Columbus Regional Hospital

Description

About Us
As a top rated Indiana HospitalColumbus Regional Hospital has one clear purposeto provide the absolute best in patient care
The 1625 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 patients experience is the best it can befrom intake to diagnosis to treatment and followup care

Columbus Regional Hospital is a 225bed 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 Its 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 were here to serve

Thats 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 US 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 wellbeing of the people we serve

Vision
Be the best in the country at everything we do

History

Our History
Columbus Regional Hospital did not spring up overnight but rather evolved from a proud history of serving our areas 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 32bed 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 Hospitals 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 cofounder 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 mid1960s 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 governments 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 awardwinning and internationallyrecognized architectural firm of Robert AM 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