Howard County General Hospital

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Name :

Howard County General Hospital

Address  :

5755 Cedar Lane

Town  :

Columbia

State  :

Maryland

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

21044

Phone  :

410 740 7890

Web URL  :

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Specialization
  • Cardiology
  • Dermatology
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Surgeon
  • Hematologist
  • Internal Medicine
  • Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Pain Management
  • Psychiatrist
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 249

Other Facilities

  • Pathology
  • X-Ray
Description
Welcome to Howard County General Hospital A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine Howard County General Hospital has been serving our community for more than 30 years Our mission quotProvide the highest quality care to improve the health of our entire community through innovation collaboration service excellence diversity and a commitment to patient safetyquot is carried through in all that we do

When the Columbia Hospital and Clinics Foundation was founded in 1973 it was conceived as simply a 59bed shortstay facility for members of the Columbia Medical Plan However in response to the immediate demand for services and rapid rate of growth in the County the hospital was incorporated the following year as Howard County General Hospital an independent notforprofit hospital with a mission to provide highquality comprehensive care and in the process improve the health of its community In 1998 the hospital entered into a strategic partnership with Johns Hopkins Medicine thereby augmenting the strong communityfocused integrated delivery system already in place with the benefits of a formal connection with a worldrenowned academic medical center The alliance with Hopkins has positioned HCGH to pursue new initiatives that will provide improved services facilities and medical technology to the residents of Howard County

Today Howard County General Hospital A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine is a 238bed comprehensive acutecare medical center specializing in womens and childrens services surgery cardiology oncology orthopedics gerontology psychiatry emergency services and community health education Last year the hospital had more than 17000 admissions performed over 13000 surgical procedures delivered over 3000 babies and treated more than 74000 patients in the Emergency Department
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