For the last 100 years, Swedish Medical Center has been meeting the medical needs of Englewood and surrounding communities. As the community’s needs have changed over time, the hospital has grown and enhanced services to provide the highest level of care. Now, a Level 1 trauma center treating the region’s most complex medical cases, the hospital has turned its attention to expanding its emergency department (ED) space to streamline and improve care excellence. This project is part of a larger construction project in which the hospital built a new northwest tower near the corner of Girard Avenue and Logan Street in Englewood. The enhanced emergency department will be located adjacent to the new tower.
This month, the hospital begins phase 1 of the expansion plan. During this phase, the ED will relocate its entrance and triage space temporarily until the department’s final construction is completed (expected for Sept. 2023). Phase 1 is not just a holding phase, however. It will actually allow improved access to the emergency department with 24/7 valet, a covered entrance and five valet lines that can be used during high volume. “We’ve heard from our patients about some of the amenities and resources they’d like to see in our space, and we have taken those to heart,” explains Elisha Nunley, vice president of emergency services. “In response, we have secured an Englewood police officer who will be stationed at the front door to greet guests and ensure the highest level of protection. We also have enhanced our privacy with new treatment rooms that allow our providers to begin patient’s care and answer questions in a private space.”
Phase 2 will begin approximately a week after phase 1. This phase focuses on optimizing the permanent waiting room and triage area. At the completion of phase 2, the hospital will be able to offer patients a smoother experience with more privacy and dedicated treatment rooms.
“Moving into this new space is really representative of what we stand for at Swedish. We have had a few difficult years in healthcare, and there are only a few places that are able to build right now,” Dr. Tsipis concludes. “At Swedish, we’re not stopping. We’re expanding. We’re innovating. We’re pushing the envelope to provide the absolute best care of patients. And that’s exactly what we are going to do.”
To learn more about the project, and emergency services at Swedish Medical Center, visit the hospital’s Web site at SwedishHospital.com.
About Swedish Medical Center
Swedish Medical Center is located in the south metro Denver area where it has been a proud member of the community for more than 110 years. An acute care hospital with 408 licensed beds, annually Swedish cares for more than 200,000 patients with a team of approximately 2,000 dedicated employees, 300 volunteers and 1,400 physicians.
As a national leader in neurosciences, Swedish serves as the hub of the Swedish Neuro Network. The hospital is the Rocky Mountain Region’s preeminent referral center for the most advanced stroke treatment and was the state’s first Joint Commission certified Comprehensive Stroke Center. Swedish also is home to Colorado’s first fully comprehensive robotics program with nine robots in dedicated robotics operating rooms; patients benefit from a high level of specialization with robotics-trained caregivers at every stage of treatment, as well as robotics-specific design in the program’s dedicated pre-op, ORs, PACU and inpatient spaces. As the region’s neurotrauma and orthopedic trauma provider and a level I trauma facility, more than 150 facilities regularly transfer highly complex cases to Swedish. The trauma program includes a burn and reconstructive center, which has been certified for adult burn care by the American Burn Association and recognized nationally for providing the highest quality of care to adult and pediatric burn and reconstructive patients.
Swedish Medical Center is proud to be a part of the HCA Healthcare’s Continental Division, which was named the top health system in the state by IBM Watson Health and our system was named one of the top five large health systems in the country. This division includes our local system, HealthONE, which also received recognition as the top health system in the state by IBM Watson Health. Consistently among the Denver Business Journals’ list of top corporate philanthropists in the Denver-metro area, HealthONE contributed more than $889,000 through cash and in-kind donations last year alone, and also provided $677M in charity, uninsured and other uncompensated care along with nearly $200M in federal, state and local taxes.
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