UCHealth (University of Colorado Health) is a not-for-profit
health care system, headquartered in
Aurora, Colorado
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. The system includes hospitals and facilities throughout
Colorado
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, along with affiliated hospitals in
Wyoming
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and
Nebraska
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. The system includes an academic medical center,
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, which is closely affiliated with the
University of Colorado School of Medicine
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. It is a joint operating company between the University of Colorado Hospital Authority (a state government agency) and Poudre Valley Health.
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History
The UCHealth system was founded in 2012 with the merger of the University of Colorado Hospital and the Poudre Valley Health System. 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, and the act was declared unconstitutional
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by the Colorado Supreme Court in 1990. It was recreated in 1991 as the University of Colorado Hospital Authority as a government agency. University of Colorado Health was formed on January 31, 2012 (doing business as
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UCHealth since 2014), as a joint operating company between the authority and Poudre Valley Health (of Poudre Valley Hospital).Colorado Springs
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approved a special election measure to allow UCHealth to lease and operate Memorial Hospital.
In September 2016, UCHealth Broomfield Hospital opened. Located in Broomfield, Colorado, the hospital has 18 inpatient rooms and a 4-bed intensive care unit.
In February 2017, the system retitled itself as UCHealth.
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 Thompson Reuters Top 100 Hospital. 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''.
In 2018, the hospital achieved Level 1 Trauma Center Status. Also that year, the hospital received a Comprehensive Stroke Center designation.
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.
In August 2021, Forbes named UCHealth as the No. 1 employer in Colorado.
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
Health care companies based in Colorado
State agencies of Colorado