A Q&A with former Centura Health CEO, and new CommonSpirit Health division president, Peter Banko on why Centura dissolved and what comes next
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What happened to Centura Health? Why the Colorado hospital brand name is about to disappear.
CommonSpirit Health and AdventHealth, the two systems that partnered to form Centura, are splitting up
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Some Colorado hospitals are still struggling financially, while the picture is improving for others
The Colorado Hospital Association says nearly half of the state’s hospitals are losing money on patient care
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Colorado Democrats in Congress urge Catholic hospital in Durango to reverse policy banning tubal ligations
All five Colorado Democrats in the U.S. House signed a letter urging Mercy Hospital to reconsider its decision, which was publicized in a Colorado Sun story
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Centura Health, one of Colorado’s largest hospital systems, announces its breakup
CommonSpirit Health and AdventHealth say they will manage their hospitals separately
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After years of profits, many Colorado hospitals are facing a downturn
Investment losses and higher staffing and supply costs are all contributing, but one expert cautions to look at the long-term picture
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Avista hospital closed for foreseeable future after oxygen tanks had a near miss with Marshall fire
Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville narrowly avoided a “catastrophic explosion” Thursday afternoon when flames from the Marshall fire came within 4 feet of flammable oxygen tanks on the hospital’s west side, hospital officials said. Facilities staff fought back the flames with hoses, said Lindsay Radford, a spokeswoman for Centura Health, the network that includes Avista. […]
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Why Colorado’s hospitals have bent — but not broken — during the latest COVID surge
Nearly 19 months in, these are some of the toughest days for Colorado hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic. Even as the latest surge in coronavirus hospitalizations appears to have plateaued — what state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy this week called an “unstable equilibrium” — hospitals across Colorado have still been scrambling to add critical-care beds […]
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Opinion: A vaccine mandate is not the right approach for Centura Health, for now
From the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Colorado on March 5, 2020, at Centura’s St. Anthony Summit Hospital in Frisco, our 21,000 incredible caregivers have made tremendous personal and professional sacrifices to be there when our communities needed us most. Our team has worked diligently, and nonstop, over the last 18 months, through the many […]
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Staff at five Colorado hospitals will have to get vaccinated against coronavirus. What about all the rest?
Update on July 28, 2021: Two more hospital systems, UCHealth and Denver Health, have announced they will require employees to be vaccinated by the fall. This brings the total number of hospitals with vaccine mandates to nearly 20. Employees at five Colorado hospitals will be required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus by this fall, […]