A year ago, 1% of Gastroenterology appointments at Denver Health were scheduled online. Now, it’s 40%. That dramatic jump is the result of a larger effort underway at Denver Health, called Access Transformation, to make it easier for patients to schedule appointments quickly on a mobile device. Denver Health has spent the past few years changing how appointments are opened, scheduled and managed…
Methamphetamine continues to play a significant role in the nation’s overdose crisis. Of more than 309,000 overdose deaths reported in the United States between January 2021 and June 2024, nearly one-third involved methamphetamine. As communities work to address the growing impact of overdose, a new study led by Denver Health researchers examined whether dedicated support and incentives could…
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Expert Care for Every Child When your child needs hospital care, Denver Health's inpatient pediatric team is here to provide compassionate, family-centered care. Our pediatric specialists care for newborns, infants, children, and adolescents across a range of inpatient services, from routine newborn care to advanced critical care. We partner with families every step of the way, providing…
Expert Care Close to Family When your child needs to stay in the hospital, our Pediatric Hospital Medicine team provides expert, family-centered care in a supportive environment designed for healing. Located on the 2nd Floor of Pavilion C, our 20-bed inpatient unit features private rooms and space for families to stay involved in their child's care. What Families Can Expect Family-centered…
As interest and access to psychedelic substances continue to evolve across the United States, new research from Denver Health’s Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety (RMPDS) provides a closer look at how these substances are being used and the experiences people report. The 2025 National Survey Investigating Hallucinogenic Trends (NSIHT) estimated that 5.3% of U.S. adults 18 or older, or…
Denver Health welcomes service animals in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). People with disabilities who use service animals may bring them into all areas of our facilities where the public is normally allowed, including patient rooms, clinics, exam rooms and the cafeteria. What is a service animal? A service animal is a dog (or, in some cases, a miniature horse)…
Denver Health has once again earned the Hospital Breastfeeding Excellence Award. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) gave the award to Denver Health at the 2026 Colorado Hospital Lactation Collaborative Annual Workshop on Sept. 16, 2026. The Colorado Hospital Lactation Collaborative (CHLC), part of CDPHE, created this award to recognize hospitals that go above and…
Catherine Thompson calls it the most terrifying word she could hear. Cancer. On March 3, the then-44-year-old came to Denver Health for a routine mammogram, something she's been doing every year since she turned 40 at her doctor's recommendation. Her visits are usually a "quick in and out," as she described it, but this last one was different. Her radiologist noticed…
Comprehensive Thoracic Surgery Care in Denver Our Thoracic Surgery team provides comprehensive care for diseases of the chest, including the lungs, esophagus, mediastinum and chest wall. We combine advanced surgical techniques with a patient-centered approach to treat both benign and oncologic conditions, including lung cancer, esophageal disorders and minimally invasive thoracic procedures. Our…
We currently have supplies of 2026-2027 flu vaccine and recommend that everyone aged 6 months and older get the flu shot. Make an appointment by calling 303-602-3520 or schedule a vaccine-only appointment via MyChart. If you have Medicaid or private insurance, the flu vaccine has no co-pay. If you lack health insurance, we offer no- and low-cost flu vaccine. We will start COVID-19 vaccines for…
A chance teaching moment on a slow day in Boulder became a story a Denver doctor’s family is still telling, and forever grateful for, decades later. Mariah Bellinger, MD, was an emergency medical technician student rotating through the emergency department at the Boulder Community Health hospital in 2004 when she learned a lifesaving lesson. Cardiologist Matthew Holland, MD, invited Bellinger to…
Nearly four years after Tasneem Hamdan left Denver Health with two premature babies and a life changed by the nurses who cared for them, she came back with two healthy preschoolers and a plan to one day return in scrubs. Adel and Kayan were among the former Neonatal Intensive Care Unit patients who returned to this hospital recently for Inpatient Pediatrics’ third annual NICU reunion, bringing…
Nearly 14 million U.S. adults, or 1 in 19, used at least one psychedelic or hallucinogenic substance in 2025. That’s according to the latest National Survey Investigating Hallucinogenic Trends (NSIHT) report from Denver Health’s Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety (RMPDS), which tracks who is using psychedelics, why and what happens afterward. NSIHT is the largest study of its kind in the U.S…
Denver Health has earned silver-level recognition from the American Medical Association (AMA) as a Joy in Medicine organization. The prestigious recognition from the country’s leading physician association honors health systems, hospitals and medical groups that prioritize proven methods to reduce burnout and enhance the professional fulfillment of doctors that comes from patient care.…
How Denver Health Patients Can Spot and Avoid the "Medicare Kit" Scam Denver Health is warning patients about a nationwide phishing scam that uses the MyChart name and logo to trick people into clicking dangerous links and handing over personal or financial information. The fraudulent emails and text messages do not come from Denver Health or from Epic, the company that makes MyChart.…
Dale Terasaki, MD, an internal medicine physician and addiction medicine specialist at Denver Health, has received a five-year Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study whether ketamine therapy added on to other support can help hospitalized patients with severe alcohol use…
