Some Denver Health patients are not seeing their doctors in a traditional way. In addition to making their regular appointments, they are also choosing to see their doctors on the weekends, outside of a typical clinical setting. They meet them in the park for See the full list of upcoming Denver Health Walk With a Doc events.
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 - Oct. 15, Denver Health is recognizing some of the members of Denver's Hispanic community who are currently working with us to make a big impact on our Hispanic patients and the community at large. Embracing Denver's diversity and commitment to provide the highest quality care to every patient who walks through Denver Health's doors…
More than 100 staff, supporters and families of loved ones who died of drug overdoses marched from downtown Denver to Denver Health’s main campus on Friday to raise awareness about the disease of addiction. A visual memorial on the lawn outside the Rita Bass Trauma Institute represented the 1,111 lost to overdose last year in Colorado. Britni Edmunds, a Denver mom who found herself living on the…
In just a few weeks, a significant decrease in rates for individual and small group insurance premiums will be outlined for 2020. The Colorado Division of Insurance announced those premium reductions would be coming earlier this summer. According to projections from the state, the Denver Health Medical Plan will see a 29 percent decrease in premiums in its individual plans in the Colorado…
Patricia Gabow, M.D., professor emerita of the University of Colorado School of Medicine and former CEO of Denver Health, has been named the recipient of the Gustav O. Lienhard Award for Advancement of Health Care. The award is presented annually by the National Academy of Medicine in honor of Gustav O. Lienhard, chairman of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Board of Trustees from…
Construction of Denver Health's 300,000 square foot surgery, women's care. In addition to streamlining delivery of care, the center will provide cutting-edge technology including exam tables that measure weight and blood pressure. "This is a golden opportunity to change the way we deliver care," said Wade Ebersole, Denver Health Interim Chief Operating Officer.…
Denver Health is partnering with the Denver Housing Authority to repurpose a former administrative building on the hospital campus at 655 Broadway into affordable senior housing, including about 15 apartments designated to help homeless patients transition out of the hospital. Legally and morally, hospitals cannot discharge patients if they have no safe place to go. So patients who are…
More than 100 staff, supporters and relatives of loved ones lost to addiction marched to Denver Health in August to raise awareness about drug overdose deaths, as originally reported in The Denver Post. A visual memorial on the lawn outside the Rita Bass Trauma Institute represented the hundreds of lives lost to overdose last year in Colorado. Britni Edmunds gained recovery through Denver…
Denver Health celebrated the opening of its 18th school-based health center (SBHC) at East High School today, Oct. 8, 2019. Located in Denver's City Park Neighborhood, this new SBHC will offer services to more than 2,600 students at East and surrounding Denver Public Schools (DPS). Our SBHCs form a large network of health centers located inside DPS campuses that serve any DPS student as…
Denver Health today announced the opening of the Rose Andom Health Center inside the Rose Andom Center, Colorado's first family justice center. This clinic allows Denver Health to offer primary and women's care, as well as well-child visits on-site at the center where clients are already being connected to resources. The Rose Andom Center improves the lives of domestic violence…
The federal Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded Denver Health two grants totaling more than $1.5 million to fight opioid abuse. The grants will go to Chris Sheldon, Ph.D., and Jennifer Peraza, Psy.D. Denver Health staff and trainees funded through these three-year grants will assist in developing a video telehealth program. The program will expand substance abuse…
A new Denver Health baseline study of 2017 data shows only one third of persons affected by the opioid crisis accessed therapy and medication. To bridge the gap and fight the burden of substance misuse, Denver Health has established a new Center for Addiction Medicine (CAM). The Denver Health baseline study, "Do You Know If Your Population Is Engaged?" examined data collected before…
