Scotland Neck
North Carolina
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Our Community Hospital
Mission:
An Unconditional Commitment to Excellence by Providing Quality, Compassionate Care that is Guided by our Values.
We accept and embrace the responsibility for providing our community with a high caliber of service and standard of performance, while demonstrating our adopted values.
Vision:
Making Exceptional Healthcare Personal
Our Community Hospital believes that our future for providing outstanding health services will depend on the organization's ability to combine excellence in technical services with a high level of personal service to each patient and visitor. We believe this is the single most important area where we can differentiate ourselves from others.
History
It’s the town where they park in the middle of the street – this is often the catch phrase used to describe the location of Scotland Neck. However, there are many gems that shape the character of this small rural town, one in particular being the hospital that the town refused to lose.
The name says a great deal about the history of this institution, closely linked to farmers, elderly, and poor who are its primary clients. The hospital opened in 1948 with 20 beds and two doctors who provided primary care, operated and delivered babies. During a funding crisis of the mid 80's, OCH became squeezed for resources. The State Office of Rural Health initially suggested closing the hospital, but the community fought to convert the existing facility with its 20 existing beds, into an emergency care center. They succeeded. The hospital received a Certificate of Need for 60 beds, along with 20 assisted living beds. There was a price however; the tiny town of 2,300 people had to raise the money to support the hospital. The townspeople held fundraisers and bake sales that contributed over $200,000 to the construction of a new facility – grants from KB Reynolds, the Duke Endowment and government funded the remainder.
In 1995 Our Community Hospital participated in a pilot federal program called the “Each Peach Program.” This model was the basis for the Critical Access Hospital designation for rural institutions, which has grown to classify almost a quarter of the nations hospitals. Today, the hospital is a model for rural health care with lab, computerized radiography, an emergency room, 20 acute care beds, 20 assisted living beds, and 60 skilled nursing beds. The “continuum of care” vision that inspired the townspeople to keep their small hospital in the late 80’s has come to fruition, now it is time to ensure those tenants.
An Unconditional Commitment to Excellence by Providing Quality, Compassionate Care that is Guided by our Values.
We accept and embrace the responsibility for providing our community with a high caliber of service and standard of performance, while demonstrating our adopted values.
Vision:
Making Exceptional Healthcare Personal
Our Community Hospital believes that our future for providing outstanding health services will depend on the organization's ability to combine excellence in technical services with a high level of personal service to each patient and visitor. We believe this is the single most important area where we can differentiate ourselves from others.
History
It’s the town where they park in the middle of the street – this is often the catch phrase used to describe the location of Scotland Neck. However, there are many gems that shape the character of this small rural town, one in particular being the hospital that the town refused to lose.
The name says a great deal about the history of this institution, closely linked to farmers, elderly, and poor who are its primary clients. The hospital opened in 1948 with 20 beds and two doctors who provided primary care, operated and delivered babies. During a funding crisis of the mid 80's, OCH became squeezed for resources. The State Office of Rural Health initially suggested closing the hospital, but the community fought to convert the existing facility with its 20 existing beds, into an emergency care center. They succeeded. The hospital received a Certificate of Need for 60 beds, along with 20 assisted living beds. There was a price however; the tiny town of 2,300 people had to raise the money to support the hospital. The townspeople held fundraisers and bake sales that contributed over $200,000 to the construction of a new facility – grants from KB Reynolds, the Duke Endowment and government funded the remainder.
In 1995 Our Community Hospital participated in a pilot federal program called the “Each Peach Program.” This model was the basis for the Critical Access Hospital designation for rural institutions, which has grown to classify almost a quarter of the nations hospitals. Today, the hospital is a model for rural health care with lab, computerized radiography, an emergency room, 20 acute care beds, 20 assisted living beds, and 60 skilled nursing beds. The “continuum of care” vision that inspired the townspeople to keep their small hospital in the late 80’s has come to fruition, now it is time to ensure those tenants.