Hutcheson Medical Center

Description

Our Mission and Beliefs
Our Mission
The mission of Hutcheson Medical Center is to provide access to quality costeffective communitybased healthcare services in a healing environment

Our Vision
Hutcheson Medical Center will be the best medical center in our region for patients to receive care employees and volunteers to work and physicians to practice medicine

Our Beliefs
Hutcheson Medical Centers basic beliefs are
Accepting responsibility to satisfy our customers

Providing quality services by meeting the standards of our industry and
using our resources wisely

Treating all individuals with dignity and respect and communicating openly
and honestly

Continuing to improve our team members our departments our organization
and embracing change as an opportunity to learn and grow

Presenting a positive image of Hutcheson to our patients our physicians and
our community

History

Our History
Fifty Years of Healing

Hutcheson Medical Center boasts a rich heritage rivaled by few hospitals Located near the ChickamaugaChattanooga National Military Park Hutcheson sits amidst a treasure of Civil War memories Additionally the oldest part of the Medical Center campus The Post Hospital was built between 1902 and 1904 and served the US Sixth Calvary and other troops stationed in Fort Oglethorpe through five decades and both world wars Many of Americas greatest fighting men including Pershing Patton and Eisenhower knew The Post Hospital well
In 1947 the first intercounty hospital authority in the United States was formed the Hospital Authority of Walker Dade and Catoosa Counties The Hospital Authority acquired The Post Hospital from the War Assests Administration and with it 90 acres of land and other buildings and facilities

Six years later on November 8 1953 TriCounty Hospital a 60bed healthcare facility opened its doors From the very beginning the hospital emphasized personal quality patient care In 1955 the hospital became the second youngest facility in America to receive full accreditation from JCAHO The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations In 1961 the hospital became the first in the South to inaugurate progressive patient care

The 1980s brought both change and progress to the hospital In 1982 with the leadership of the Board of Trustees the hospital began an ambitious 20 million construction and renovation program A new fivestory doctors building was opened in 1985 the same year the hospitals name was changed to Hutcheson Medical Center

Throughout the years of growth that followed Hutcheson added a Childrens Learning Center Home Health Care Womens Center Parkside Nursing Home three new Family Practice Centers a Mobile Healthcare Van a Cardiac Rehabiliation Program LaFayette Medical Park Hutcheson on the Parkway Fuller Cancer Center Battlefield Auxiliary Breast Center and Battlefield Imaging

Additional services at Hutcheson include a Surgery Center Outpatient Rehabilitation Services and Emergency Medical Services

In 1997 the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals and the Healthcare Management Advisors Inc named Hutcheson the quot1997 Hospital of the Yearquot In 1999 2001 and 2002 Hutcheson was recognized as one of the top three hospitals in the state by the same organization