The annual Eating Recovery Foundation Conference in Denver brings together distinguished eating disorders treatment experts to discuss the trends, developments and emerging best practices shaping the field. On October 11, 2019, the 11th annual conference saw experts come together to expand on the trends, developments and best practices in the treatment of trauma, mood and anxiety disorders.…
Denver Health's Center for Addiction Medicine has worked hard to secure grant funding. Below are some of the grants secured by the CAM to date. Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, R01CE003006 Effective Dates: 9/30/2019-9/29/2021 Principal Investigator: Alia Al-Tayyib Amount: $1,496,186 Title: Linkage Navigation to Enhance Initiation and Engagement in Treatment for…
Denver Health opened a new dental clinic at Florence Crittenton High School, one of its 18 School-based Health Centers. Florence Crittenton is an alternative high school serving pregnant and parent teens which was already offering pediatric and gynecological care to students and their children. Dental care is a new service for this location. The clinic and its new dental services makes…
The new Denver Health Downtown Urgent Care opens tomorrow, Oct. 16, 2019, serving Denver's workers, visitors and residents. Our urgent care team will be treating those who are sick or injured and who cannot wait for a primary care appointment. Excited to see what our new building looks like? You can now take a virtual tour of the facility for an inside-look before it opens tomorrow. Start…
In February, Denver Health launched a new Treatment On Demand opioid addiction program at Denver Health, as originally reported by Colorado Public Radio. To gain access to medication, a person presents at the Denver Health Emergency Department (ED) when experiencing withdrawal. They are then treated with buprenorphine. The new program provides on-call social workers at ED, to meet and encourage…
Veterans Day is on Monday, Nov. 11, this year, and Denver Health wants to take a moment to honor our patients and employees who are veterans, as well as all of those who serve and who have served before them. We take pride in caring for thousands of veteran patients each year. Since 2018, Denver Health has served veterans in more than 5,000 primary care visits, with the majority at the…
If you don't have health insurance or are thinking about changing your coverage for next year, now is the time to take action. Open Enrollment is the annual time of year when people can either purchase new health insurance or make changes to their current health insurance plans. There are two Open Enrollment periods happening right now. Medicare The first is Medicare. The Medicare…
Patients at the oldest-standing neighborhood health center in the country have a fresh space to get their care. Renovations were recently completed at Denver Health's The newly renovated lobby at Denver Health's Bernard F. Gipson Sr. Eastside Family Health Center. Modern exam and procedure rooms Electric chairs that can be lowered and…
Every year when school starts, Denver Health providers remind parents to make sure their children have been vaccinated for certain highly infectious, preventable diseases such as measles, mumps and rubella. These vaccines are required for children to attend school and are offered at Denver Public Health's immunization clinic, as well as through our 18 family health centers across Denver…
Thousands of Denver Health pediatric patients will have a happy holiday season thanks to an early visit from Santa! On Saturday, the jolly guy visited with sick kids at the Denver Health nine Family Health Centers. Hundreds of families lined up to take pictures with Santa, play fun holiday games and enter a raffle for prizes. Instead of a sleigh, old St. Nick traveled to each family health…
In 2020, Denver Health is celebrating 160 years of providing outpatient behavioral services. Center for Addiction Medicine (CAM) is housed in Pavilion K, giving patients a full continuum of access to substance treatment services through no wrong door. When the new
Jails historically have not been known as places where people rehabilitate from drugs. But a program at the Denver County Jail run by Denver Health is slowly working to change that. Dr. Sasha Rai is a psychiatrist at Denver Health and the director of behavioral health services at the jail. He launched a emergency departments also offer addiction treatment services 24 hours a day.
Denver Health is excited to launch two new therapeutic support groups for our vaginoplasties and the other is for those who have already had the surgery. The hour-long sessions will allow See the full schedule and get information on how you can attend. Denver Health is proud to provide high quality and welcoming LGBTQ+ Health Services.
