Welcome to our Denver Health web site. You are entering the site of Colorado's largest safety net health institution, where we meet the special needs of everyone and all the needs of many special and vulnerable populations.  On behalf of Denver Health's physicians, nurses, other health care professionals, our administrators, staff, and our volunteers and boards, I want to thank you for visiting us here. I hope you come back often and find what you are seeking on our site. Founded 148 years ago and known throughout most of its history as Denver General Hospital, Denver Health is committed to a broad mission that includes access to high quality health care for everyone regardless of ability to pay; superb emergency and trauma care; public health vigilance; education of the next generation of health care professionals; and research to advance the care of our patients. All Denver Health staff physicians are on the faculty of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and have teaching and research responsibilities. Denver Health is an integrated system that is a model for the nation.  It includes the Denver Health Medical Center and Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Center at Bannock and Speer; eight family health centers located in vulnerable neighborhoods throughout Denver; 12 school-based clinics; the 911 response system; the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center; Denver Public Health department; Denver CARES, a community detoxification facility for public inebriates; a Correctional Care facility to care for prisoners; the Rocky Mountain Center for Medical Response to Terrorism, created after September 11; and an HMO that serves our employees as well as city employees. Our trauma center is a Level 1 facility with a teaching and research mission. As a safety net institution, Denver Health has provided more than $3.1 billion in care to the uninsured since 1991, and remains fiscally sound. Denver Health is also the state's largest Medicaid provider.   Denver Health for most of its history was a component of city government. In 1997, it became the Denver Health and Hospital Authority, separating its governance from the city government while still serving as the city's health care system. We are proud of our achievements at Denver Health. We serve hundreds of thousands of people who need us – from those suffering from serious injury to those needing preventive care, from the children to the senior citizens, from the affluent to the uninsured. Our trauma survival rates are outstanding at 95 percent. Our primary care to the disenfranchised meets national standards and shows absolutely no ethnic disparity. We are the safety net, and are proud to fulfill that role.     Sincerely, Patricia A. Gabow, M.D. Chief Executive Officer