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Denver Health
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Total Number Of Beds : 477
Description
About Denver Health
Denver Health is Colorados primary safety net institution In the last 10 years this compassionate organization provided more than 21 billion in care for the uninsured Nearly 276 million of that care was provided last year and more than 40 percent of the care was provided to uninsured patients Despite this large financial responsibility Denver Health remains financially solvent through an efficient integrated syste
Twentyfive percent of all Denver residents or approximately 150000 individuals receive their health care at Denver Health One of every three
children in Denver is cared for by Denver Health physicians
Denver Health is a comprehensive integrated organization with multiple components including
477bed main hospital at Eighth Avenue and Bannock Street that houses the Rocky Mountain Regional Level 1 Trauma Center the only academic level 1
trauma center in the area
911 medical response system for the City and County of Denver
Denver Public Health Department 8clinic network of Family Health Centers
throughout the city
12clinic network of schoolbased health centers in Denver public schools
Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center
NurseLine a telephone advice line that offers assistance to patients 24 hours a day seven days a week
Denver CARES a safe setting for public inebriates with community detoxification services
Correctional Care and
Denver Health Medical Plan Inc
Denver Health also houses the Denver Health Paramedic School the Rocky Mountain Center for Medical Response to Terrorism Mass Casualties and Epidemics the Rita Bass Trauma amp EMS Education Institute the Colorado Biological Nuclear Incendiary Chemical and Explosive BNICE Training Center a statewide initiative to educate Colorados health care and public safety work force on the principles of preparing for and responding to a weapons of mass destruction event and clinical training programs for medical residents and allied health professional in many different specialties
Our Mission
Denver Health is an integrated efficient highquality health care system serving as a model for other safety net institutions across the nation
Our mission is to
Provide access to the highest quality health care whether for prevention
or acute and chronic diseases regardless of ability to pay
Provide lifesaving emergency medicine and trauma services to Denver and the
Rocky Mountain region
Fulfill public health functions as dictated by the Denver Charter and the
needs of the citizens of Denver
Provide health education for patients
Participate in the education of the next generation of health care
professionals and
Engage in research which enhances our ability to meet the health care
needs of Denver Health system patients
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