Update February 12, 2020: Denver Public Health is currently working with the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to closely monitor the respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China. Get the latest news and updates about the coronavirus, and learn more about symptoms,…
In 2020, Denver Health is celebrating 160 years of providing New exam rooms at Denver Health's Bernard F. Gipson Eastside Family Health Center. City Hospital struggled to stay afloat and closed after only a couple of months of operation. One of the founding surgeons joined the Union Army and the other surgeon switched to brokering gold dust,…
2020 is a big year for Denver Health. We are celebrating 160 years of providing Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Band members Verdine White, Ralph Johnson and Philip Bailey smiled and greeted excited patients and staff on that spring day eight years ago. If it weren't for Denver Health and the NICU, Bailey may not have filled the role of his signature falsetto voice in Earth, Wind and Fire…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C.) is now warning Americans to prepare for the possibility of coronavirus outbreaks in the United States, following weeks of an epidemic in China and clusters of infection in other countries around the world. The novel coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China last month, and has continued to spread around the world, including inside the U.S.…
Denver Health is thrilled to welcome our new Chief Operating Officer, Kris Gaw. Gaw joins Denver Health with more than 30 years of experience in the health care field in Dallas, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona; and Reno, Nevada. That experience includes 18 years as Chief Operating Officer at hospital systems such as Valleywise Health in Maricopa County, Arizona. Her leadership experience is with…
Update: On March 9, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would stop defending lawsuits related to the 2019 public charge rule, and the U.S. Supreme Court dropped the case. This ultimately means that the 2019 public charge rule will no longer apply. The application of the public charge determination reverts back to the 1999 guidance. The 1999 guidance is much narrower in…
As we celebrate Black History Month at Denver Health, we recognize the key role that our nine Family Health Centers have played in the health of Denver's African-American community. Denver Health dentist Bernard F. Gipson Eastside Family Health Center, when he discovered The clinic even cared for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during a visit to Denver. The Eastside Neighborhood Health Center is…
Update April 3, 2020: Colorado's Special Election Period for those who are uninsured during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has now been extended through April 30, 2020. See details in original article below. Original article: The Colorado Division of Insurance and Connect for Health Colorado are offering help for Coloradans who find themselves uninsured during the novel…
Patients at Denver Health are being urged to take the 2020 Census. Making sure you are counted in the 2020 Census is important when it comes to your health care. Denver Health relies on federal resources to provide care for all of our patients. Information gathered from the 2020 Census will help to distribute billions of dollars in federal money, including roughly $13 billion that goes to…
Update April 9, 2020: The feet of our front-line staff are feeling a little more comfortable thanks to a donation from Crocs. The Niwot-based company just dropped off 3,000 pairs of shoes to our doctors, nurses, CNA's and paramedics. Crocs wanted to support our response to the COVID-19 pandemic and knew that their comfortable, easy-to-sanitize shoes would be a great gift to our staff. We…
"We are in this together." It's a phrase we've all heard over and over again while talking about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). State, local and national leaders have sent out messages asking you to stay home unless you absolutely need to go out and if you do go out, make sure that you practice social distancing and keep six feet or more from others. Stay-At-Home…
Update March 15, 2020: Denver Health is encouraging anyone who visited Eagle, Gunnison, Pitkin or Summit counties within the past week, to minimize social contact in accordance with state guidelines, to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. Those mountain communities are already experiencing high rates of community transmission of the disease. Original Article:…
Sunday, March 8 is International Women's Day, a day to honor and celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of the mothers, grandmothers, sisters, wives, nieces and daughters in our lives. At Denver Health, we are proud to offer Women's Mobile Clinic, which travels the city throughout the year providing important screenings and health education to women.…
Update March 24, 2020: Denver Health's NO VISITOR policy has now been expanded to include no visitors to the Pavilion A or Pavilion C, for screening You must visibly wear a wristband indicating that your health screen was negative Anyone with a positive health screen will not be able to visit and will be directed to the proper resources if you are suspected of having COVID-19…
