Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital

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Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital
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Lutheran Hospital prior to opening, south view 2024-07-19.jpg
Hospital prior to opening in August of 2024
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital
Geography
Location12911 W 40th Ave, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States
Coordinates 39°46′18″N105°08′44″W / 39.77175°N 105.14545°W / 39.77175; -105.14545
Organization
Type General
Services
Emergency department Level II trauma center
Beds226 [1]
History
Opened1905
Links
Website intermountainhealthcare.org/locations/intermountain-health-lutheran-hospital
Lists Hospitals in Colorado

Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital is a hospital in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

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History

On May 6, 1903, members of St. John's Lutheran Church in Denver met to begin planning a TB sanitarium for the region. [2] In 1905, the Evangelical Lutheran Sanitarium, a tent colony for tuberculosis patients, opened in Wheat Ridge, a few miles west of Denver's city limits. As the demand for tuberculosis treatment waned, the facility moved toward serving Jefferson County as a general medical facility. Lutheran Hospital opened in 1961 and grew along with the county, expanding significantly in 1964 and 1968. The 1970s brought a name change to Lutheran Medical Center, a six floor tower addition in 1973, and expansion of the Critical Care Unit in 1985. [3]

In 1997, Lutheran Medical Center, Saint Joseph Hospital and the Primera Healthcare physician group integrated to form Exempla Healthcare. [4]

In 2010, a new 12 room operating suite, an 18-bed recovery room and a 24-bed pre-surgery area opened in the five-story North Pavilion addition, as part of a five-year building project that added 295,000 square feet to the campus.

A new Lutheran Medical Center is being built off the I-70 corridor of Clear Creek [5]

On August 3, 2024, the new Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital opened with the transporting of patients from the old to the new location. [6]

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References

  1. Becker's Hospital Review: Intermountain unveils $680M Colorado hospital
  2. "St. John's History". 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  3. "Exempla - ELMC History". 2004. Archived from the original on 2001-12-14. Retrieved 2002-02-09.
  4. "Health-care company gets 'Exempla' moniker". The Denver Business Journal. 1997-09-26. Retrieved 2002-02-09.
  5. "Lutheran Medical Center addition operates with a new routine" Karen Groves, Denver Post. 24 May 2010
  6. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/we-re-going-on-a-ride-160-patients-transported-from-old-lutheran-hospital-to-new-one/ar-AA1obUvo?ocid=socialshare