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11/17/2022 - November 17th, 2022 Meeting Agenda
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4/17/2020 - April 17, 2020 Special Board Meeting Agenda
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3/19/2020 - March 19, 2020 Meeting Agenda
2/27/2020 - February 27, 2020 Meeting Agenda
1/30/2020 - January 30, 2020 Meeting Agenda
12/19/2019 - December 19, 2019 Meeting Agenda
12/5/19 - December 5, 2019 - Special Board Meeting Agenda
11/21/19 - November, 21, 2019 Meeting Agenda
10/24/19 - October 24, 2019 Meeting Agenda
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12/20/18 - December 20, 2018 Meeting Agenda
12/6/2018 - December 6, 2018 - Special Board Meeting Agenda
11/15/2018 - November 15, 2018 Meeting Agenda
10/25/18 - October 25, 2018 Meeting Agenda
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9/27/18 - September 27, 2018 Meeting Agenda
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7/31/18 - July 26, 2018 Meeting Agenda
5/31/2018 - May 31, 2018 Meeting Agenda
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12/21/2017 - December 21, 2017 Meeting Agenda
12/14/2017 - December 14th Special Finance Committee Meeting
11/15/2017 - November 16, 2017 Finance Committee Meeting Agenda
11/15/2017 - November 16, 2017 Meeting Agenda
10/24/2017 - October 26, 2017 Meeting Agenda
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9/27/2017 - September 28, 2017 Meeting Agenda
8/22/2017 - August 24th, 2017 Meeting Agenda
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6/20/2017 - June 22, 2017 Meeting Agenda
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3/20/2017 - March 23, 2017 Meeting Agenda
2/22/2017 - February 23, 2017 Meeting Agenda
2/14/2017 - February 15, 2017 - Special Board Meeting Agenda
1/27/2017 - CEO Finalist Posting
1/26/2017 - January 26, 2017 Meeting Agenda
1/20/2017 - Special Meeting of the Board January 20, 2017
1/9/2017 - Special Meeting of the Board January 12, 2017 (D)
1/9/2017 - Special Meeting of the Board January 12, 2017 (C)
1/9/2017 - Special Meeting of the Board January 11, 2017 (B)
1/9/2017 - Special Meeting of the Board January 11, 2017 (A)
12/14/2016 - December 15, 2016 Meeting Agenda
11/16/2016 - November 17, 2016 Meeting Agenda
10/26/2016 - October 27, 2016 Meeting Agenda
9/19/2016 - Procedure for Public Comment 9/22/16 Meeting
9/19/2016 - September 22, 2016 - Board Meeting and CEO Search Documents Agenda
8/24/2016 - August 25, 2016 Meeting Agenda
7/27/2016 - July 28, 2016 - Meeting Agenda
7/25/2016 - July 26, 2016 - Special Board Meeting Agenda
6/14/2016 - June 16, 2016 - Special Board Meeting Agenda
5/25/2016 - May 26, 2016 Meeting Agenda
4/27/2016 - April 28, 2016 Meeting Agenda
4/11/2016 - April 11, 2016 - Special Board Meeting Agenda
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4/1/2016 - April 4, 2016 Meeting Agenda
3/22/2016 - March 24, 2016 Meeting Agenda
3/11/2016 - March 14, 2016 - Special Board Meeting Agenda
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12/15/2015 - December 17, 2015 Meeting Agenda
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December 12, 2025 - Denver Health Unveils Colorado’s First Integrated Medical and Psychiatric Care Unit
December 10, 2025 - Denver Health Participates in National Trial to Compare Sedatives Used for Intubation
December 5, 2025 - Denver Health Continues Recommending Hepatitis B Vaccine at Birth
November 25, 2025 - Denver Health Foundation Names VanBerschot Executive Director
November 20, 2025 - Denver Health Reaffirms Commitment to Vaccine Safety and Science-Based Information Following Recent CDC Website Update
November 11, 2025 - Southeast Medical Center Slated to Open in Spring
November 7, 2025 - Denver Health Research Highlights Better Methods for Accurate National Drug Use Estimates
November 6, 2025 - Denver Health Breaks Ground on New Sam Sandos Westside Family Health Center
October 30, 2025 - Denver Health CEO Donna Lynne Honored with David J. Cole Denver Public Safety Citizen’s Award
October 30, 2025 - Denver Health Addresses Food Insecurity with Donations to Food Programs
October 22, 2025 - Denver Health Helps Launch Statewide Colorado Alcohol Impacts Coalition
October 2, 2025 - ACGME selects Denver Health for Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
September 3, 2025 - Study finds widening disparities in use, awareness of naloxone
August 28, 2025 - Denver Health Study Proposes New, More Personalized Methadone Restart Approach for Opioid Use Disorder
August 26, 2025 - Largest U.S. Survey on Adult Psychedelic Use Unveiled at Science Summit
August 7, 2025 - Denver Health Expands Career Pathways with New Dental Assistant Facility
August 5, 2025 - Bond package includes support for rebuilding Denver Health’s Sam Sandos Westside Family Health Center
July 9, 2025 - Denver Health research shows that testing for hepatitis C in emergency departments can significantly identity infections
June 24, 2025 - Denver Health Earns “A", Ranks in Top 4 Nationally for Social Responsibility
June 18, 2025 - Traveling for Psychedelics: A Growing Trend
June 4, 2025 - Denver Health is the only Colorado Hospital Honored for Exceptional Inpatient Diabetes Care
April 22, 2025 - Psilocybin ('Magic Mushroom') Use in the U.S. is Rapidly Rising, New Study Finds
April 1, 2025 - Denver Health celebrates family medicine residents matched in the Colorado Works for International Physicians Clinical Readiness Program
March 6, 2025 - Denver Health’s Medical-Dental Integration Program Recognized for Advancing HPV Vaccination Efforts
