Mammogram and Breast Imaging Frequently Asked Questions
Mammograms save lives by x-ray imaging the breast and revealing healthy or cancerous breast tissue.
Learn more about gender affirmation surgery:
Overview of Vaginoplasty
Vaginoplasty is a gender-affirming, feminizing, lower surgery to create a vagina* and vulva (including mons, labia, clitoris, and urethral opening) and remove the penis, scrotal sac and testes.
Bringing home a new baby can be a joyful and overwhelming time. Families often have questions, and Denver Health Family Connects is here to help! The service is simple: A registered nurse visits when your baby is about three weeks old to check on your baby (or babies) and family.
Denver Health Honored for Exceptional Diabetes Care
June 04, 2025
The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) and The Leapfrog Group named 36 hospitals across 12 states as 2025 Recognized Leaders in Caring for People Living with Diabetes. Of the hospitals, Denver Health is the only health provider in Colorado to be recognized for its exceptional inpatient diabetes care.
The award recognizes each hospital’s strong commitment to the safety and well-being of hospitalized people living with diabetes, estimated to be 30 percent of all inpatients nationwide.
Visit with a pediatric urgent care provider at a time and place that is convenient for you with Denver Health's Pediatric Virtual Urgent Care. During your child’s virtual urgent care experience, you will meet with your provider, have your condition assessed, and be provided a treatment plan, all via video. Current Denver Health patients will also receive an after-visit summary in their MyChart account.
Your insurance provider will be billed for the visit.
Yes, our telehealth and virtual services are offered in multiple languages. Please specify your preferred language in the link.
If you don't have insurance or if your insurance doesn't cover Pediatric Virtual Urgent Care, you will be invited to follow up with our enrollment services team. Enrollment services will discuss options with you which may include enrollment in Medicaid, Medicare or the Denver Health Financial Assistance Program (DFAP). A bill will be sent to you or your insurance company. The amount of financial assistance to which you are entitled, will be based on your income and other factors. There is no additional cost for video visits. Your copays, coinsurance and deductibles are the same as an in-person visit.
Please cancel your pediatric virtual urgent care or telehealth visit as soon as you can.
Denver Health Pediatric Virtual Urgent Care doctors can help patients with a wide range of symptoms, including:
- Cold and flu
- Sore throat
- Cough
- Medication refills
- Toothache
- Vomiting/diarrhea
- COVID-19 testing
- Rashes, boils and minor cuts
- Sinus infection
- Seasonal allergies
- Pink eye
- Urinary tract infection (UTI)
Additional Notes on Symptoms/Conditions
- We cannot evaluate an asthma attack, prolonged ear pain or fever in young babies because we cannot listen to your child’s lungs, see inside their ears, or examine your baby during a virtual visit.
- We can order a urine test to evaluate for a urine infection, but this will require you to provide a urine sample to any Denver Health lab.
- We can order a strep throat and/or COVID test, but this will require you to come to the Pediatric Urgent Care at the main hospital for us to collect the specimen to send to the lab.
Muay Thai Maven Back in Gym After ACL Injury
June 03, 2025
"Muay Thai gives me a sense of purpose, and it helps me feel strong, not only as a woman, but as a single mother."
Sami Campbell is deeply devoted to the martial art of Muay Thai. If she's not working or taking care of her son, you'll find her in the gym, practicing her moves or teaching others how to protect themselves in case of a dangerous situation. Muay Thai is more than a hobby to her; it's her life's passion, and she spends nearly every weekend working to become better at it.
A Stronger Journey After Beating Breast Cancer at Denver Health
June 03, 2025
Holli Edward went the first 50 years of her life without giving a single thought to getting a mammogram. She didn't have a family history of cancer, so she didn't think she needed to worry about it. That all changed in the spring of 2024.
Volunteer John Stahl honored as 'Heart of Denver Health'
John Stahl's heart brought him to Denver Health, and it's at Denver Health his heart will stay.
The longtime volunteer and stalwart of the hospital received the inaugural John Stahl Heart of Denver Health Award at last week’s volunteer appreciation luncheon in Pavilion C. Volunteer Services Coordinator Grace Ray and her predecessor, Liz Matthews, created the namesake award after Stahl’s recent hospitalization brought the two together. The award will be given out annually to a volunteer who embodies Stahl’s warmth, dedication and compassion.
Sue Gomez: A beacon of compassion at Denver Health
For 15 years, Sue Gomez, a 78-year-old spiritual care volunteer, has been a steadfast presence at Denver Health, braving rain and snow to offer solace and support to patients in need. A former nurse and current Catholic Eucharistic minister, Gomez felt a profound calling to uplift those suffering by delivering communion to Catholic patients and offering prayers to anyone seeking comfort.
Jazmine Hernandez named Junior Volunteer of the Year
As a Hispanic Honor Society student, Jazmine Hernandez wanted to find a volunteer opportunity that allowed her to use her bilingual skills as she explored her interest in the medical field. After joining Denver Health as a volunteer pathfinder, Hernandez called upon her early “training” – babysitting and entertaining her younger brothers – to volunteer in the inpatient pediatrics unit.
