Our Not-So-Distant Future

The Innovation Center at Columbus Regional Hospital

When the Innovation Center opens in early 2011, it will be home to medical training and surgical simulation labs, patient safety initiatives, even thinking spaces to increase collaboration among medical and nursing specialties. In short, it will be a place to envision and build tomorrow's medical care using new ideas to think beyond and transform the healthcare experience. There will be no place like it anywhere.

There is a well-established, passionate history of innovation in Columbus, Indiana and at Columbus Regional Hospital. Over the past several years, Columbus Regional Hospital has been nurturing the innovative spirit by supporting and enabling our teams to pursue new ways of working with existing tools and creating new processes to create a better experience for our patients and their families. Examples of recent innovations include our Lung Institute, Joint and Spine Center, and various technologies including our Early Warning System.

The Innovation center will further enhance our culture of collaboration and help transform the way healthcare is provided in our community. Whether delivering care to patients and families, providing the environment for healthcare professionals to learn and practice, developing partnerships with other organizations, or engaging the community in collaborative healthcare programs, we are dedicated to fostering new ideas. The Innovation Center at Columbus Regional Hospital will be a national model for how community hospitals innovate.

Innovation has always felt right at home here. We're delighted it's getting some new space to exercise.