Our History

Purchased by HCA, Inc. and renamed Horizon Medical Center in 1995, the facility serves the residents of Dickson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and Williamson Counties.

January 1, 1940 Jackson Clinic is formally opened on North Main Street, next door to the Methodist Church. The Clinic was under the direction of Dr. L.C. Jackson. The Jackson brothers later built Goodlark Hospital. Offices consisted of one dentist, one optometrist, and one suite of offices for Dr. L.C., and facilities to keep one patient overnight, (that is, one private room with bath). This building was located on North Main Street, next door to the Methodist Church, who now owns the building. Dr. L.C. Jackson owned and operated Jackson Clinic with a staff of one Registered Nurse, and one secretary assistant. The nurse was his sister, Mrs. Graves, who worked as his office assistant and did 24-hour duty with patients who were kept overnight. This was during the war, and Dr. L.C. made home calls, delivered babies in the homes, maintained office hours, did surgery, (tonsillectomies, appendectomies, and hysterectomies). His practice covered a radius from Dickson to Humphreys, Hickman, Williamson, Montgomery, Robertson, and Cheatham Counties.

After the war, Dr. William Jackson and Dr. J.T. Jackson came to practice with Dr. L.C. (1946). Dr. William Jackson served with the Eighth Air Force in Europe and Dr. J.T. Jackson served in the Navy in Europe and Asia.

The three Drs. Jackson worked together as a team at Jackson Clinic. In 1947, they built facilities to accommodate 25 patients and also added a surgical suite and obstetrical suite. They maintained satellite offices in McEwen in Humphreys County, Lyles in Hickman County, and Vanleer in Dickson County. Along with their office practice in Dickson and operating a 25-bed hospital. They scheduled specific hours each day to each satellite office. This sometimes entailed a 12-15 hour day for each doctor, but was very advantageous and convenient for the patients.

March 29, 1956 Dr.’s L.C., Jimmy, and William Jackson announce the purchase of 24 acres of land on East 70 Highway, and plan to build a 40-bed hospital. This developed into the Goodlark Hospital; named in honor of two ladies who were heirs to the land on which Goodlark Hospital stands; Mrs. Doye Myatt Goodrum, and Mrs. Paul Larkins, Sr.

In 1958, as the need grew for a larger facility for patient care, a 58-bed hospital was built. Goodlark Hospital was operated as a privately owned hospital for a few years. By 1960, one other doctor joined the group as part owner. As business grew, so grew the need for more hospital beds. In 1962, a new wing was added to the hospital consisting of 26-beds with an unfinished lower level for future expansion.

In 1966, the Drs. Jackson decided the hospital could best operate and benefit the community as a non-profit organization or foundation in the future. At this time, they relinquished ownership to the non-profit foundation to be operated with all profits received from the hospital to be used for maintaining the hospital, new equipment, new technology, and education programs for student doctors and nurses. Since that time, the lower pavilion has been added with private rooms. In 1975, a three million dollar medical complex was added to accommodate space for 14 doctors, an outpatient pharmacy, an inpatient pharmacy, physical therapy unit, coronary unit, modern laboratory, and business office.

June 14, 1973 Goodlark Hospital announces a 3 million dollar expansion, through a 77,000 square feet build out to the hospital floor space.

March 05,1980 Mrs. Doye Myatt Goodrum, died at the age of 89 years in Goodlark Hospital in Dickson, Tennessee. She was an old time businesswoman on Main Street in Dickson for over 60 years. She owned and ran the Myatt Drug Store on Main Street after the death of her father and mother. She was reported at one time to own over 100 parcels pf property in Dickson. Goodlark hospital is named in her honor along with her cousin, Mrs. Paul Larkins, Sr. The Good - in the hospital name comes from her, and the Lark – in the hospital name comes from Larkins; thus Goodlark Hospital. Both of these ladies were heirs to the land on which Goodlark Hospital is built. Goodlark is located near the site of the civil war famous spring where the Union Forces camped at Cox Spring.

Goodlark Hospital, the medical facility from which Horizon Medical Center evolved, has continually maintained its commitment to provide quality healthcare to Dickson and surrounding county residents. Horizon Medical Center is proud to rank among the top 4% of hospitals surveyed nationwide by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations as evidenced by the facility’s recent survey score of 98 out of 100.

