Columbia Basin Hospital
Columbia Basin Hospital is a critical-access hospital in Ephrata, Wash. CBH’s talented team of physicians, nurse practitioners and other healthcare professionals works continuously to make the very best healthcare available to the Columbia River basin area of central Washington. In addition to 25 acute-care, 29 long term-care and 32 assisted-living beds, CBH operates an emergency room, family medicine clinic, rehabilitation center, diagnostics laboratory, and telehealth services. Located in the town of Ephrata, 68 miles northeast of Yakima and 124 miles east of Seattle, CBH is part of Grant County Public Hospital District No. 3.
News
CBH to Implement OpenVista; Outsource IT to Phoenix Health
Click here to access the Mar. 17, 2010, news release announcing CBH's agreement to outsource IT Support to Phoenix Health Systems and implement Medsphere’s OpenVista electronic health record.
Team Targets Critical Access Hospitals
According to CBH CEO Robert Reeder, "the (Phoenix) consultancy's bundled services package, called Total IT Solutions, made implementing an EHR possible both financially and operationally." Click here to access Health Data Management News Editor Joe Goedert's Mar. 17, 2010, report.
About Critical Access Hospitals
Critical access hospitals are certified to receive cost-based reimbursement from Medicare that is intended to improve their financial performance and reduce hospital closures. There are more than 1300 CAHs throughout the U.S. The Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, created by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to strengthen rural healthcare by encouraging states to take a holistic approach, provides grants to states that are used to implement a CAH program, encourage development of rural health networks, assist with quality improvement initiatives, and improve rural emergency medical services.