Awards

IU Indianapolis Spirit of Philanthropy Award - 2014

IU Indianapolis Spirit of Philanthropy Award - 2006

About Columbus Regional Health

Columbus Regional Health is a health system serving a 10-county region in southeastern Indiana. The health system contains more than 2,100 employees, 225 physicians on medical staff and 250 volunteers. Columbus Region Hospital, the system’s flagship facility, is a 225-bed not-for-profit, providing emergency and surgical services and comprehensive care in numerous specialty areas. Columbus Regional Health Physicians offers a network of primary and specialty care physicians.

Columbus Regional Health is nationally recognized for quality patient care – winning the American Hospital Association’s Quest for Quality Prize, the highest quality honor awarded by the hospital industry – and patient privacy, receiving the Privacy Excellence Award from Fairwarning Inc., a national leader in patient privacy monitoring. Other recognitions include Becker's Hospital Review 100 Great Community Hospitals and being named a top hospital by US News & World Report.

Columbus Regional Health understands the need for nursing education in southeastern Indiana. Through its charitable giving designated for nursing faculty summer tenure track support, IUPUC is able to competitively retain and grow the doctorally prepared tenure track faculty to ensure excellence in teaching and scholarship, including research. The gift will help IUPUC reach its goal of having 50 percent tenure track faculty. Columbus Regional Health and the Columbus Regional Health Foundation are vital educational partners with IUPUC and the Columbus region.