Poudre Valley Hospital
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Poudre Valley Hospital (PVH), located in Fort Collins, Colorado
, is part of Poudre Valley Health System and serves northern Colorado, southern Wyoming, and western Nebraska. The hospital has 241 beds, and is a level III trauma center. It also houses 11 surgical suites, five intensive care unit beds, and a level III neonatal intensive care unit. The Hospital is home to a regional orthopedic program, and many cancer treatment and rehabilitation services as well. The hospital has helped make Fort Collins a regional health center, and continues to do so, despite the opening of its sister hospital, Medical Center of the Rockies
.
program in family medicine
. Six residents are accepted per year. The three year program emphasizes community-based and rural medicine to provide physicians to northern Colorado
and southern Wyoming
.
Poudre Valley Health System, which owns and operates PVH and Medical Center of the Rockies, was named one of three winners of the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
. PVHS was the only healthcare provider to win the award in 2008. President Barack Obama
presented the Baldrige award to PVHS in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2.
Poudre Valley Hospital received attention in 1998 as the hospital where Matthew Shepard
was taken after being attacked outside Laramie, WY. The sudden rush of traffic to the hospital's web site required reconfiguration of the site to support the traffic.
Fort Collins, Colorado
Fort Collins is a Home Rule Municipality situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, and is the county seat and most populous city of Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Fort Collins is located north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. With a 2010 census...
, is part of Poudre Valley Health System and serves northern Colorado, southern Wyoming, and western Nebraska. The hospital has 241 beds, and is a level III trauma center. It also houses 11 surgical suites, five intensive care unit beds, and a level III neonatal intensive care unit. The Hospital is home to a regional orthopedic program, and many cancer treatment and rehabilitation services as well. The hospital has helped make Fort Collins a regional health center, and continues to do so, despite the opening of its sister hospital, Medical Center of the Rockies
Medical Center of the Rockies
Medical Center of the Rockies, located in Loveland, Colorado, is the sister hospital of Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado. Both are operated by the Poudre Valley Health System, and Regional West Health Services of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, who is also a co-owner of MCR...
.
Residency Training
The hospital has an ACGME-accredited residencyResidency (medicine)
Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident physician or resident is a person who has received a medical degree , Podiatric degree , Dental Degree and who practices...
program in family medicine
Family medicine
Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. It is a division of primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, sexes, diseases, and parts of the body...
. Six residents are accepted per year. The three year program emphasizes community-based and rural medicine to provide physicians to northern Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
and southern Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
.
Events
Poudre Valley Hospital opened in 1925 as Larimer County Hospital. It became Poudre Valley Hospital (PVH) in 1980.Poudre Valley Health System, which owns and operates PVH and Medical Center of the Rockies, was named one of three winners of the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recognizes U.S. organizations in the business, health care, education, and nonprofit sectors for performance excellence. The Baldrige Award is the only formal recognition of the performance excellence of both public and private U.S. organizations given by...
. PVHS was the only healthcare provider to win the award in 2008. President Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
presented the Baldrige award to PVHS in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2.
Poudre Valley Hospital received attention in 1998 as the hospital where Matthew Shepard
Matthew Shepard
Matthew Wayne Shepard was a student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie, Wyoming, in October 1998...
was taken after being attacked outside Laramie, WY. The sudden rush of traffic to the hospital's web site required reconfiguration of the site to support the traffic.
Awards
PVH has received many awards, including:- Top 100 Hospital
- U.S. News 50 Best Hospitals (orthopedics)
- Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence
- Health Care's Most Wired
- Malcolm Baldrige Award