About CMH

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 & 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 on-line 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 On-line feature that will make paying your bill easier.

We opened our new 38,000 square foot CMH Health & Wellness PAVILION on May 5, 2008 . The new facility houses our NEW Urgent Care Department, Women’s Health Center, Rehabilitation Services, Imaging Services, and the Cafe PAVILION @twentysecond street.  Additional space on the third floor will house new Physicians.

The MRI Facility will has receiving a new facility with a brand new MRI unit scheduled to open in late May of 2008. Our Emergency Department is being remodeled with an upgraded admitting area and triage space scheduled fro completion in late 2008. We are also opening a new Cardiac Rehabilitaion program, the first of its kind in the north coast region.

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. It will be complete with covered drop off and pick-up areas and a solarium waiting area.

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, 25-bed, Critical Access, not-for-profit, 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.

We evolved from the region’s first hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital. In 1919 a second facility, Columbia Hospital, was begun by the Astoria Finnish Brotherhood. The Lutheran Church took over the project and Columbia Hospital opened to assist its first patients in 1927.

In 1971, St. Mary’s Hospital was purchased by Columbia Hospital. In the mid-1970’s, the hospital adopted a new plan and site and Columbia Memorial Hospital was opened at it’s current location 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 patient-centered 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.