The hospital was completed on the south end of Kokomo on December 3, 1961, at a cost of $2.5 million.

In 2013 hospital officials announced a $23.1 million expansion of facilities including two urgent care centers, a spinal center, a third heart catheterization lab, and a new Intensive Care Unit.

[1] In 2013, Community Howard was again accredited as a Chest Pain Center by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care.

[2] Community Howard received the Patient Safety Excellence Award from Health Grades in 2013.

[3] The HealthGrades website contains the latest quality data for Community Howard Regional Health, as of 2015.