Update April 14, 2020: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the wide range of health care services offered at all 18 of Denver Health's School-based Health Centers. This extended spring break will start Monday, March 16, and continue until students return on Tuesday, April 7. This decision was made after detailed and thorough discussions with the Board of Education, the City of Denver, Denver…
Denver Health is committed to helping our patients get the medical care they need while helping to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This pandemic has forced us to rethink the way we see and care for our patients, particularly in the outpatient setting. As a result, Denver Health providers will still be seeing patients, but we will now be conducting most of our outpatient…
"Denver Health is always at its best in a time of crisis." Those words from Denver Health Chief Medical Officer
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Denver Health ensures all of our patients that if you have an emergency or urgent medical situation that cannot wait for a doctor's appointment, our emergency department are safe places to go to get the care that you need. We remain open and ready to serve you for any severe illness or sudden injury that may arise. Our patients can expect to have a private room…
Working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic can take a hefty physical toll on Denver Health's doctors, nurses, providers and support staff, but we know it also causes emotional and mental stress and anxiety on our workers and their families. To help support them at this difficult time and beyond, Denver Health has a program that offers all of our health care workers and their…
Update May 13, 2020: Denver Health has now treated and released 332 patients who contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Original article: Denver Health has now treated and released more than 200 patients who contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Pinwheels are planted around the hospital in front of Pavilion A and Pavilion C, as well as along Bannock Street between Speer Blvd. and…
Denver Health Testing All Hospital Patients for COVID-19 Denver Health has joined other hospitals around the country to begin COVID-19 testing for all patients who are admitted to the hospital, regardless of whether they have symptoms of the virus or not. The new testing strategy started on Wednesday and will continue as long as it is deemed necessary by hospital infectious disease leaders. The…
Denver Health wants to let all of our patients know about some temporary street closures as we get closer to completing construction of our new See a map of the closures here. The closure is for curb and sidewalk construction, which will last through June 12. A reminder that Denver Health continues to have a no visitor policy in place at the hospital's main campus to prevent the spread of…
Mother's Day is a special day for any new mom, but it's extra special for the mothers who have just had babies who are in our
Denver Health is adapting the way we offer many of our essential services to keep all of our patients safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of those areas is Women's Care Clinic, we have expanded our MyChart app to schedule a telehealth appointment and then choose a time that is convenient to them to come to one of our clinics and receive their shot administered while they are in their car…
Denver Health SICU Wins Silver Beacon Award Denver Health is proud to recognize our Denver Health's Surgical Intensive Care Unit received the Silver Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Hospitals apply for this award by answering a series of 38 in-depth questions about the hospital and the unit, covering…
During the spread of COVID-19, many people in shared households will have to help care for a loved one or friend who has contracted the virus. The infected person will be told to self-quarantine themselves, but this can be especially tough under certain conditions. When to Self-Quarantine According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), self-quarantine can help protect the…
As scientists and infectious disease physicians work to better understand the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), they have discovered that many patients who contract the virus are showing new symptoms or in some cases, mild or no symptoms at all. The COVID-19 outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, China in December of 2019 and as a new infectious disease, providers need to react and change their…
Update September 11, 2020: Starting Sunday, September 13, 2020, Denver Health's Peña Southwest Family Health Center, including Adult Urgent Care Center, open from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. daily, or for children, the inside Pavilion A on the main Denver Health campus, at 777 Bannock St. The Peña Southwest Urgent Care remains open to help patients with injuries and illness that cannot wait for a…
Today, Denver Health joined a citywide effort organized by the Downtown Denver Partnership to clean up downtown Denver's streets after six nights of protests sparked by the tragic death of George Floyd. Hundreds of volunteers turned out in the early morning to help clean the streets of all litter around the 16th Street Mall and the Colorado State Capitol. The effort included 75 Denver Health…
Denver Health is an organization that is proud of our longstanding commitment to our entire community, but especially to those among us who are the most vulnerable. We know, based on hundreds of thousands of interactions every year, that people of color face social and economic challenges, including the impact of racism, both blatant and subtle, in every aspect of their lives. Denver Health…
