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 (www.carolinashealthcare.org), one of the nation’s leading and most innovative healthcare organizations, provides a full spectrum of healthcare and wellness programs throughout North and South Carolina. Its diverse network of more than 600 care locations includes academic medical centers, hospitals, healthcare pavilions, physician practices, destination centers, surgical and rehabilitation centers, home health agencies, nursing homes and hospice and palliative care. CHS works to improve and enhance the overall health and wellbeing of its communities through high quality patient care, education and research programs, and numerous collaborative partnerships and initiatives.