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 also 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 Library section that allows you to research a variety of healthcare issues. The new “Interactive Health Information” provides you a simple, multilingual, online method to help provide you and your family with health and illness related information as an online reference, handout or video. This information can be emailed to friends and family as well.

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, the first of it’s kind in the Astoria market, A Women’s Health Center, our Rehabilitation Services, new all digital Imaging Services, Orthopaedic Clinic, Urology Clinic, Surgery Clinic, Pediatric Clinic and the Cafe PAVILION @twentysecond street.

We have a new MRI facility with a brand new MRI unit which opened in late May of 2008. We also opened a new Cardiac Rehabilitation program, in late May of 2008, the first of its kind in the north coast region.

We are starting construction on expanding and renovating our Surgery Services Department, part of our continued pursuit to provide the highest quality health care available. Included in this project is a new, state-of-the-art, outpatient endoscopy center that will provide a more comfortable, private patient experience. Our three existing operating rooms will be renovated and equipped with the latest technology.

To make room for the expansion, a three-story, mixed-use office building will be constructed to house several existing departments.

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.

Health care in Astoria, Oregon has grown substantially since the region’s first hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital, opened in 1880. St. Mary’s Hospital served as the region’s only hospital until the early 1900’s.

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. Mary’s Hospital facility was purchased by Columbia Hospital. In the mid-70’s, 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 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.