Morton Hospital is located in Taunton, MA, approximately 40 minutes south of Boston and with convenient access to major highways.  Its’ favorable location in Southeastern Massachusetts allows for easy travel in less than one hour to Boston, Cape Cod, Providence and Newport, RI. One of the oldest towns in the United States, Taunton is known as the “Silver City” and has a rich industrial and cultural history.  With approximately 60,000 residents, Taunton is home to a variety of businesses both large and small, as well as many schools, restaurants and historical sites. Taunton maintains a strong sense of “community” and the city and its businesses host a wide variety of family-friendly events and activities throughout the year. 

Morton Hospital is a member of Steward Health Care the largest private hospital operator in the United States. Steward is a physician-led health care services organization committed to providing the highest quality of care in the communities where patients live. Steward operates 35 community hospitals in the United States and the country of Malta that regularly receive top awards for quality and safety. The company employs approximately 40,000 health care professionals. The Steward network includes more than 25 urgent care centers, 42 preferred skilled nursing facilities, substantial behavioral health services, over 7,300 beds under management, and approximately 1.5 million full risk covered lives through the company's managed care and health insurance services.

Steward Health Care’s physician-led model was created to provide patient’s access to the highest-quality care at a sustainable cost, providing personalized, and coordinated ongoing medical services that positively impact patients’ physical, emotional, and mental well-being.  

Founded in 2010, Steward Health Care is the nation’s largest accountable care organization (ACO), with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health care professionals who care for 12.3 million patients a year through its network of hospitals, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities, and behavioral health services. Steward received a perfect 100% quality rating by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s (CMS) Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) in 2020. 

Based in Dallas, Steward is the largest private, physician-led health care network and currently operates 39 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah. For more information, visit www.steward.org.