Columbus Regional Healthcare System was founded in 1935 when local physician Dr. Warren Edwin Miller started a 12-bed hospital in a Victorian home in Whiteville. A year later, the home’s porches were enclosed to accommodate more patients. Over the next 70 years, the hospital would be replaced twice. The current facility was dedicated December 11, 1977, and continues to grow and expand to meet the needs of the community.

Today, CRHS boasts an impressive and highly trained medical staff and other healthcare professionals who represent a range of specialties and are dedicated to the well-being of every patient in their care. Licensed for 154 beds, Columbus Regional Healthcare System is a not for profit organization accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is governed by a local board of trustees.

We will be the community's first choice for healthcare services, recognized for our leadership in helping our region become one of the healthiest in the state.

We will be the primary healthcare home for the citizens of Columbus County and surrounding communities.

We promise to put our patients first, providing healthcare services that raise standards for safety, quality, service, compassion, and efficiency. We will promote health, wellness, and prevention initiatives. And we will serve as a gateway for our community to access the entire spectrum of healthcare resources, whether local or distant.

In November 2007, the board of trustees selected Carolinas HealthCare System to assume management of CRHS.  Carolinas HealthCare System is the largest healthcare system in the Carolinas, and the third largest public system in the nation. CHS owns, leases or manages 23 hospitals in North and South Carolina. CHS employs over 1,000 physicians who practice in more than 250 locations. CHS also operates rehabilitation hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgery centers, home health agencies, radiation therapy centers and physical therapy facilities. Together, these operations comprise approximately 4,900 licensed beds and employ more than 35,000 full-time or part-time employees.