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New van service provides free rides to doctor appointments in Fort Collins, Loveland and Greeley

Posted in Aging population, Community, tagged , , , on November 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »

University of Colorado Health and Columbine Health Systems have teamed to provide free transportation to designated medical locations in Fort Collins, Loveland and Greeley.

Connecting Health free van serviceThe “Connecting Health” van will begin service Nov. 5, picking up and dropping off riders Monday through Friday at Poudre Valley Hospital (PVH) and the University of Colorado Health Harmony Campus in Fort Collins, Medical Center of the Rockies (MCR) in Loveland and the Greeley Medical Clinic (GMC).

[Download the van schedule]

“Connecting Health van transport is a wonderful community service that was desperately needed to connect medical services in northern Colorado,” said Fort Collins Mayor Karen Weitkunat. “Community members are truly excited about the regional linkage.”

Connecting Health van highlights

  • Rides are free to designated medical locations in Fort Collins, Loveland and Greeley.
  • The van runs the full route three times a day and makes an additional trip to locations in Fort Collins and Loveland in the late afternoon.
  • Riders do not need to schedule a ride.
  • Download a schedule or call 970.495.8560.

Signs will be posted at each facility noting pick-up and drop-off locations. Those locations will include indoor waiting areas in case of bad weather.

The purpose of the service is to provide free rides for those who have medical appointments at those designated locations and need transportation, though anyone can use the service. Riders must be able to get on and off the van by themselves; no medical assistance will be available.

Riders do not need to schedule a ride.

The Connecting Health van’s initial route will take it from PVH to the Harmony Campus, then to MCR, GMC and back to MCR, Harmony and PVH. It will run the full route three times a day. The van will begin serving the Greeley Emergency and Surgery Center when the center opens Nov. 26, making that stop between MCR and GMC.

An additional route will run in the late afternoon between PVH, the Harmony Campus and MCR. The University of Colorado Health concierge team will be available at stop locations for questions or assistance.

“We heard the voice of the community, and we knew it was important to offer an alternative for people to get to their doctor,” said Russ Woolley, vice president of operations for MCR. “We see this as a way to improve the health of our community.”

The van can accommodate 13 ambulatory riders. The van cannot accommodate riders with wheelchairs.

The drivers are employees of the Columbine Health Systems transportation department.

“We know there’s a tremendous need for this service in the community, which is why it made sense to partner with a locally focused organization like University of Colorado Health,” said Yvonne Myers, director of Columbine Health Systems.

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Greeley Emergency and Surgery Center nears completion

Posted in Emergency response, tagged , , on October 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Crews continue to put final touches on University of Colorado Health‘s new free-standing emergency department and surgery center in west Greeley.


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The Greeley Emergency and Surgery Center will be located east of King Soopers Marketplace on the southeast corner of 71st Avenue and 10th Street in Greeley.

The Greeley Emergency and Surgery Center will open Nov. 26 in the King Soopers Marketplace at the southeast corner of 71st Avenue and 10th Street in Greeley.

When open, the 22,000-square-foot center will include an emergency department, surgery center, lab and imaging.

The public will get an opportunity to tour the new facility at a free Nov. 17 open house. Watch the blog for more details on the open house.

The emergency and surgery center will employ 96 people making a total annual salary of $4.6 million. Since most UCHealth employees – and their families — in the newly created jobs will spend their money in Greeley to purchase groceries, entertainment, household goods and big-ticket items like cars and homes, officials at the city of Greeley expect the project to put more money into local pocketbooks, which in turn will encourage more spending throughout the local economy.

That ripple effect could add $9.2 million to the community, says Bruce Biggi, the city of Greeley’s economic development manager.

–Kevin Darst, director of marketing and communications

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Our new west Greeley facility will make health care more accessible

Posted in Emergency response, Greeley Medical Clinic, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 2, 2011 | 7 Comments »

(Dear Reader: The following guest blog was written by Grace Taylor, chief strategy officer for Poudre Valley Health System. It offers information on a new healthcare service that we’re developing. –Rulon)

One of the successful strategic tactics that we have used at Poudre Valley Health System is to make access to health care easy for community members.

In 2007, we opened Medical Center of the Rockies to increase healthcare access for Loveland area residents and enhance rapid access to trauma care.

In the last several years, we’ve worked with physicians in Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, and Windsor to make access easier. Most notably, we’ve worked closely with physicians at the Greely Medical Clinic to help in their efforts to continue providing the ongoing easy access to high quality of care offered at the clinic since 1933.

We’ve done this because local and national research has demonstrated time and again that the preference of patients is to have easy access to their care providers.

With this strategy in mind and with the support of local physicians, we announced December 2 that we will build an emergency and same-day surgery center in North Gate Village in west Greeley.

