UCHealth (University of Colorado Health) is a not-for-profit

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, headquartered in

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. The system includes hospitals and facilities throughout

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, along with affiliated hospitals in

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and

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. The system includes an academic medical center, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, which is closely affiliated with the

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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.

History

The UCHealth system was founded in 2012 with the merger of the

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and the

Poudre Valley Health System UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital (PVH), located in Fort Collins, Colorado, is part of UCHealth (University of Colorado Health) and serves northern Colorado, southern Wyoming, and western Nebraska. The hospital has 270 beds, and is a level III tra ...

. The University of Colorado University Hospital was originally created on October 1, 1989, as a

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pursuant to an act of the Colorado

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, and the act was declared

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by the Colorado

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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 (

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UCHealth since 2014), as a joint operating company between the authority and Poudre Valley Health (of

Poudre Valley Hospital UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital (PVH), located in Fort Collins, Colorado, is part of UCHealth (University of Colorado Health) and serves northern Colorado, southern Wyoming, and western Nebraska. The hospital has 270 beds, and is a level III tra ...

). In August 2012, voters in

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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. In addition to a refurbished website and logo, it added an app for patients. In August 2017, a new 51-bed hospital opened in Longmont, Colorado in Boulder County called UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital. In June 2019, the system opened a new hospital in Douglas County called UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital. In July 2019, the system opened a new hospital in Weld County called UCHealth Greeley Hospital.

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.

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History

Awards and recognition

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