Rumford Hospital

Description

About Rumford Hospital
Rumford Hospital is a critical access hospital providing comprehensive primary care and sophisticated diagnostic services including CT scanning ultrasound and nuclear medicine The hospital offers medical surgical nursing services a birthing center womens health services and ambulatory surgery Our Swing Bed program provides care for patients who need skilled nursing services RH also maintains a 24hour emergency department and staffs an Intensive Care Unit

Through its affiliation with Central Maine Medical Center RH offers specialty clinics with doctors who specialize in orthopedics oncology pulmonology cardiology gastroenterology rheumatology neurology and nephrology RH also offers an array of education and wellness and prevention services including LifeStrides a cardiac rehabilitation program With the latest diagnostic equipment a multisite primary care group practice and clinical ties to CMMC Rumford Hospital provides River Valley residents with local access to a wide array of healthcare services

Vision
The vision of the Central Maine Medical Family is to provide uncompromising pursuit of excellence in healthcare

Mission
Our mission is to provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise commitment and compassion of our family of caregivers

Our family of caregivers is a team of physicians nurses other clinicians and support personnel working together to ensure the best possible experience for the patient Each member of the team has a unique role to play and is an essential contributor to the success of the organization

Values
Compassion We care deeply about the physical emotional and spiritual needs of our patients families and staff

Citizenship As a healthcare team member we work to be involved in our community by promoting health and prevention

Integrity We commit to creating an honest and trustful environment through mutual respect teamwork and professionalism

Service We provide exceptional quality healthcare in a safe environment where patients staff and visitors are free from harm

Excellence We continuously enhance our Expertise and specialized knowledge skills andor abilities through our commitment to exceptional patient care

Commitment We each have personal responsibility for the success of the organization

History

The movement toward a quotmodernquot hospital for the Rumford area began in June 1924 Previously there had been quothospitalsquot in at least two private homes in town By September 1924 a fundraising campaign was organized with a goal of raising 200000 to build a hospital

A Kickoff Dinner was held September 5 Fundraising committees who attended represented towns from Weld to Upton Canton to Byron At the first reporting meeting on September 9th the fundraisers were half way to goal At the September 11 reporting meeting the team was over the goal to 267000 267000 in less than a week in 1924 On the same newspaper page on which this was reported ladies quotheavy fleeced union suitsquot were advertised for 98 cents and quotchildrens winter coatsquot for 298

Ground was broken for Rumford Hospital in May 1925 and the hospital was dedicated on October 20 1926 It officially opened on November 1 The first baby a boy was born at Rumford Community Hospital the next day

During the 1930s and 40s Rumford Community Hospital was a teaching hospital with medical students from large Boston teaching hospitals serving their residencies in this rural hospital A school of nursing was also part of the hospital

In 1987 Central Maine Healthcare assumed management of Rumford Community Hospital and in 1999 the hospital became a subsidiary of the CMHC system The change to the name Rumford Hospital was made in concert with our fellow regional hospital then known as Northern Cumberland Memorial Hospital now Bridgton Hospital Although Rumford Community Hospitals name was not as cumbersome as Bridgton Hospitals it made sense to have the quotsistersquot bear similar names

In July of 2002 Rumford Hospital became a Critical Access Hospital thus guaranteeing reimbursement from the federal government closer to the actual cost of providing care for patients insured under the Medicare and Medicaid programs

In 2004 the hospital began a strategically planned program of renovation and rejuvenation First many of the hospital infrastructure systems were replaced with stateoftheart fire alarms sprinklers lighting air conditioning generators and ventilation In the next phase the main entrance the emergency department and day surgery will all be situated and sized to better serve patients A handicap accessible main entrance will open onto a spacious lobby on the second floor with patient registration and some outpatient services adjacent Emergency department rooms will be expanded and made more private with a centrally located nursing station As day surgery has become the norm the space allotted to that service has become cramped and patient privacy has suffered With the renovations there will be ample space for patients to recover quietly and to speak privately with their doctors nurses and loved ones