Columbia Memorial Hospital

Name :

Columbia Memorial Hospital

Address  :

2111 Exchange Street

Town  :

Astoria

State  :

Oregon

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

97103

Phone  :

503 325 4321

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

info@columbiamemorial.org

Description

We are pleased that you have visited our site and show an interest in Columbia Memorial Hospital

We hope you are enjoying our quarterly Newsletter the CMH Health Compass being sent to every home in our area If you do not receive the CMH Health Compass it is now available on the web site by going to the Your Health amp Education drop down menu and clicking on CMH Health Compass You will find the current issue along with past issues that you can download to your computer Please remember to sign up for our OnLine Newsletter You can choose what type of health information you want to receive and each month you will receive a newsletter with related articles If you are expecting a new child we also have our CMH Pregancy eNewsletter You will receive a newsletter each week of your pregnancy explaining what is happening with you and your new baby You do not have to be a patient with us to sign up for either newsletter We also have a Health Information section that allows you to research a variety of healthcare issues

Soon to come is a new online Gift Shop and an eCard section that will allow you to send a card from the comfort of your home to one of our guests We are also going to introduce a new Pay Online feature that will make paying your bill easier

We opened our new 38000 square foot CMH Health amp Wellness PAVILION on May 5 2008 The new facility houses our NEW Urgent Care Department the first of its kind in the Astoria market A Womens Health Center our Rehabilitation Services new all digital Imaging Services and the Cafe PAVILION twentysecond street Additional space on the third floor will house new Physicians

We have a new MRI facility with a brand new MRI unit which opened in late May of 2008 We are also opening a new Cardiac Rehabilitaion program in late May of 2008 the first of its kind in the north coast region Our Emergency Department is being remodeled with an upgraded admitting area and triage space scheduled for completion in late 2008

We will be starting construction next year on a new Centre for Excellence outpatient and inpatient surgical center This new facility will allow us an opportunity to provide services that have not been available in our area before It will be complete with 5 new operating rooms compliant with all health regulations and will enhance the patient guest experience

This is truly an excited time for us and we are eager to bringing healthcare on the North Coast to a new level of excellence

Thanks again for visiting our site and we hope you enjoy exploring all the opportunities available

At Columbia Memorial Hospital we are committed to providing compassionate health care in a healing environment and to providing leadership to improve the health of the community we serve We are a full service 25bed Critical Access notforprofit Level III Trauma Center Planetree affiliate hospital located in Northwest Oregon where the Columbia river meets the Pacific Ocean We have served the people of the North Oregon Coast since 1880

Health care in Astoria Oregon has grown substantially since the regions first hospital St Marys Hospital opened in 1880 St Marys Hospital served as the regions only hospital until the early 1900s

In 1919 the Astoria Finnish community began a second facility Columbia Hospital The Augustana synod of the Lutheran Church took over the project and solicited funds from congregations in Washington Oregon and Idaho Columbia Hospital opened to assist its first patients in 1927

In 1971 the St Marys Hospital facility was purchased by Columbia Hospital In the mid70s the Hospital Trustees approved a new site and plan and Columbia Memorial Hospital now located at 2111 Exchange Street opened in 1977
Due to the expanding population and need for more health care services the Board of Trustees has announced its intention to expand Columbia Memorial into a regional medical center

OUR PLANETREE PHILOSOPHY OF CARE

Creating patientcentered care in healing environments

As a Planetree Hospital Columbia Memorial Hospital subscribes to the philosophy that we can best serve our patients and the community by providing the latest in medical technology in a healing nurturing environment which encourages their involvement and participation We believe in peaceful comfortable surroundings warm and supportive caregivers and access to health information and education to help our patients get well faster and stay well longer

The Planetree or sycamore is the tree that Hippocrates the founder of modern medicine sat beneath when he began teaching his medical students many centuries ago The Planetree model was founded on the belief that if patients have access to information regarding their illness and hospitalization they can become active participants in restoring their own health As a Planetree hospital we maintain a policy of allowing patients to read their own charts at any time and ask questions of their physician and nurse about what they read

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of Columbia Memorial Hospital is to provide excellence leadership and compassion in the enhancement of health for those we serve

VISION STATEMENT

We at Columbia Memorial Hospital are passionate about providing the highest quality health care experience possible through excellence partnership innovation and communication We embrace an integration of biological social intellectual spiritual and environmental services that supports the mind body and spirit of our patients and staff

History

A Lutheranaffiliated acute care facility

Columbia Memorial Hospital is committed to providing compassionate health care in a healing environment and to providing leadership to improve the health of the community we serve We are a full service 25bed Critical Access notforprofit Level III Trauma Center Planetree affiliate hospital located in Northwest Oregon where the Columbia river meets the Pacific Ocean

Health care in Astoria Oregon has grown substantially since the regions first hospital St Marys Hospital opened in 1880 St Marys Hospital served as the regions only hospital until the early 1900s

In 1919 the Astoria Finnish community began a second facility Columbia Hospital The Augustana synod of the Lutheran Church took over the project and solicited funds from congregations in Washington Oregon and Idaho Columbia Hospital opened to assist its first

patients in 1927

In 1971 the St Marys Hospital facility was purchased by Columbia Hospital In the mid70s the Hospital Trustees approved a new site and plan and Columbia Memorial Hospital now located at 2111 Exchange Street opened in 1977

Columbia Memorial Hospital is currently a JCAHO accredited hospital which serves all of Clatsop County Oregon and the lower Columbia River region of western Washington Columbia Memorial Hospital is led by an 11member Board of Trustees They volunteer their time and expertise to improving our community hospital The CMH Board of Trustees meets once a month

Due to the expanding population and need for more health care services the Board of Trustees has announced its intention to expand Columbia Memorial into a regional medical center

CMH continues to be a communityowned notforprofit hospital that serves the health care needs of the community CMH receives no tax support from the city of Astoria or Clatsop County Dedicated to improving the health of the community CMH invests all excess revenues in services equipment and facilities which further that mission