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3HC's
History
Home Health and Hospice Care,
Inc. - 3HC - was founded in July 1981, as Mount Olive Home Health in Mount Olive, North Carolina. In the years since, the private, 501(c)(3), not-for-profit health care company has grown into one of the largest of its kind in North Carolina and is recognized nationwide as a leader in the home care industry.
 In its early days, the company served clients in parts of Wayne and Duplin counties with a professional staff of two, a part-time registered nurse and a part-time physical therapist. By 1982, the company’s market included all of Wayne, Duplin, and Lenoir counties, with a second office in Kinston, North Carolina. The company moved its Mount Olive clinical office to Goldsboro in June 1983. In 1984, it changed its nameto Home Health and Hospice Care, Inc. and, in 1989, established its corporate headquarters in Goldsboro where it now remains.
The company quickly earned a reputation for quality and compassionate care. It often served areas that no other company would pursue, and in several instances, such as rural Jones County, 3HC was requested by County Commissioners, and other community leaders, to provide home care for their citizens. On its 10th anniversary year, 1991, 3HC had expanded its operations to Johnston,
Wilson, Jones, and Pitt counties. In 1995,
it opened offices in Fayetteville and Raleigh.
As the company grew, so did the scope of its services. Company directors and managers were committed to the mission of home health care as a cost-effective and emotionally satisfying service. They believed that their patients, the great majority of them 55 and older, healed and thrived better in the comfort of familiar surroundings following hospital or clinical procedures. The company’s philosophy was embodied in its motto, “Compassionate Care Is Our
Calling”.
Its home care services began in 1981 with the basics: skilled nursing, physical therapy, and aide services. It adopted speech pathology next and then occupational
therapy and Medical Social Work. It offered Community Alternative Program/Mental Retardation and
Community Alternative Program/Development Disability service in 1983. 3HC
began offering hospice services in 1984. At the end of 1991, 3HC added private duty services, and became JCAHO accredited.
The company began to invest in its own buildings in 1986 in Kinston. It built its current Corporate Headquarters in Goldsboro in 1989, and a new Kinston office in 1991, and another in Clinton in 1993. The Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro was also constructed in 1995 and expanded in 1997. In 2007, 3HC’s market includes 16 counties in the heart of eastern North Carolina, from Jones County near the coast to the Research
Triangle west
In 1999, 3HC was restructured into a parent corporation and four subsidiaries – 3HC: Certified, 3HC: Special Programs, 3HC: Private, and 3HC: Hospice.
3HC's Goldsboro Office
3HC continued to develop new services in its second decade, adding a telephone alert system, psychiatric nursing, OB/GYN nursing, industrial health program, HIV case management, home infusion, and CAP/AIDS program. In
2004, the agency's four subsidiaries consolidated
back into one corporate entity.
The measure of its first years was recorded in the company’s patient data. In 1981, after two months of operation, the company’s staff had made 99 home visits. The figures for the 2007 – 2008 fiscal year were:
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90,712 home health visits |
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88,128 hours of service |
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49,488 days of hospice care |
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2,290 in-patient days of acute care at Kitty Askins Hospice Center |
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1,899,084 total miles driven |
As 3HC entered the 21st Century, its Board envisioned ambitious goals. The agency enhanced its reputation as a leader in comprehensive hospice care. For example, it expanded, in 2000, its bereavement services with its Wings! Camp for Children and work with the Angel Foundation
for adults. 3HC continued to emphasize the quality of its
care,
achieving accreditation with commendation in 1995 and imposing a comprehensive Compliance Plan in 1999. It implemented in 2001, a plan to deal with the growing, national nursing shortage and a Development Program to increase charitable contributions.
 Between
2004-2009, new technologies continue to
be employed to enhance the quality of care
offered to patients. For example, Health Buddy
telehealth and monitoring, VitalStim, and PT/INR
allow early intervention to health-threatening
conditions. Anodyne Therapy, or infrared therapy, is 3HC's latest offering to the communities we serve.
From a staff of three in 1981, the company currently employs over 400 professionals in seven clinical offices, the Kitty Askins Hospice Center, and the corporate office.
Dean Lee, president of 3HC, states, "Success for 3HC over the next 25 years will
continue to focus on the needs of our patients and the community. Continuous
improvement in quality of care is the driving force to meet those needs. Through
the great people of 3HC and the use of innovative technology and techniques, we
will continue to be the leader in the home health and hospice services provided
to the citizens of eastern North Carolina."
- 3HC -
2402 Wayne Memorial Drive
Goldsboro, NC 27534
919-735-1387
info@3hc.org
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