Denver Health Medical Center
| Denver Health Medical Center | |
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| Denver Health and Hospital Authority | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 777 Bannock Street, Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Coordinates | 39°43′44″N 104°59′26″W / 39.7288°N 104.9906°WCoordinates: 39°43′44″N 104°59′26″W / 39.7288°N 104.9906°W |
| Organization | |
| Affiliated university | University of Colorado Denver |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Beds | 525 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1860 |
| Links | |
| Website | denverhealth |
| Lists | Hospitals in Colorado |
Denver Health Medical Center, formerly named Denver General Hospital and sometimes abbreviated to Denver Health, is a hospital in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, founded in 1860. It is one of four Level I Trauma Centers in Colorado. Denver Health is one of the primary teaching hospitals in Denver and is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver, Children's Hospital Colorado, and the Veteran's Affairs Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. Denver Health's CEO is Robin D. Wittenstein, Ed.D., FACHE.
Denver Health is an integrated health care system that consists of:
The Denver Department of Environmental Health (DEH), a Denver government agency, manages and oversees the operating agreement to contract with Denver Health and Hospital Authority (DHHA) to provide services related to the medical investigations and medical services for disease control (including clinics)and the administration of vital birth and death records. DEH and Denver Public Health work together to conduct communicable disease reporting, investigation, and control for Denver. Public and environmental health functions and regulatory authority remains with DEH. DHHA provides communicable disease surveillance and medically oriented public health functions through their Denver Public Health (DPH) department.
Through numerous grant-funded programs, DPH conducts important research on infectious diseases, including hepatitis surveillance; tuberculosis clinical trials; HIV/AIDS prevention, counseling, testing and treatment; and vaccine trials.
Denver Paramedics is a hospital based paramedic service that is based out of Denver Health. Denver Paramedics are contracted to provide the 911 medical services to The City and County of Denver, The City of Glendale, and Denver International Airport.
The Denver Health Paramedic Division has a fleet of 31 ambulances. At peak times Denver Paramedics has 14 Advance Life support Ambulances available, that are staffed by two Paramedics. and 6 Basic Life Support Ambulances available, that are staffed by two Basic EMT's.
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