through healthcare and education.
We are dedicated to excellence and to providing each individual with the most appropriate care in the most appropriate setting. In the spirit of a Christian healthcare ministry, we strive to be innovative and to convey God’s love in a caring environment.
We provide you with an integrated system of healthcare experts committed to providing patients with wellness-focused care. Primary care doctors, specialists, and other providers work together to ensure you receive seamlessly coordinated care.
Kettering Health at a Glance
We currently have the following:
14 medical centers
120+ outpatient facilities
1,800+ physicians
15,000+ employees
Company History
Our Story
Kettering Health's rich history begins with the genius, talent, and innovative spirit of Charles F. Kettering. And our future finds its home in Miami Valley's communities' excellence, diversity, and excitement.
Kettering Health's story stands at the intersection of innovative solutions, quality healthcare, resolute faithfulness, and eager hospitality. Ours is a story shaped by the hundreds of thousands of neighbors who have graced our doorways and the countless team members who give their all to care for their neighbors. And it's a story that continues with an upright zeal to bring the best in healthcare to the communities of western Ohio.
This story, though, cannot be told without our namesake—the man who started it all.
The Inventor
Born in 1876, Charles F. Kettering spent most of his life tackling tough questions and vigorously pursuing innovation.
Charles was research director of General Motors for 27 years, but he's most known for spearheading and founding the industrious Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco). Among the more than 300 patents he held for his inventions are the first practical automobile self-starter and the first reliable battery ignition system. Not a day goes by that nearly all of us encounter the direct influence of Charles Kettering's innovative spirit.
Beyond his contributions to the field of automotive engineering, Charles had the vision to connect the benefits of technology to the life-changing opportunities for treatment in a community hospital setting. His son, Eugene, and Eugene's wife, Virginia, sought to fulfill that vision by building a hospital as a living memorial to Charles F. Kettering.
The First Hospital
During the polio epidemic in the 1950s, Eugene and Virginia witnessed the difference compassionate, quality healthcare can make in a community at Hinsdale Hospital near Chicago. The hospital was founded as a part of the healthcare mission of the Seventh-day Adventist church, where hospital leaders and staff incorporated Judeo-Christian values at every level of service, most notably, the value of seeing each patient as a whole person—mind, body, and spirit—worthy of care.
The Ketterings wanted to give people in the Dayton area access to that same care. So they rallied the support of the local community and business leaders to raise the money needed to build a new hospital on the 90-acre Kettering estate.
Though not Adventists themselves, the Ketterings enlisted the help of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to build and operate the hospital because of their admiration for the Adventist healthcare philosophy.
George Nelson was named Kettering Hospital's founding administrator and first president because of his integrity, competence, sound judgment, and leadership skills.
The hospital's groundbreaking took place on July 7, 1961. Two years later, the hospital was dedicated, and on March 3, 1964, Kettering Memorial Hospital admitted its first patients.
Now known as Kettering Health Main Campus, the campus continued to expand its offerings. In 1967, Kettering College opened adjacent to the hospital, offering degrees in health science and related fields.
Moving Forward—Together
The values from this history continue to guide our employees and volunteers who serve at all of our Kettering Health facilities today. Our story compels us, invigorates us, and unites us to guide each person to their best health.
And as our story continues, Kettering Health will stand at the unique intersection of innovation, healthcare, and hospitality—all while continuing to elevate the health and well-being of western Ohio's excellent, diverse, and growing communities.
Notable Clients
Cincinnati Bengals
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care and Biopharma
Great Place to Work® analyzed anonymous survey feedback representing more than 825,000 employees working in the healthcare and biopharma industries in the United States. Kettering Health ranked 28th among health organizations on the list.
The award is based on responses about the extent to which team members trust their leaders, the respect with which team members are treated, the fairness of workplace decisions, and camaraderie among the teams.
IBM Watson Health™ 15 Top Health Systems
As a top-performing health system in the United States in 2020, Kettering Health earned a spot-on IBM Watson’s annual list for the fifth consecutive year.
The study evaluated 332-member health systems and nearly 2,500 hospitals to identify the country’s 15 top-choice health systems.
IBM Watson Health™ 100 Top Hospitals
The 100 Top Hospitals list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience, and financial health. These hospitals have lower hospital-acquired infections, lower 30-day re-admission rates, better patient experience ratings, and faster emergency care.
Honored hospitals in 2023 include the following:
Kettering Health Main Campus (formerly Kettering Medical Center)
Kettering Health Miamisburg (formerly Sycamore Medical Center)
Kettering Health Dayton (formerly Grandview Medical Center)
Kettering Health Washington Twp (formerly Southview Medical Center)