ORANGE BEACH, AL – NCH Healthcare System, ranked in the nation’s top five percent of hospitals according to HealthGrades, a leading U.S. healthcare ratings company, is now offering discounted educational programs through a new partnership with Columbia Southern University (CSU). This is the fourth consecutive year this organization has received recognition as the HealthGrades’ 2008 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence for reducing mortality and complication rates. CSU, one of the nation’s first completely online universities, offers an accredited bachelor’s degree in health care administration and a MBA concentration in health care management NCH Healthcare System employees can take advantage of.
As a part of the partnership with CSU, NCH Healthcare System staff, their spouses and children will be provided with special educational benefits including a tuition discount and application fee waiver. NCH Healthcare System will also be featured on the CSU website, in marketing materials, and at conferences and speaking engagements.
“Giving employees benefits such as online education discounts attracts some of the best professionals in the field, helping us maintain our place as one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers,” said Dora Krauss, Director of Education for NCH Healthcare System. “Partnering with CSU offers our employees an affordable, reputable education.”
The NCH Healthcare System is a not-for-profit organization with more than a dozen locations throughout southwest Florida that offer advanced heart, cancer, obstetric, newborn, and pediatric care. NCH Downtown Naples Hospital and NCH North Naples Hospital provide care for over 30,000 patients a year in a 681 bed system. Both hospitals have been awarded accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
In 2007, NCH Healthcare System was ranked number one in Florida for both cardiac and cardiology services by HealthGrades ratings. Specialty Excellence Awards have also been granted to the system for cardiac, pulmonary care, stroke care, and women’s health services.
“At Columbia Southern University we feel that everyone has the right to earn a quality education,” said Chantell Cooley, Vice President of Partnership Development for CSU. “Our partnerships with organizations such as NCH Healthcare System, ensures that their employees have easier access to an education and the tools necessary to be successful in the workforce.”
CSU also holds partnerships with other organizations including Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Delta Airlines, and Commtest, Inc. Over 150 fire, police, and corporate organizations take advantage of the benefits offered by partnering with CSU.
For more information and a complete list of CSU partnerships, please visit www.columbiasouthern.edu/online/partners/ or call 1-800-344-5021.
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