| Centennial Medical Plaza | 11 Mins |
| The Medical Center of Aurora - South | 34 Mins |
| North Suburban Medical Center | 32 Mins |
| Presbyterian/St. Lukes Medical Center | 23 Mins |
| Rose Medical Center | 5 Mins |
| Sky Ridge Medical Center | 9 Mins |
| Swedish Medical Center | 12 Mins |
| Swedish Southwest ER | 17 Mins |
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Integrated healthcare systems, like HCA and HealthONE, have greater access to best demonstrated clinical practices because there are more places to try and learn new processes or technologies – all this enables our hospitals and outpatient centers to deliver top quality care and improve patient outcomes. — Jeff Dorsey, President & CEO, HealthONE |
HealthONE has long participated in many programs with the military and is a long-standing participant in TriCare for military families. Each year our metro Denver hospitals, ERs and outpatient centers treat 10,000 TriCare members.
In addition to being a long participant in TriCare as previously noted, HealthONE is fully committed to working with our military veterans, active duty, Colorado National Guard and military academies and schools. We do this already in several areas:
Swedish Medical Center currently partners with the Army in hosting a surgical residency program that hosts military personnel. Swedish neuropsych physicians also work with the military and Craig Rehabilitation Hospital (not a HealthONE entity) in a specialized traumatic brain injury program - increasingly one of the biggest long-term issues among our military in war zones.
Similarly, HealthONE’s Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital operates a Controlled Stimulation Unit – specially certified by CARF – for Traumatic Brain Injury patients and is ideally suited to take more military patients suffering TBI. We offer a continuum of care for Brain Injury from our inpatient rehabilitation through our Day Rehabilitation Program and our outpatient services. The Day Rehab Program is unique in that it offers all therapy services needed to treat a brain injury patient in one location working together as a team to achieve the best outcome for the patient. Our clinical teams have special training in treating symptoms as a result of brain injury in all three settings. We specialize in cognitive rehab as well for the higher level concussion patients.
Colorado Limb Consultants at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s has a collaborative relationship with Ft. Carson for military who suffer limb injuries, amputations and other problems. The limb preservation specialists have consulted with medical staff on base as well as been referred cold trauma cases for revisions, non union, infection of joints, and soft tissue issues. On the education side, Fort Carson physicians and medical professionals have actively participated in our specialized education conferences which we hold for the medical community.
Spalding also is expert in Amputee Rehabilitation from inpatient to outpatient prosthetic gait training. With our relationship at P/SL with the Limb Consultants program, we see many amputees requiring rehabilitation to regain function post surgery. We also have therapists in our outpatient department that specialize in prosthetic gait training with exceptional outcomes.
Currently, The Medical Center of Aurora (TMCA) provides formal medical direction for Buckley Air Force Base EMS teams. The TMCA EMS staff provides education on a monthly basis for Buckley personnel. The Buckley providers participate in TMCA’s monthly EMS Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) conferences; TMCA’s EMS medical directors provide oversight for Buckley’s Performance Improvement (PI) programs; and TMCA is the sole provider for Buckley’s online medical direction.
HealthONE is the first hospital system in Colorado to publicly post our average ER Wait Times – including separate Pediatric ER Wait Times for our youngest patients. This transparency is part of our commitment to better serve our communities’ healthcare needs and help patients find the quickest access to high-quality emergency medical care across the Metro area.
At HealthONE, we take a “Patients First” approach. Every patient, at every HealthONE hospital and outpatient center, receives compassionate care that meets the highest clinical standards.
Leading the Rocky Mountain Region
The most important focus for HealthONE nurses, employees and physicians is providing high-quality, safe patient care across our hospitals and outpatient centers – and continuing to lead the Rocky Mountain Region in improving quality and access to care.
As part of a large system, HealthONE offers Memorial Hospital and the people of Colorado Springs many benefits beyond a significant long-term lease payment. Foremost, as a large system, we have more places and resources to determine best practices to improve patient care, allowing us to put them in place quickly.
Benefits to People
HealthONE paid more than $71 million in state and federal taxes in 2010; donated nearly $4 million to nonprofit organizations in our communities; and provided more than $20 million in professional education, community health education, and support of other economic development efforts across the region. If HealthONE operated Memorial, we would add an estimated $10 million a year in additional tax revenue to the city and state for services and improvements.