"Owoooooooo!" The sounds of howling echo throughout the Baker neighborhood surrounding Denver Health. Bebe Smith is a fourth grader who said she is out every night, howling her lungs out. "We do it every night here at eight o'clock," said the young lady when describing what has become a nightly ritual ever since the beginning of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)…
June is Pride month and at Denver Health we are proud to stand with our patients and employees who identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community. Denver Health has long supported our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer patients by providing them with a safe place to go to get their health care. The
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has forced many changes at Denver Health, including a number of critical care units. They and others lend an ear, facilitate virtual visits with family and friends, and bring comfort items like books, crossword puzzles and hygiene kits to patients. They help patients heal while they are unable to get the in-person supports that they might normally have…
Starting tomorrow, Denver Health's main Enrollment Services web page
Update October 16, 2020: Face coverings are now required for everyone both inside Denver Health facilities as well as outdoors, including on all Denver Health campuses/locations per Public Health order. For the past 160 years, patient safety has been Denver Health's number one priority and that has not changed because we are in a pandemic. We want you to know that you are safe coming to…
Denver Health is well represented in the 2020 edition of 5280 Magazine's annual "Top Doctors" issue. This year we are incredibly proud to say that 59 of our physicians made the list. That is nine more than last year and a testament to the difficult, but important work happening this year during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the last 27 years, 5280 has asked doctors in the Denver…
With several wildfires burning across Colorado, there are new concerns for how those impacted by COVID-19 will handle the smoke filled skies. In general, when air quality is low, individuals with conditions like asthma and COPD are advised to stay inside until the smoke passes. They are also advised to be aware of when they are feeling exhausted or light headed and to stay hydrated. But very…
Today is Overdose Awareness Day, a day to honor those who have passed away from drug overdose deaths. Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Denver Health is observing the day virtually this year, with a opioid overdose reversing medication NARCAN, the lighting of our building in purple tonight and a field filled with 1,062 purple pinwheels, with each to represent a person who has…
Denver Health's Pharmacy by Mail is a simple, safe and efficient way to get your prescription medications delivered right to your home and we have expanded our services to meet your needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Increase in Patients Using Mail Order Pharmacy During the COVID-19 lockdown in Spring 2020, Denver Health saw a huge increase in the number of patients signing up to get…
Denver Health is excited to announce the grand opening today of our 10th Community Health Center in the Denver Metro Area – the Community Health Services network, the new Sloan's Lake Primary Care Center provides the following services to patients: Adult primary care…
Denver Health is proud to support our patients in a new program that aims to improve health for everyone by recognizing that health care is not one-size-fits-all. We are encouraging patients to enroll in the National Institute of Health's All of Us Research Program. The mission of All of Us is to speed up health research and understand why people get sick or healthy. The more we know…
Starting this week, volunteers with the Denver Elections Division will be at Denver Health to remind our patients and staff to register to vote. For the next five weeks, up until election day, they are hosting mobile registration events outside of six Denver Health locations. Denver Health is partnering with the Elections Division because we believe that one of the keys to our mission and…
Denver Health is pleased to offer a new virtual tour of our maternity and pregnancy department for all expectant moms and their families. When the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began last spring, Denver Health made several important changes to keep our patients, staff and visitors safe and to prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus. One of those changes was limiting the…
For the past several years, it's been a tradition at Denver Health for our dedicated nursing team in the Child Life program, the NICU nurses got creative and purchased costumes made for teddy bears, which were just small enough for the preemies. The costumes came from Build-A-Bear, a company that lets children make teddy bears and then pick from an array of costumes to dress them in. The…
In the spirit of togetherness and building community during this COVID-19 pandemic, Denver Health is making an important donation to help another group of essential workers – Denver Public Schools (DPS) teachers and staff. Last week, Denver Health dropped off 25,000 pieces of donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to DPS, so it can be distributed to school teachers and staff just…
