2 HEALTH COMPASS Early Summer 2025 Congratulations, Spirit of Care Award winners! Watch for changes to the CMH campus Erik Thorsen, CEO We officially broke ground on the BuildCMH Expansion Project in October 2024. Since then, we have made significant progress preparing the site in Astoria for building construction. While you can’t yet see a foundation or building, work has been occurring underground, including moving and improving water mains and sewer lines and burying power lines for an improved view from our campus. We have also completed a new parking lot for employees and reworked the Cancer Center parking lot. We’re excited that even more visible changes will be coming to the Columbia Memorial Hospital campus soon. Work on the foundation and building will begin later this summer. From there, you can expect two years of construction until phase 1, including the new hospital expansion, is complete. During this period of major construction, we’ll be moving the main entrance of the hospital from the West Lobby to the south (back) side of the hospital. Visitors will enter through the Gift Shop Atrium, between Professional Office Buildings 1 and 2. A map on pages 4 and 5 of the Health Compass shows how to get to our campus and where to enter the hospital. We thank you for your patience as we build a center for health and wellness that will serve our community for generations to come. Read through the rest of this issue for more information on the changes coming soon to CMH! CMH Emergency Department earns Trauma Level 3 certification Certification elevates lifesaving care available in the community The CMH Emergency Department has earned Trauma Level 3 certification from the Oregon Trauma Program. An extensive trauma survey was conducted in May, resulting in advancement from Trauma Level 4 to Trauma Level 3. The Trauma Level 3 certification recognizes CMH’s depth and expertise in trauma and specialty care for the region. Trauma Level 3 programs must also track and maintain quality improvement indicators and provide community education, outreach and injury prevention programs. “Becoming a Level 3 Trauma program was an organizational goal set by the Board of Trustees almost three years ago,” says CEO Erik Thorsen. “We’re very proud of the work done by our Emergency Department and surgical Each year, CMH caregivers are asked to nominate their colleagues who exemplify person- centered care for Spirit of Care Awards.
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