January 30, 2025 - Denver Health responds to executive order regarding gender-affirming care
January 13, 2025 - Cases of Psilocybin Exposure Rising: Adverse Events Linked to Celebratory/Recreational Use
January 1, 2025 - Denver Health Welcomes First Baby of 2025
November 25, 2024 - Denver Health announces new family health center in southeast Denver
November 8, 2024 - Ballot Measure 2Q Passes to Bolster Funding for Denver Health
October 31, 2024 - Community Health Services awarded $1.28 million grant to address primary care physician shortages
October 15, 2024 - Denver Health recognized by AMA for work to promote well-being and reduce burnout
October 14, 2024 - Denver Health honors former Mayor Peña with portrait unveiling at Federico F. Peña Family Health Center
October 9, 2024 - Denver Health statement on national IV fluid shortage
October 2, 2024 - Denver Health Paramedic Division’s EMT training program simulates urgent patient handoff to emergency department team
September 21, 2024 - Denver Health throws graduate reunion party during NICU Awareness Month
September 9, 2024 - Denver Health honors lives lost to suicide during Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
August 30, 2024 - Denver Health recognizes Overdose Awareness Day with event, introduces Substance Treatment Line
August 27, 2024 - Denver Health conducts research to help severely injured patients
May 10, 2024 - Denver Health recognized for its leadership on environmental sustainability for third consecutive year
May 3, 2024 - New Novel, Fit-For-Purpose Framework for Monitoring The Health Impact of Psychedelic Medication Use
April 8, 2024 - Denver Health researchers find increasing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant people, emphasize public health concern
March 28, 2024 - Castle Connolly names 28 Denver Health physicians to 2024 ‘Top Docs’ list
March 26, 2024 - Denver Health CEO Donna Lynne named 2024 Colorado Titan 100
March 7, 2024 - Kaiser Permanente’s community matching challenge and grant sparks $18.7 million to help with uncompensated care at Denver Health
February 29, 2024 - Eagle County Paramedic Services to host Denver Health Paramedic school satellite program
February 15, 2024 - Denver Health commemorates the Honorable Wellington Webb with portrait for his contributions to the hospital system and the Denver community
February 12, 2024 - Denver Health Researchers Seek Best Way to Place Patients on Breathing Machines
February 1, 2024 - Denver Health launches mobile health clinic at Denver Public Schools
January 10, 2024 - Denver Health Paramedic Division adds 10 new ambulances to fleet
January 2, 2024 - Denver Health Director of Radiology, David M. Naeger, MD, named 2024 American Roentgen Ray Society Distinguished Educator
January 1, 2024 - Denver Health welcomes first baby of 2024 with 2,024 diapers
December 13, 2023 - Denver Health CEO Donna Lynne Named Axios Denver Power Player
November 8, 2023 - Denver Health announces partnership with Food Bank of the Rockies
October 19, 2023 - Denver Health, Caring for Denver Foundation and Denver Public Schools announce grant to provide crisis response resources and expand substance use treatment for students
October 1, 2023 - Denver Health Receives American Cancer Society and National Football League Funding to Address Barriers in Cancer Screening
September 26, 2023 - Denver Health names new Medical Director for Emergency Management Services/Paramedic Services
September 15, 2023 - Million Hearts® Recognizes Denver Health’s Heart Health Programs for Innovation and Commitment to Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes
July 18, 2023 - Denver Health among most socially responsible hospitals in nation, report shows
July 13, 2023 - Your neighborhood may increase risk of hospitalization from respiratory diseases like COVID-19
June 29, 2023 - Denver Health Opens Colorado's First Licensed Adolescent Detoxification Facility
June 23, 2023 - Denver Health Honored for Work to Improve Nutrition and Breastfeeding
June 14, 2023 - Denver Health Leaders Honored at National Conference Exploring New Strategies to Improve Emergency Medicine
May 30, 2023 - Denver Health Receives Largest Single Gift Commitment In Hospital History
May 26, 2023 - Denver Health Awarded More Than $1.3M to Improve Maternal Health
April 13, 2023 - Denver Health Physician Publishes First Research Addressing Race & Ethnic Health Disparities to COVID-19 Treatment With Monoclonal Antibody
April 7, 2023 - Denver Health and the Denver Department of Public Safety Announce New Public Safety Medical Director
March 28, 2023 - Denver Health to Receive Over $6M to Study Improving Care for Children with Ear Infections
March 14, 2023 - The Public Health Institute at Denver Health Conducts Tuberculosis Investigation at George Washington High School
February 22, 2023 - Denver Health Selected for Schwartz Center’s Inaugural Healing Healthcare Initiative
January 10, 2023 - More Adolescents Urged to Get HPV Vaccine During Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
January 1, 2023 - First Baby Born at Denver Health in 2023 Receives 2,023 Diapers
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Denver Health is an highly integrated health care system with one of the busiest hospitals in the Rocky Mountain Region and a large network of community health centers and school-based clinics. More than 26,000 patients are admitted to the hospital each year and the system serves 191,000 individual patients each year.