Don't let COVID-19 be an excuse for not having health insurance. If you're not covered or you are thinking about changing your coverage for next year, now is the time to take action. Open Enrollment starts on Sunday, November 1 and continues until Sunday, December 15 and Denver Health's Medicaid Program), Colorado Indigent Care Program and the Contact the…
Remdesivir Study is First COVID-19 Drug Trial in U.S. Denver Health is in the third phase of the first COVID-19 drug trial in the country. In the first phase of the large-scale, fast-paced study, COVID-19 patient participants received the anti-viral medication Remdesivir. The trial helped in getting emergency authorization from the Food & Drug Administration to use the drug to treat COVID-19…
Make Your Appointment Today With the convergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the seasonal flu, Denver Health strongly recommends that everyone over the age of six months get a flu shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predicts that both the influenza virus and COVID-19 will be spreading at the same time, creating the potential for more sickness and an extra strain on health…
On Saturday, October 10, Denver Health hosted a free community event to help our neighbors determine whether there are dangerous levels of lead in the soil around their homes. The event is called soilSHOP, which is a national program run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Denver Health partnered with the CDC, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Colorado Department of…
As students slowly make their way back to in-person learning, Denver Health's Steve Federico, MD. "For the last 33 years, Denver Health has worked to build a 'no wrong door approach' when it comes to providing access to health care for our students. This is just the latest way we are expanding that care and making it accessible, no matter your circumstances." While…
Celebrating Health Care Heroes on the Frontlines Denver Health's respiratory therapists are among the frontline health care heroes saving lives of our COVID-19 patients every day during the pandemic. This week is National Respiratory Care Week, and we are saying thanks to our incredible Denver Health respiratory therapist supervisor Benjamin Retynski standing next to…
This week, Denver Health joined 38 health systems across the country in declaring racism as a public health crisis. The move, led by the Healthcare Anchor Network comes after several months of social unrest, amidst a global pandemic where we are seeing communities of color experience disproportionate impacts of violence and mortality because of COVID-19. Declaring racism as a public health…
Denver Health is proud to unveil a new tool to deliver care to at-risk communities at a time when it is needed the most. Our new Mobile Health Center, which just went into service last week, will revolutionize the way Denver Health delivers health care outside of the traditional clinical setting. Denver Health Offering Mobile COVID-19 Testing As an extension of Denver Health's community…
Starting today, patients, visitors and staff who walk into the
After months of the working through the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Denver Health is excited to announce that we are now giving the first COVID-19 vaccines to our frontline health care workers. Thirty-seven high-risk, patient-facing frontline health care workers and support staff who work with COVID-19 patients received their vaccines during the first trial run COVID-19 vaccination…
Update: Based on recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration, Denver Health will resume administration of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 Vaccine. Learn how to make an appointment for a vaccine at Denver Health. When Will Patients Receive the Vaccine? With the arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines in Colorado this week, we know many in…
Update: Based on recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration, Denver Health will resume administration of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 Vaccine. Learn how to make an appointment for a vaccine at Denver Health. Original article: Denver Health is excited and grateful to receive its first shipment of COVID-19 Vaccines this morning. At 7:…
For the first time in 15 years, Denver Health has a new in-house team of Interventional Radiologists. Eric Aaltonen, MD is Denver Health's Chief of Interventional Radiology. Dr. Aaltonen joined us from New York City, where he was the Associate Section Chief for Vascular & Interventional Radiology at the New York University Langone Medical Center. Dr. Aaltonen completed his medical…
Denver Health is excited to welcome Faraz Khan as our new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Khan joined Denver Health earlier this fall and is looking to bring her nearly 30 years of experience working in health care finance to our hospital system. Prior to joining Denver Health, Khan was chief accounting officer for the University of California, San Francisco Health and had been chief…
When Will Patients Receive the Vaccine? With the arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines in Colorado this week, we know many in the community have questions about when you can get the COVID-19 vaccine. Denver Health providers and leaders are joining with the nation and state's leading health organizations to encourage you to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it is available, to protect yourself…
Vaccinations are available to everyone age 6 months and over. Denver Health will continue to vaccinate patients according to the latest state guidelines.
