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We improve lives.

These three words have been the cornerstone of the UCHealth mission since our earliest days. And throughout this past decade – a decade that included the single greatest worldwide health care crisis of the last century – we have never wavered on that promise.

2012

FEB

University of Colorado Hospital and Poudre Valley Health System officially merge to create UCHealth.

OCT

Memorial Health System joined UCHealth.

2012

University of Colorado Hospital | Aurora, Colo.

2012

Medical Center of the Rockies | Loveland, Colo.

2012

Poudre Valley Hospital | Fort Collins, Colo.

2012

UCHealth

This merger between Poudre Valley Health System and University of Colorado Hospital created a new 3-hospital system with a combined 9,500 employees and became one of Colorado’s largest employers while also forming the UCHealth Medical Group.

2012

Memorial Health System in Colorado Springs, Colo. joined UCHealth.

2013

FEB

Implemented a system-wide instance of Epic, creating a common technology foundation for our providers, staff, and patients.

MAR

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) – University of Colorado Cancer Center at UCHealth became a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

JUN

Launched UCHealth Plan Administrators to offer TPA insurance services for employers.

AUG

Rolled out our Mission, Vision, and Values.

2013

Our mission

We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.

Our vision

From health care to health.

Our values

Patients first – Integrity – Excellence

2014

1

Launched The Center for Personalized Medicine in partnership with CU School of Medicine, CU Medicine, and Children’s Hospital of Colorado.

2

Longmont Clinic and its 60+ providers joined UCHealth.

3

Named one of the best places to work in Colorado by the Denver Post.

2014

The Center for Personalized Medicine in partnership with CU School of Medicine, CU Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Colorado.

The goal of personalized medicine is to choose the right treatments for each patient based on their unique genetic makeup. By studying genetic information and health records from a large and diverse group of people enrolled in the biobank, researchers may find new ways to detect, treat and even prevent disease.

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2015

1

Opened Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Eye Center.

2

CU faculty providers performed our 2,000th liver transplant and our 500th heart transplant, and performed the region’s first bionic eye surgery.

3

Established a $100 million innovation fund.

2016

1

Invested $584 million on subsidized care and other areas to benefit patients and communities.

2

Opened Broomfield Hospital.

3

Opened Grandview Hospital.

4

Created the UCHealth CARE Innovation Center.

5

Named one of Colorado’s top places to work (3 years in a row).

2016

UCHealth CARE Innovation Center

The CARE Innovation Center at UCHealth, located on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, offers a comprehensive suite of resources and services designed to revolutionize health care with leading industry and start-up partners.

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2017

1

Launched the new UCHealth brand, along with our tagline LIVE EXTRAORDINARY.

2

Opened Longs Peak Hospital.

3

Opened Steele Street Medical Center.

4

Yampa Valley Medical Center joined UCHealth.

5

Invested $647 million on subsidized care and other areas to benefit patients and communities.

2017

Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs, Colo. joined UCHealth.

2018

1

Memorial Hospital Central achieved Level 1 Trauma designation.

2

University of Colorado Hospital achieved Level 1 Trauma designation.

3

Pikes Peak Regional Health joined the UCHealth.

4

Partnered with Cheyenne Regional Medical Center.

5

Partnered with Boulder Community Health for inpatient rehab services.

6

Invested $854 million on subsidized care and other areas to benefit patients and communities.

2018

Pikes Peak Regional Health in Woodland Park, Colo. joined UCHealth.

2019

1

Opened Children’s Hospital Colorado on the Memorial Hospital North campus.

2

Opened Steadman Hawkins Clinic Denver.

3

Opened Highlands Ranch Hospital and Highlands Ranch Medical Center.

4

Opened Greeley Hospital.

5

Launched a comprehensive opioid awareness campaign.

6

Invested $933 million on subsidized care and other areas to benefit patients and communities.

7

Invested $150 million in behavioral health resources for Colorado.

2019

$150 million in behavioral health resources for Colorado.

UCHealth’s focus on behavioral health will provide earlier detection and treatment for patients with substance use and mood disorders, access to new addiction treatment services, and will remove barriers by providing the right care at the right time.

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2020

1

Started COVID-19 vaccine trials.

2

Held vaccination clinics across the system, including two mass vaccination clinics at Coors Field.

3

Opened Cherry Creek Medical Center.

4

Invested $1.1 billion on subsidized care and other areas to benefit patients and communities.

2020

We wrote the playbook on mass vaccination events: Drive up, get vaccinated, drive home

In collaboration with multiple agencies and community partners, UCHealth was able to successfully vaccinate nearly 10,000 Coloradans in one weekend.

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2021

1

Served over 2 million patients with over 400,000 of them virtually through urgent care, primary and specialty care visits.

2

Performed over 1.3 million COVID-19 and antibody tests.

3

Launched a comprehensive Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Roadmap.

2021

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Roadmap

We are committed to an environment of safety and mutual respect. Promoting a safe, healthy environment that is free from bias is essential to the teamwork that leads to improving our patients’ lives.

2022

1

Medical Center of the Rockies achieved Level 1 Trauma designation.

2

Delivered over 120,000 babies in the past 10 years.

3

Forbes Magazine names UCHealth best employer in Colorado.