One Colorado hospital has been recognized as one of America's 50 Best Hospitals. Congratulations to @uchealth's Poudre Valley Medical Center on being named among the top 1% of hospitals in the country! http://ow.ly/zaM750MIvtv

Please help us congratulate @SCLHealth's @StJoesDenver on being recognized as one of America's 250 Best Hospitals! https://www.healthgrades.com/quality/americas-best-hospitals/colorado @Intermountain

Patients in Colorado Springs have access to TWO of America's 250 Best Hospitals! Congratulations to @CenturaHealth's Penrose Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center on being recognized among the top 5% of hospitals in the country! https://www.healthgrades.com/quality/americas-best-hospitals/colorado @psfhs

Congratulations to @HealthONEsystem and its FOUR hospitals that made the 2023 list of America's 250 Best Hospitals! These facilities are in the top 5% of hospitals in the country. @MedCtrofAurora @RoseMedical @SwedishMedical @SkyRidgeMed

Patients are at the heart of everything Colorado hospitals do, and our communities are fortunate to have access to EIGHT of America's 250 Best Hospitals! https://www.healthgrades.com/quality/americas-best-hospitals/colorado

More than half of Colorado's hospitals can't make ends meet. After 2022's brutal financial toll, 54 of Colorado's 100 hospitals are operating with unsustainable finances.

Learn more about what our hospitals are facing: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/hospitals-suffer-worst-financial-year-since-the-pandemic.html #copolitics #coleg

Here for our people: Most Colorado hospitals have employee wellness programs that promote healthier lifestyles among staff. Here’s just one example from @BannerHealth: http://ow.ly/vscS50MAE5w

In order to invest in new equipment and technology to provide the best care, hospitals need sustainable finances. Less than half of our hospitals in Colorado do. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/colorado-hospital-margins-49-below-pre-pandemic-levels.html #copolitics #coleg

In Colorado, hospitals are seeing costs more than 21% higher than pre-pandemic levels – adding up to $2 billion in increased expenses. Here's just one example of how inflation is impacting the care available to Coloradans:
https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/southwest-memorial-hospital-upgrades-on-hold/ #copolitics #coleg

In Colorado, the average total margin for hospitals is just 0.2% – a dangerous trend for health care in our state.

Check out this story from 9News to see how this trend impacts those living in rural communities: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/next-with-kyle-clark/money-colorado-hospitals/73-131a5e0c-d1f0-4e7b-a079-a71300091b95

While stimulus support helped keep many hospitals afloat in 2020, 2022 operating margins are half of what hospitals had before the pandemic. Only half of Colorado hospitals have operating margins that are sustainable. http://bit.ly/2022hospitalfinances

Half of Colorado hospitals are unable to make ends meet. Of our 100 hospitals, 54 have finances that are considered unsustainable by national standards. http://bit.ly/2022hospitalfinances

2022 was a perilous year for hospitals. Across the state, our hospitals shouldered $1.8 billion in losses last year. Learn more about why 2022 was so hard on hospitals: http://bit.ly/2022hospitalfinances

Responding faster: Advancements in technology allow hospitals to respond to patient emergencies sooner. UCHealth’s investment in a telehealth program cut their code blues by 70%. http://ow.ly/BJtG50Mm76b

Prioritizing equity: Over the last year, dozens of Colorado hospitals met with each other to collaboratively lay the groundwork needed to better serve their patients’ diverse social needs.

Access for families: Colorado hospitals are focused on bringing health care access to areas that need it most. Check out this story from Children’s Hospital Colorado on opening the first pediatric-only ORs in Colorado Springs https://www.fox21news.com/give/childrens-hospital-provides-access-to-care-for-kids/

Of Colorado's 55 acute care hospitals, the 38 mentioned in this article – about 70% – shouldered hundreds of millions of dollars in losses last year, with many others in the same boat. Learn more about the financial pressures hospitals are facing 👇https://coloradosun.com/2023/01/03/colorado-hospital-profits-downturn-uchealth/

Wishing you and yours a healthy and prosperous 2023!

Caring for caregivers: Colorado health systems have invested more than $1.02 billion in programs to support our workforces who have given their all throughout the pandemic.

Working as a team: Responding to emergencies in our communities involves more than just hospitals. Hospitals are heavily involved in each of the state’s nine regional Healthcare Coalitions, which bring together providers of all types to prepare for emergencies in our communities.

Anchor institutions: Colorado hospitals employ 96k Coloradans, accounting for 4% of the workforce statewide and 14% in rural communities.

It takes big teams of dedicated people to keep our hospitals open and ready to care for patients every single day of the year. To Colorado's 96k hospital employees – especially those giving up time with friends and family to care for patients – happy holidays!

A health care destination: Colorado is ranked 12th in the nation for overall health care performance, according to the Commonwealth Fund 2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance. #coleg

Experience counts: As a top-ranked state for patient experience by the Commonwealth Fund, Colorado is home to hospitals that understand the patient should be at the center of everything we do. #coleg

It has been 1,000 days since COVID-19 first arrived in Colorado, and hospitals across the state continue to battle respiratory disease in many forms. Help keep yourself and others safe this holiday season by wearing a mask when you feel sick.