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Columbus Regional Hospital |
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2400 East 17th Street |
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Columbus |
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Indiana |
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USA |
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47201 |
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812 379 4441 |
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Specialization Of Columbus Regional Hospital
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About Columbus Regional Hospital
** About Us **
As a top rated Indiana Hospital,Columbus Regional Hospital has one clear purpose—to provide the absolute best in patient care.
The 1,625 employees including our doctors, nurses, paramedics, therapists, technicians, and other professionals are trained to do just that. We all work as a team to ensure that each patient's experience is the best it can be—from intake to diagnosis to treatment and follow-up care.
Columbus Regional Hospital is a 225-bed facility providing emergency and surgical services, a primary stroke center, chest pain center, lung center, heart center, cancer center, and many other specialty areas. But our hospital is much more than a building. It's the unique, compassionate members of our staff who define us. We are professionals working together to deliver the highest in quality. And we are people who care deeply about those we're here to serve.
That's what makes us a top rated Indiana hospital.
We have been ranked for six straight years as one of the Best Places To Work In Indiana, in addition our physicians and staff have been recognized for their excellent care through numerous national accreditations, including those for our Magnet nursing, primary stroke center, chest pain center, and digital mammography.
Columbus Regional Hospital is a recipient of the 2010 HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™, indicating that its patient safety ratings are in the top 5% of U.S. hospitals. Columbus Regional Hospital is one of only 238 hospitals in the country and one of eleven hospitals in Indiana to receive this designation.
At Columbus Regional Hospital we are not content to be a top Indiana healthcare provider. Our team is redefining what it means to provide the best in healthcare, both at a regional and national level. And, our culture inspires us to stay abreast of the newest medical technologies and procedures, and to strive for constant improvements.
** Mission **
Improve the health and well-being of the people we serve.
** Vision **
Be the best in the country at everything we do.
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History Of Columbus Regional Hospital
** Our History **
Columbus Regional Hospital did not spring up overnight, but rather evolved from a proud history of serving our area's health needs as Bartholomew County Hospital.
Bartholomew County Hospital held the distinction as the first county hospital to be constructed under a 1913 Indiana law enabling counties to issue bonds for building a hospital sufficient to serve the local community. The original Board of Trustees was appointed in 1915, and within two years land was acquired, a 32-bed facility constructed and the doors opened to patients on February 6, 1917.
Above: an early photograph of the original hospital building and nursing staff.
Bartholomew County Hospital's first employee was Miss Edith Weller, RN, of Mentesano, Washington, who was selected as superintendent. The first birth to take place was that of Mildred Beatrice Cummins, born on July 7, 1917, the daughter of Clessie L. Cummins, co-founder of Cummins Engine Company, and Ethel Cummins. Dr. George McCoy, father of Ethel, delivered his granddaughter.
From its formative years through its first 50 years of evolution, Bartholomew County Hospital grew steadily adding services, skilled staff and buildings to provide care for patients.
A major building project in the mid-1960's coupled with an increase in the medical staff, including the addition of several specialists, turned the direction of the hospital outside Bartholomew County. In 1983, the federal government's Medicare program recognized the hospital as a Regional Referral Center, one of 150 hospitals so classified in the nation. We were among the very first to receive this classification.
In early 1990, ground was broken for a building renovation and services expansion program. The architectural plan combined renovations of the best of existing buildings with new construction to create a modern medical campus. The award-winning and internationally-recognized architectural firm of Robert A.M. Stern of New York designed the new facility.
Above: the hospital today
Our hospital officially changed its name to Columbus Regional Hospital on September 25, 1992 following a building renovation and services expansion program.
The hospital has had strong board leadership throughout our history, from the days when the hospital was first being built, to guiding the growth and innovation that has made us a regional medical center. Our current Board of Trustees includes: W. George Brueggemann, MD, Tom Lentz, John Nash, Hutch Schumaker, Tracy Souza, and Bob Stewart.
Whenever the Columbus Regional Hospital history is examined the one theme which runs through is that of providing high quality, compassionate care. We are proud of the employees, physicians and volunteers who have greatly contributed to make Columbus Regional Hospital into what we are today.
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