Denver Health's telehealth care over the phone for students, including those who are continuing to do remote learning. Whether you are staying remote or coming back to school, we are here for you. Give us a call at 303-602-8958 to schedule an appointment.
Denver Health has joined forces with Denver Public Schools (DPS) to provide COVID-19 vaccines to more than 3,000 of the district's teachers, custodians, bus drivers and school support staff, along with early childhood educators from throughout the metro Denver area. The mass vaccination effort for teachers and school staff began in early February – that's when Colorado…
Today marks one year since Denver Health admitted its first critically ill COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) patient. It's a day to look back on and reflect on those we have lost while celebrating that first admitted patient and the nearly 2,000 others admitted to Denver Health who have survived the virus and recovered. The tireless efforts and achievements of our frontline health care workers…
Due to the winter storm, Denver Health is adjusting hours for clinics and services to ensure the safety of our patients and staff. The following Denver Health clinics and services have been impacted with delays or closures. Please see the details below. The Mobile Health Center COVID-19 vaccinations appointments scheduled for All Saints Church, are canceled and will be rescheduled to Monday,…
Denver Health, in partnership with Denver Public Schools, is holding six student COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) vaccination events at its Lincoln High School School-based Health Center, Denver Health interviewed a trio of 16-year-olds who came with their parents to get vaccinated. Watch students who…
Based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver Health is resuming administration of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine. A brief pause of the vaccine was recommended earlier this month after a few reported cases of a rare but serious type of blood clot that…
Throughout the month of May, Denver Health joins organizations across the country in participating in National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month. Hosted annually in May by the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services' Office of Population Affairs, it celebrates the historic decline in rates of teen pregnancy and births in the United States, while highlighting the work that still needs to be…
Denver Health has started using a new, more accurate way of collecting information about our patients. It's called the Race, Ethnicity and Language method, or REAL, for short. Staff members who check in patients at any of our facilities will ask specific questions about their race, ethnicity, birth country and preferred language. The questions were developed from evidence-based,…
June is Pride Month and Denver Health is proud to recognize, celebrate, support and stand with our LGBTQ+ patients and employees who are such a vital and vibrant part of our community. Denver Health has long supported our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer patients by providing them with a safe place to go to get their health care – from family and internal medicine, to…
The next time you go to pick up your medication(s) at Denver Health's new Webb Center for Primary Care Pharmacy you will notice something new – no more long lines! For just over a month now, Pharmacy by Mail options, will make the entire pharmacy experience a lot more convenient for patients. Patient privacy is another added benefit of the virtual line, because instead of a…
"Up to this point, I've never been in a doctor's office that had an accessible table – so that's a pretty big deal," said Denver Health primary care patient Oliver Giminaro. Giminaro has lived with a spinal cord injury for nearly 30 years and said before coming to Denver Health, seeking primary care was a big challenge and it went well beyond having accessible…
Based on our current hospital and community COVID-19 rates and current CDC guidance, Denver Health will return to universal masking for patients, visitors and staff effective Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Masking will be required in all hospital, clinical and non-clinical buildings, regardless of individual vaccination status. This applies to both patient and non-patient facing areas and common areas…
Denver Health is looking for talented employees to join our mission-driven, integrated system of healthcare. Our employees love the work they do at Denver Health, and you might be the next great fit! Join us at our upcoming career fair, hosted by United Airlines. All attendees will receive 20% off a future United flight and may enter to win two roundtrip domestic United Economy® tickets…
Highlights Broad Reach of Work and Community Impact On September 14, The Public Health Institute at Denver Health, formerly Denver Public Health, will announce its new identity and vision for innovating practice and improving health. The result of more than two years of strategic and business planning, the new name better reflects the full extent of the organization's capabilities and work…