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All DH employees, contractors, vendors, and other individuals using electronic messages (whether on a DH-owned device or on a personal device) to conduct DH business must comply with policy P-6.019. Failure to comply with the requirements and restrictions defined in the policy can result in corrective action up to, and including, termination. Electronic messages are considered correspondence and may be subject to public inspection per Colorado Open Records Act, C.R.S. § 24-72-200.1 et seq. ("CORA").
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For more information, read Policy & Procedure P-6.019 Electronic Messaging.
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If you need these services, contact Denver Health Patient Representatives at (303) 602-2915. If you believe that Denver Health has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with:
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You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax, or email. If you need help filing a grievance, the Denver Health Patient Representative, 504 Coordinator, is available to help you. You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/filing-a-complaint/complaint-process/index.html.
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Denver Health’s social media pages (including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube) are not public forums. With your participation, we ask that commenters adhere to our Terms of Use in order to have a respectful, open, authentic discussion. All comments are monitored, and Denver Health, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to remove or block commenters, comments, materials or posts when those comments, materials or posts do not promote a civil discussion or comply with Denver Health’s purpose for maintaining the social media site or:
We will block accounts immediately if we deem comments made that could be illegal, harmful or dangerous to persons, property, or Denver Health and its employees. Denver Health seeks genuine dialogue but will not accept comments that aim to inflict harm or damage on other individuals, business, or property.
We ask that you also remember that when you post a comment online, it is published for anyone to see. For your and your family’s privacy, consider carefully the amount of protected medical information linked to your name. Denver Health is not responsible for the information you choose to publish.
The Government and Community Relations Department advocates at the local, state and federal government levels on behalf of Denver Health. Their purpose is to help maintain and promote community-wide outreach programs. By identifying issues when they arrive, the department can respond quickly, accurately and appropriately. The overarching goal is to provide a consistent message about Denver Health through internal and external channels.
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Katie Roe Ryan
Director of Government Relations
Katie Roe Ryan is the Director of Government Relations for Denver Health, where she leads both state and federal relations, which includes advocating for our patients and health system with the Colorado State Legislature and on Capitol Hill. Achieving the goal of all Americans receiving access to affordable, quality health care and addressing the social determinants of health has always been her passion.
Before joining Denver Health, Katie worked for CommonSpirit Health as the Director of Grassroots Advocacy and Nevada Government Relations, where she led and implemented the health system’s grassroots advocacy strategy and government affairs for the Nevada Dignity Health market. Katie has also worked at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network in Washington, DC as a State and Local Campaigns Specialist, where she was the national campaign manager on skin cancer, anti-tanning policy, palliative care and childhood cancer state issues. She’s also worked at the American Diabetes Association as their national Grassroots Manager, and for many in the partisan political arena, including the Nevada State Democratic Party and U.S. Senator Harry Reid.
Katie received her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a Master’s degree from The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. She is a native southern Nevadan and enjoys spending time with her husband, son and golden retriever.
Stephanie Syner, MSW
Government Affairs Manager
Stephanie Syner has worked in the government sector for over 15 years. Most recently serving as the Senior Outreach Director for Congresswoman Diana DeGette for 6 years. In this role, Stephanie worked with constituents, organizations, and community leaders from every sector to build more connected, informed, and stronger communities.
Outside of the public sector, her professional career has included consulting and campaigning in diverse communities that are most vulnerable to political or legislative change. Other areas of expertise include legislative relations, public policy, and policy analysis.
In 2017 she completed the Latino Leadership Institute Fellowship at the University of Denver. Stephanie earned her bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of South Florida and Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Denver. Stephanie proudly sits on the board of Playworks Denver Chapter.
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