Columbia Memorial: Putting Progress and Quality Care First, in Healthcare Global

New York's Columbia Memorial Hospital looks to sustainability and high tech innovations to improve the lives of its patients and staff every day

2012-05-23

SAN DIEGO, CA, May 23, 2012 (Press-News.org) "We have to be a good citizen of the community and the earth - today's children will still be living here, and we have to preserve our natural resources for them and generations to come." says Jane Ehrlich, CEO of Columbia Memorial Hospital. "We need to be responsible about that, to the extent that we can be." It's an important sentiment, and through green initiatives Columbia Memorial is working hard to ensure that future generations can enjoy those natural resources. But in addition to green initiatives, the hospital is also striving toward other forms of innovation in an effort to ensure that today's generations have a brighter future as well.

"The Institute of Medicine said that between 45,000 and 98,000 lives per year are lost in America's hospitals due to errors," says Ehrlich. Columbia Memorial's rigorous, physician-approved patient safety program works to ensure that no one becomes a statistic while under the hospital's roof. "We're talking about things like being certain that you have the proper patient for the proper procedure or the proper medication. Being certain that the medication is 100 percent correct for this patient. Being certain that, if you know that a patient is at risk to fall, doing everything in your power to make certain that the patient doesn't fall while they're in your hospital. This is what we mean by keeping people safe."

To read more about Columbia Memorial Hospital's progressive patient safety program, along with other expansions and innovations, check out the full article in the April 2012 edition of Healthcare Global: http://www.healthcareglobal.com

About Columbia Memorial Hospital

Columbia Memorial has served our region since 1893. The hospital you visit today, however, is one of the newest, most innovative and technically advanced facilities in the Hudson Valley. Everything we do, hiring the best and the brightest and rebuilding our entire hospital, is designed with one specific goal: to provide you with expert care. We are the community's hospital. Serving more than 100,000 residents in Columbia, Greene and Dutchess counties, the hospital focuses on advanced surgery, primary care and health education. It is a 192-bed acute care hospital. We also operate a 120-bed long-term care site as well as 26 outlying primary and specialty care centers. Visit http://columbiamemorial.com for more information.

About Healthcare Global

Healthcare Global is a pioneering digital media site for Healthcare professionals and executives responsible for all aspects of managing this environment. Healthcare Global covers solutions that enable global healthcare executives to improve the way they manage their operations. Healthcare Global is the industry-dedicated arm of the White Digital Media Group. Founded in 2007 by entrepreneur Glen White, White Digital Media retains a diversified portfolio of websites, magazines, daily news feeds and weekly e-newsletters that leverage technology to innovatively deliver high-quality content, analytical data, and industry news.

Healthcare Global is headquartered in San Diego, California, with additional offices in Boston, Toronto, Mumbai and Norwich, England. For more information, contact 760-827-7800 or visit http://www.healthcareglobal.com.

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