Longmont United Hospital

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Longmont United Hospital
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Longmont United Hospital
Geography
Location1950 Mountain View Avenue, Longmont, Colorado, United States
Coordinates 40°10′56″N105°07′34″W / 40.1821°N 105.1262°W / 40.1821; -105.1262
Services
Emergency department Level III trauma center
Beds186
Links
Website www.mountain.commonspirit.org/location/longmont-united-hospital
Lists Hospitals in Colorado

Longmont United Hospital is an acute hospital in Longmont, Colorado, United States. [1]

Contents

The hospital has 186 beds. [2] It includes a 24-hour emergency department.

The hospital is a level 3 trauma center. [2]

History

Since its foundation in 1959, Longmont United Hospital has provided people throughout Boulder County and the surrounding communities compassionate, personalized, whole-person care.

The Longmont Community Hospital Association was organized in 1955 by a group of business leaders and physicians with the express purpose of establishing a community hospital for the care and treatment of the sick. The citizens of the community raised the necessary funds to construct the hospital and it opened in 1959 with 50 beds and 19 physicians.

LUH joined Centura Health in 2015, Colorado's largest health network at the time with 17 hospitals and a number of senior living communities, medical clinics, Flight for Life® Colorado, and home care and hospice services. [3]

On August 1, 2023, Centura Health split back into two healthcare organizations, AdventHealth and CommonSpirit. At that time, Longmont United Hospital became part of CommonSpirit Health. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Colorado Hospital Association (2023). "Longmont United Hospital" . Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Longmont United Hospital". American Hospital Directory. 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
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  4. "Continuing to care for you, our neighbors and our communities". 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  5. Ingold, John (August 18, 2023). "What happened to Centura Health? Why the Colorado hospital brand name is about to disappear". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved September 26, 2023.