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Health Care

Superior health care for a fit population

The active, outdoor lifestyle of Aurora residents translates into a high degree of fitness, which means less illness and lower absenteeism for employers. Preventive health care receives a great deal of attention, and many employers provide wellness programs for their workers. Hospital facilities include the The Medical Center of Aurora, University of Colorado Hospital, Children's Hospital Colorado and the Veterans Administration Medical Center (under construction).

National Rankings

The Medical Center of Aurora has been ranked the #4 hospital in the Denver metro area and the #4 hospital in Colorado as part of the U.S. News & World Report’s 2012-13 Best Hospitals ranking.
University of Colorado Hospital was named the top-performing academic hospital in quality in America last September by University HealthSystem Consortium and is currently ranked the No. 1 hospital in the metro Denver area by U.S. News & World Report.
The University of Colorado School of Medicine dominated the list of Top Docs in 5280 Magazine for 2012, including 222 faculty and staff members from the CU School of Medicine out of 337 top doctors rated in the Denver metro area.

The Medical Center of Aurora

The Medical Center of Aurora, the first community hospital in the Denver metro area to receive Magnet Recognition for nursing excellence, is an acute care hospital with specialization in cardiovascular services, neurosciences, oncology, surgery and women’s services. The Medical Center of Aurora also has Primary Stroke Certification and Chest Pain Center accreditation. The hospital is a Level II trauma center, serving the eastern metro area and I-70 corridor with emergency care, EMS education and support. Licensed for 346 beds, the facility is located at Interstate 225 and Mississippi in Aurora, and encompasses Main and North Campus locations along with Centennial Medical Plaza in the southeast metro area.

University of Colorado Hospital

Top medical professionals, superior medicine and progressive change make University of Colorado Hospital one of the leading hospitals in the nation. The University of Colorado Hospital includes primary care and specialty clinics around the state, as well as the central facilities at the Anschutz Medical Campus. All the providers at University of Colorado Hospital are also faculty members at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. They therefore have to keep up with – and often lead – the latest in research and medical treatments. The hospital is currenlty investing in a new $400 million, 720,000 square-feet tower that is slated to open in 2013 and add 1,400 new jobs.

Children's Hospital Colorado

Children's Hospital Colorado has been ranked for more than a decade as one of the best children’s hospitals nationally in U.S. News & World Report, and as the consistent choice eight years in a row by area physicians for the care of their loved ones. Founded in 1908, Children's Colorado is a private, not-for-profit pediatric health-care network dedicated 100 percent to caring for kids. With 1,130 pediatric specialists and more than 2,300 full-time employees, Children’s Colorado is home to a number of nationally and internationally recognized medical programs. Children’s Hospital Colorado is the only pediatric Trauma Level I facility in the state. Children’s Hospital Colorado is currenlty undergoing an expansion project that includes a new $228 million, 10-story, 350,000 square-foot tower with an anticipated operational date of late 2012 that will create 500 new jobs.

Veterans Administration Medical Center

Construction is underway of the $580 million, 1.1 million square-foot replacement Denver VA Medical Center. The new 182-bed medical center will include inpatient tertiary care and ambulatory care, a 30-bed spinal cord injury/disorder center, a 30-bed nursing home community living center, a research building, and parking structures. The medical center will employ approximately 2,000 people and serve approximately 82,700 veterans. More than 6,300 jobs will be created during the construction of the medical center. The completion date of the hospital is scheduled for early 2015.