Sandhills Regional Medical Ctr

Description

Mission Statement
We at Sandhills Regional Medical Center commit to the highest quality healthcare for our patients and their families in a caring professional manner

Vision Statement
Together we are the difference in quality healthcare

To achieve this vision the staff at Sandhills Regional Medical Center will

Care for the individual

Strive for a balance between economic and clinical perspectives to assure that resources are available to sustain performance

Provide a comprehensive array of medical services

Support the principles of Continuous Quality Improvement through a system of monitoring and accountability that assures a high degree of patient physician and employee satisfaction

Be responsive to change

Contribute to improved quality of life in our community through active participation and financial support of civic organizations charities the arts etc

Support education at all levels

Communicate proactively within our service area to enhance Sandhills Regional Medical Centers image and reputation as a premiere healthcare facility

History

Sandhills Regional Medical Center History
In the spring of 1915 William Daniel James MD and his wife Lillian Duer James RN opened Hamlet Hospital with private funds The hospital was first located in an eightroom house on Vance Street in Hamlet Walter Hooks Architects Associates from Charlotte later designed a building which grew to be a 140bed general nonprofit hospital Building additions and renovations were completed in 1954 1960 1981 and 1987

Hamlet Hospital remained in the same location from its beginning in 1915 until the opening of Sandhills Regional Medical Center on February 20 2000 The Hamlet Hospital School of Nursing one of the first threeyear diploma schools of nursing in the Sandhills area of North Carolina for many years served alone an area from Charlotte to Wilmington and from Raleigh to Columbia SC During these early years sick patients were brought in by Seaboard Railway trains

Dr James brought many honors to Hamlet Hospital with his pioneer work in the treatment of cancer and in having the first Snook XRay therapy machine in this section of the country

During the Great Depression the hospital operated on a financially sound basis under the guidance of Lillian Duer James RN Administrator and Dr William Daniel James Chief Surgeon

In 1931 Hamlet Hospital was reorganized under the Duke Foundation as a nonprofit hospital with the name Hamlet Hospital and Training School for Nurses Money generated by the institutions operations was returned to the hospital for improvements

Dr James died on January 15 1947 and his son Capt William Bill Duer James was called back from France where he was serving in the US Army as Chief of Staff of a 1400bed orthopedic hospital to carry on the work started by his father

Hamlet Hospital continued to be a strong quality healthcare facility under the guidance of Dr Bill James his mother Lillian Duer James his sister Janet James Lindsey Petris and Dr Mark M Lindsey

In 1965 a threestory school of nursing education center was built on land across from the hospital The land and building was donated to Hamlet Hospital by the James family

Following the death of Lillian Duer James in 1970 the hospital was willed to the board of directors of the Hamlet Hospital and School of Nursing

In 1977 the voters of Richmond County passed a 12 million bond issue resulting in changing Hamlet Hospital from a private nonprofit hospital to a notforprofit healthcare facility owned by Richmond County with a leased back agreement for operation by the board of directors

In March of 1980 the hospitals board of directors employed SunHealth Inc of Charlotte a notforprofit hospital management firm for the daytoday management of Hamlet Hospital

A new Hamlet Hospital replacement unit was dedicated on Sunday November 23 1980 Moving day for staff and patients was Friday March 19 1981 All facilities were upgraded and all patientrelated services were moved to the new 64bed addition

The Hamlet Hospital School of Nursing program was phased out in 1981 and the Lillian Duer James Nursing Building was given to Richmond County by the hospital for the expansion of the Richmond Technical College now Richmond Community College associate degree nursing program

In 1983 Hamlet Hospital added a mental health unit

Health Management Associates Inc HMA of Naples Fla acquired Hamlet Hospital from the county on a 10year lease agreement in 1987 and subsequently finalized purchasing the facility in 1995

HMA began immediately improving the facility and its equipment In the mid1990s HMA realized the need to replace the aging physical Hamlet Hospital facility with a new stateoftheart medical center

On December 10 1997 ground was broken for the new Sandhills Regional Medical Center The final step in the official opening of the Sandhills Regional Medical Center took place Sunday February 20 2000