Located 45 miles west of Nashville, the 139-bed acute medical/surgical facility offers the following services:

Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation

Success is celebrated daily in the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Center where treatment is customized to meet the individual needs of patients who suffer from stroke, spinal cord injury, major trauma, amputation, fractured femur, knee and hip replacement (allowed under special criteria), burns, brain injury, neurological disorder, and/or congenital deformity.

Each patient’s medical care and rehabilitation services are directed by a board-certified physician and a team of physical, occupational, speech and rehab nurses.

The rehabilitation center provides a 24-hour therapeutic environment and encourages a high level of family involvement.

The Diabetes Center

The center offers self-management classes for all individuals with diabetes by referral from their physician. Learning to live with diabetes is the best approach to minimizing the complications while maximizing the quality of life. Comprehensive diabetes services include group education, individual consultation for gestational diabetes, and individual follow-up as needed for all patient

Emergency Department

Horizon has been a fully accredited Chest Pain Center since 2004. The chest pain center offers extensive diagnostic capabilities for the treatment of patients with chest pain and a dedicated area within the emergency department for the observation of patients who display low to moderate risk of coronary artery disease

With helicopter receiving capabilities and physician staffing 24 hours daily, the Emergency Department includes seven individual treatment rooms, two trauma beds, two cardiac and two orthopedic treatment beds. The Horizon ER treated over 34,000 patients in 2007.

The Family Birthing Unit

Equipped with nine labor-delivery-recovery-postpartum (LDRP) suites, two observation rooms, a cesarean surgical suite and nursery, the Unit also provides a variety of childbirth classes ranging from childbirth preparation to breastfeeding. Gynecological services are also offered as well as prenatal and postpartum care.

Generations

The Generations Program addresses the emotional and behavioral health needs of adults over 65 through a combination of therapies, educational and wellness activities.Generations assists senior adults in coping with problems accompanying the aging process including confusion, depression, agitation and combativeness as well as hallucinations, paranoia and suicidal thoughts.

A sudden onset of confusion, depression, paranoia, agitation, or hallucinations may indicate a need for help.

The Heart Center

The Heart Center offers a modern cardiac catheterization lab with equipment capable of generating computer-enhanced cardiac photos and live images. Cardiologists perform interventional procedures daily in the cath lab. Cardiac rehabilitation provides a fitness program and educational opportunities promoting heart-healthy lifestyles.Additional services include EKG, stress testing, echocardiology, holter monitoring and nuclear cardiology studies.

Imaging

Imaging Services at Horizon Medical  Center are designed with the patient in mind. Imaging services offer a number of benefits for patients and physicians,including: extended operating hours and flexible appointment times; new and improved pre-registration; necessary lab work completed in conjunction with patient procedures; images read on-site by board-certified radiologists; and results promptly faxed to physician offices following interpretation. With the new PACS digital imaging system, physicians can review images and reports from their offices or even form home.

Services include nuclear medicine, ultrasound, digital mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), interventional procedures, general diagnostics and fluoroscopy.

Imaging is a full-service department. Services are provided by board-certified radiologists and radiologic technologists certified by the American Registry of Radiologic Technology.

Natchez Imaging, located on Highway 46, is an outpatient imaging facility that offers convenience and state-of-the-art technology.

The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center

The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center, accredited by the American College of Surgeons, offers staging, and radiation and medical oncology in one facility. It provides patients with access to clinical trials and research through the Sarah Cannon Research Institute.

The Sarah Cannon Cancer is the nation’s largest community based cancer treatment and research program in the US providing comprehensive services through a network of facilities and physicians to meet the medical needs of individuals undergoing cancer treatment.

Solutions Surgical Weight Loss Program

This program is designed for individuals considering weight loss surgery. Typically, a candidate is 100 pounds or more above their ideal body weight or a body mass index of 35. Solutions offers 3 surgical options:

• Lap Banding
• Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
• The Gastric Sleeve

Surgery

Services include general and gynecological surgery, ear, nose and throat surgery, ophthalmologic surgery and orthopedic and spine surgery. Our highly skilled surgeons are performing some of the latest surgical procedures: the first single & double level AxiaLIF® spine surgery performed in Tennessee and the first FinESS™ sinus surgery performed in Tennessee.

The Outpatient Surgery Unit consists of 16 private rooms. Each has a privatet bath, and also houses the pre-admission testing department where required lab work, X-rays and cardiology testing is completed prior to surgery.

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