Greeley experienced more than a 20.7-percent population growth during the last decade, much of which occurred in west Greeley. Where there is growth, there is a greater demand for convenient, quality medical services.

The new freestanding outpatient facility will bring choice and increase access to health care in Weld County and will likely reduce the amount of time patients have to wait to receive emergency medical care.

The 24-hour emergency care center will be staffed with board-certified emergency room physicians. The team of physicians and nurses will be trained and equipped to handle about any emergency except severe trauma cases, which will be sent to a hospital where trauma services are offered.

The emergency care center will have 10 examination rooms, two pediatric exam rooms, a resuscitation room, and laboratory. A diagnostic imaging area will include X-ray, ultrasound, CT, and MRI.

The surgery center will include three preparatory areas, two operating rooms, three recovery rooms, and an observation room. Same day-surgery will be offered for select general and elective surgeries in the areas of endoscopy, gastroenterology, orthopedics, and urology, as well as outpatient surgery. In addition, the center will offer IV therapy services.

The development of the 22,000-square-foot facility is another step forward in the care that PVHS offers to Weld County and northern Colorado. The facility, which is not yet named, is scheduled to open in June.

To learn more information about the facility and what will be offered there, please click here to go the press announcement on our website, pvhs.org.

Grace

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Greeley Medical Clinic Here!

Posted in Greeley Medical Clinic, Healthcare reform, Patient safety, Patient satisfaction, Physician integration, Quality improvement, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on July 13, 2010 | 11 Comments »

As of today The Greeley Medical Clinic became the largest component of the Poudre Valley Medical Group (PVMG), the fastest growing medical group in Northern Colorado.  We are so excited to have these quality physicians, providers, staff members and the entire team who have spent 77 years making GMC the premier multi-specialty group in Northern Colorado.  Given that there has been so much mis-information spread about what the actions and intent of GMC now that they are part of PVMG, we have been having local community meetings to tell people the facts about what is happening.  Following is a summary from The Northern Colorado Business Report that was published late last week in reference to one of those community meetings:

Northern Colorado Business Report daily wire service July 8, 2010

Greeley Medical Clinic to formally join PVHS

GREELEY – Greeley Medical Clinic, which has 60 physicians at eight locations in Greeley, Loveland and Windsor, will become part of Poudre Valley Medical Group on July 11. At that time, GMC’s doctors and staff will become employees of Fort Collins-based Poudre Valley Health System. PVMG is PVHS’s medical specialty group created earlier this year that also includes Heart Center of the Rockies. GMC officials, along with PVHS CEO Rulon Stacey, have held two breakfast presentations at Greeley Guest House to discuss the new relationship and try to refute any perception that GMC’s alignment with PVHS will drive patients out of Greeley and Weld County and into facilities in Larimer County. “We are absolutely committed to Weld County and Greeley and we know our patients are as absolutely committed as well,” said Troy Simon, GMC’s CEO, to an audience of about 20 local officials, media and health-care industry participants Thursday. “We are not leaving (Greeley) or pulling services out of here. We are looking to grow and for a partner to help us do that.” Simon said GMC and PVHS spent months talking about a shared vision for both organizations before deciding to align in April. Simon said the decision also was made in light of a stance by Phoenix-based Banner Health, which owns McKee Medical Center in Loveland and has a contract to operate North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, that generally forbids physicians from practicing at Banner sites unless they are employed by that system. Daniel Zenk, GMC’s president, said the decision to align with PVHS was not made easily because GMC had wanted to remain a “medical Switzerland” and not join directly with either Banner or PVHS. But when GMC decided to build a 40,000-square-foot clinic attached to PVHS-owned Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Zenk said GMC’s long relationship with NCMC and Banner soured. “It was clearly an unanticipated response and changed where we went from that point forward,” he said. Simon said the alignment with PVHS will help GMC recruit physicians in hard-to-fill specialties. “It was very important to have a partner that was willing to recruit with us and help us be competitive,” he said.
Simon also noted that the contract with PVHS allows GMC physicians to send patients wherever they think is best for their care, including Banner facilities. “There’s nothing in our agreement that specifically says we have to send our patients to a Poudre Valley hospital,” he said. Zenk said GMC’s decision also was based on respecting patient choice of where they wanted to be treated, which would have been difficult under a Banner affiliation. “Wherever they need to go to get the care they need, that’s where the patient will go.” Stacey said the intent of the alignment of PVHS with GMC – and employment of its staff – is to better serve the needs of patients in the region. “We’re thrilled to be working with Greeley Medical Clinic to provide services in Greeley and Weld County,” he said. “We’ve never discussed moving patients from Greeley to Loveland or Fort Collins for any other reason than medical care.”
I would love to hear any rumors or concerns you are hearing out there.  Anything I can address?
Rulon

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