UCHealth


UCHealth is a not-for-profit health care system, headquartered in Aurora, Colorado. The system includes hospitals and facilities throughout Colorado, along with affiliated hospitals in Wyoming and Nebraska. The system includes an academic medical center, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, which is closely affiliated with the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

History

The UCHealth system was founded in 2012 with the merger of the University of Colorado Hospital and the Poudre Valley Health System. The University of Colorado University Hospital was originally created on October 1, 1989, as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to an act of the Colorado General Assembly, and the act was declared unconstitutional by the Colorado Supreme Court in 1990. It was recreated in 1991 as the University of Colorado Hospital Authority as a government agency. University of Colorado Health was formed on July 1, 2012, as a joint operating company between the authority and Poudre Valley Health.
In August 2012, voters in Colorado Springs approved a special election measure to allow UC Health to lease and operate Memorial Hospital.
In February 2017, the system retitled itself as UCHealth. In addition to a refurbished website and logo, it added an app for patients.

Awards and recognition

UC Health has been ranked as a top hospital in the United States on several occasions. In 2012, it was listed as a Thompson Reuters Top 100 Hospital, and in 2017, it was included in a list of America’s Top Hospitals, ranked in 11 adult specialties by U.S. News & World Report.
In 2018, the hospital achieved Level 1 Trauma Center Status. Also that year, the hospital received a Comprehensive Stroke Center designation.