Denver Health Medical Center

Denver Health Medical Center is a large hospital in Denver, Colorado. Formerly known as Denver General Hospital, Denver Health's primary focus is care for the underprivileged and uninsured.

Denver Health is Colorado's primary “safety net” institution. Since 1991, this organization provided more than $2.4 billion in care for the uninsured. Nearly $285 million of that care was provided last year, constituting 42 percent of all unsponsored care provided in metropolitan Denver and nearly 30 percent in the state.

Denver Health integrates acute hospital and emergency care with public and community health to deliver preventive, primary and acute care services. This integration promotes continuity of care for each patient through the entire course of illness. Integration also ensures that health care is delivered in the most cost-effective setting.

Denver Health is the Rocky Mountain Region's Level I academic trauma center. The Denver Health system, which integrates acute and emergency care with public and community health, includes the Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Center, Denver's 911 emergency medical resopnse system, Denver Health Paramedic Division, eight family health centers, 12 school-based health centers, the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, NurseLine, Correctional Care, Denver CARES, Denver Public Health, the Denver Health Foundation and the Rocky Mountain Center for Medical Response to Terrorism, Mass Casualties and Epidemics.

Twenty-five percent of all Denver residents, or 160,000 individuals, receive their health care at Denver Health. One of every three children in Denver is cared for by Denver Health physicians.

Denver Health is the primary teaching hospital in the Denver metro area. Denver Health also has a close relationship with University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. All of the full-time physicians at Denver Health are also members of the University of Colorado School of Medicine faculty.