In 2024, CHA re-launched its Changemakers initiative to highlight the advancements made in Colorado’s hospitals every day. Changemaker projects can be anything that a hospital finds innovative or impactful for their patients, communities, or staff – and they can come from any hospital in the state, big or small. These are their stories.
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AdventHealth Littleton operates a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to provide advanced, specialized, and compassionate care to the smallest of patients. Realizing that
Rio Grande Hospital was on a mission to improve the health of their community, patients, and employees by removing barriers to a healthy lifestyle. As
According to CDPHE, approximately 21,000 people are newly diagnosed with cancer each year. When cancer is found, individualized cancer treatment programs are designed to include
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital adopted The Society of Critical Care Medicine’s ICU Liberation Bundle A-F to improve outcomes for all ICU patients. The objective of
The VCC is the first of its kind at HCA Healthcare and offers support resources for hospital-based care teams while centralizing vital patient safety resources to one location.
AdventHealth recognized that when patients have no family or friends available, there is a possibility that they will die alone in the hospital. As a
As health care vacancy rates remain a pressing issue nationwide, Banner Health has answered the call by launching the Career Pathways Program. This initiative is
In recent years, all hospitals have experienced challenges in recruiting and retaining staff. In response, and to provide new opportunities for employees, UCHealth created the
Denver Health, like most hospitals across Colorado and the country, experienced the effects of the health care workforce shortage issue. Denver Health also noted high
Improving the well-being and resilience of the hospital workforce has been and continues to be an issue of great importance and concern. Realizing that employee
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital identified an opportunity to improve the process of wound identification within the first 24 hours of admission. Additionally, the team
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, like other hospitals across Colorado and the country, noted an increase in technology integration into the health care space. And
Denver Health and Hospital Authority (DHHA), like most hospitals across Colorado and the country, has experienced the effects of the health care workforce shortage and
UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital was seeking innovative solutions to address the continuing challenge of workplace violence, and disruptive behavior in health care settings. The team
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital implemented a Code Gray Response Team (CGRT) as a component of the hospital’s workplace violence prevention (WPV) program. The CGRT
UCHealth Parkview Medical Center, like all hospitals across Colorado and the country, experienced the effects of the health care workforce shortage issue and set out
Denver Health and Hospital Authority (DHHA) operates a busy emergency department and level one trauma center. To improve ED nurse recruitment and retention, DHHA implemented
UCHealth surveyed over 300 nurses within the ambulatory care setting space (ambulatory nurses, schedulers, triage nurses, nurse navigators and techs) regarding the prevalence of telephone
As workplace violence continues to be a concern in hospitals across the country, University of Colorado Hospital sought a screening tool that could assist staff
To increase employee retention and engagement, decrease employee burnout, and improve employees’ overall sense of wellbeing, Vail Health launched a new Workforce Wellbeing Program (WWP).
Denver Health was searching for ways to reduce the incidences of workplace violence against nursing and other staff members.
AdventHealth Littleton identified a need to increase awareness and reporting of workplace violence (WPV) incidences, and to provide staff with robust and meaningful training regarding
An innovative K-9 program has been established at St. Mary’s Regional Hospital in Grand Junction
As a result of the identified challenges and internal goals, the Virtual Admission Nurse program (VAN), a newly redesigned, virtual health care delivery model, was created to support nursing care in the acute care unit space.