St. Anthony North Health Campus launches with a hearty party

March 2, 2015

More than 300 guests attended the grand opening of Centura Health’s $177 million St. Anthony North Health Campus in Westminster on Thursday.

The 350,000-square-foot facility, which opens to patients on Tuesday, was concepted, designed and built with an emphasis on wellness, prevention and advanced medical care for residents of north metro Denver.

The new health campus is sponsored by Catholic Health Initiatives and is part of Centura Health, the region’s leading hospital and health care network delivering advanced care to more than half a million people each year.

The new St. Anthony North Health Campus, at 144th Avenue and I-25, will provide 92 inpatient rooms, including a 20-room intensive care unit; inpatient and outpatient surgery; a 12-room Birthing Center; diagnostics and imaging and an emergency room that operates 24 hours a day. The facility will employ about 1,350 people.

“St. Anthony North Health Campus is the future of health care,” said CEO Carole Peet. “The campus meets the immediate and future needs of our neighbors in north-metro Denver, with a focus on health and wellness. We are bringing care previously unavailable in north Denver to our customers with unparalleled service and convenience.”

The use of natural stone, woods, floor-to-ceiling windows and an aspen grove in the lobby atrium give the facility the look of a Colorado resort.

St. Anthony North Health Campus is a centerpiece of Centura Health’s new neighborhood health approach that aligns with larger trends of moving care outside of traditional hospital walls. Not only will the health campus offer inpatient and outpatient services in the same location, but also it is in close proximity to a network of connected neighborhood health centers.

One of the campus’ main features is the new Orchard Neighborhood Health Center, located within the hospital and home to more than 50 primary and specialty care medical practices. Those medical practitioners and their patients will have direct access to diagnostics, outpatient surgery, pharmacy and wellness classes.

Nearby, Centura Health’s Dacono and Thornton Neighborhood Health Centers recently opened. These freestanding outpatient clinics are two of 11 that are or soon to open in the Centura Health network. These centers offer family medicine and women’s health care services, including routine physicals, immunizations, prenatal care and well-baby care.

The new health campus will offer a range of amenities that provide convenience and aid wellness. These include drop-in childcare for patients; an on-site pharmacy; private discharge elevators and exits for patients; a demonstration kitchen with classes on healthy cooking; and a walking path and three gardens – community, healing and prayer.

“We designed the health campus directly in response to community feedback,” Peet said. “When we began planning, the community told us they wanted a beautiful, relaxing environment with services to keep them healthy as well as to treat them when they are sick. When they think of health, they focus on wellness, convenience and outstanding service – and that is what we have provided.”

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