CARROLL COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

In 1992 Carroll County Memorial Hospital opened a hospital-based Rural Health Clinic to provide additional access to health services and support to residents of Carroll, Trimble and Gallatin County and to all patients including Medicare and Medicaid program members. In 2000 the hospital became a critical access hospital and provides inpatient and skilled and rehabilitation services with 8 full-time medical staff in a 25-bed facility. We also have an occupational medicine program serving over 200 regional industry and a general surgeon providing both inpatient and ambulatory services to area residents.

The changing face of our population has necessitated planning for the change in the healthcare needs of this area. The Carroll County Memorial Hospital Board of Directors is actively planning for the next decade of health service needs and looking at what the “next” hospital will look like as the population changes.

Carroll County Memorial Hospital began as a dream for our community with the laying of the cornerstone in January, 1955. It was built with the love and devotion of the families of Carroll County as they realized the need for health services close to home. The hospital was funded through a variety of sources. One of the major sources was the Hill Burton funds, a result of the national health care legislation known as the Hospital Survey and Construction Act, and also known as the Hill-Burton Act. It was designed to provide federal grants and guaranteed loans to improve the physical plant of the nation’s hospital system.

The hospital has undergone many changes with additions and renovations in 1971, 1992 and 1999; and, further remodeling in 2006. In 1971 a new addition provided additional inpatient beds expanding the medical-surgical patient care area, dietary services, cafeteria, laundry and materials management and storage room. 1992 saw the construction of an intensive care unit along side the medical-surgical unit. In 1999 a new state-of- the-art emergency department was added and two new physician suites were also added to provide space for new physician practices. In 2006 a major portion of the hospital was renovated and specialty clinic and surgical medical practice offices were constructed.

CCMH primarily served the citizens in Carroll, Trimble and Gallatin counties as it opened its doors as a small rural hospital but has evolved into a leading outpatient diagnostic testing center, an advanced technology center and a clinical office location for numerous physician specialists who routinely meet with patients and see referrals for their specialty care.

Today Carroll County Memorial Hospital is a vibrant, growing area health care center employing over 250 people, serving 14, 000 people annually through outpatient services, 3, 000 through inpatient services, 12, 000 through our emergency department and 27, 000 through our physician services.