Health care The Columbus area offers a comprehensive array of health care services.
Columbus Regional Hospital 2400 E. 17th St., Switchboard: (800) 841-4938, www.crh.org CRH, a facility of Columbus Regional Health, is a 225-bed facility that has won numerous awards and forms of recognition, including being named one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana. Along with the general services one expects to find in a regional hospital, CRH houses several specialty centers, including the Lung Institute, the Joint & Spine Center, the Heart & Vascular Center, the Stroke Center and the Breast Health Center. A new Innovation Center allows staff to explore the frontiers of the practice of medicine and share research and training methods.
Diversity
Columbus Regional Hospital has been a leader in promoting recognition, identification, awareness and advocacy of diverse populations of patients, and providing services and care that match their needs. The hospital also seeks to have its staff and volunteers reflect the diverse community it serves. At the beginning of 2011 CRH employed natives of 18 nations.
Language needs are identified at registration or even before that, through the referral process from the physicians’ offices. CRH has an internal network of employees bilingual in Spanish who can provide short-term assistance through a special arrangement with their home department. Special assistance for longer term needs, or other languages, is arranged as needed by appointment with employees or volunteers. If an interpreter is not available, a contracted service of telephone interpretation is readily available in almost any language needed. For sign language CRH has a limited number of volunteer and professional interpreters who can be called in, but currently this service is provided with the use of a contracted video-conferencing service that uses a laptop computer equipped with a camera.
Find a doctor
Columbus Regional Health offers assistance in finding a physician, whether you are looking for a family doctor or a specialist. Look for the “Find a doctor” search online at CRH’s home page at www.crh.org.
AT TOP: Columbus Regional Hospital. BELOW: Rita Dillingham explains the workings of one of the interactive training mannequins at Columbus Regional Hospital’s Innovation Center.
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