UCHealth

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University of Colorado Health,^[2] doing business as UCHealth, is a not-for-profit health care system, headquartered in Aurora, Colorado, United States. The system includes hospitals and facilities throughout Colorado, along with affiliated hospitals in Wyoming^[3] and Nebraska.^[4] The system includes an academic medical center, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, which is closely affiliated with the University of Colorado School of Medicine. It is a joint operating company between the University of Colorado Hospital Authority (a state government agency) and Poudre Valley Health.^[5]

History

The UCHealth system was founded in 2012 with the merger of the University of Colorado Hospital and the Poudre Valley Health System.^[6] The University of Colorado University Hospital was originally created on October 1, 1989, as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to an act of the Colorado General Assembly, but the act was declared unconstitutional by the Colorado Supreme Court in 1990.^[7][8] It was recreated in 1991 as the University of Colorado Hospital Authority as a government agency.^[9] University of Colorado Health was formed on January 31, 2012 (doing business as UCHealth since 2014), as a joint operating company between the authority and Poudre Valley Health (of Poudre Valley Hospital).^[5]

In August 2012, voters in Colorado Springs approved a special election measure to allow UCHealth to lease and operate Memorial Hospital.^[10]

In September 2016, UCHealth Broomfield Hospital opened. Located in Broomfield, Colorado, the hospital has 18 inpatient rooms and a 4-bed intensive care unit.^{[11][12] [13]}

In February 2017, the system retitled itself as UCHealth.^[14] In addition to a refurbished website and logo, it added an app for patients.^[14]

In August 2017, a new 51-bed hospital opened in Longmont, Colorado in Boulder County called UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital.^{[15] [16]}

In June 2019, the system opened a new hospital in Douglas County called UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital.^{[17] [18] [19] [20]}

In July 2019, the system opened a new hospital in Weld County called UCHealth Greeley Hospital.^{[21] [22]}

On December 1 2023, Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo and Parkview Pueblo West Hospital in Pueblo West merged with UCHealth.^[23][24]

Awards and recognition

UCHealth has been ranked as a top hospital in the United States on several occasions. In 2012, it was listed as a Thomson Reuters Top 100 Hospital.^[25] Between 2017 and 2021, UCHealth hospitals have been included numerous times on a list of America's Top Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.^[26][27][28]

In 2018, the hospital achieved Level 1 Trauma Center Status.^[29] Also that year, the hospital received a Comprehensive Stroke Center designation.^[30]

In 2021, UCHealth was named the first-place winner in Healthcare Innovation's Innovator Awards program for 2021 for expanded their Virtual Health Center concept to facilitate a sepsis early-warning system with the goal of improving patient outcomes.^[31]

In August 2021, Forbes named UCHealth as the No. 1 employer in Colorado.^[32]

See also

• UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
• UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital
• UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies
• UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central
• UCHealth Memorial Hospital North
• UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center
• UCHealth Broomfield Hospital
• UCHealth Grandview Hospital
• UCHealth Greeley Hospital
• UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
• UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital
• UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital

References

External links

• Official website