While Memorial Health System is working to settle its governance issues, Penrose St. Francis Health Services is forging ahead with a strategy to grow its regional market share. [...]
Andy Barton was born at Penrose-St. Francis Health Services. His kids were born there, too. In a city where natives are hard to find, that makes him somewhat of a rare breed. A month ago, Barton began to work for the hospital system, raising money through its foundation as the director of annual giving at [...] [...]
Memorial Health System recently unveiled a roadmap for its future, but its rival, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, might get there first. While the Memorial Citizens Commission debates the pros and cons of various paths for the hospital system, Penrose is already doing nearly everything in Memorial CEO Larry McEvoy’s plan: creating partnerships with doctors and [...] [...]
One of the highest profile executives at Memorial Health System has tendered his resignation. [...]
Penrose-St. Frances Health Services is ranked the No. 1 hospital for critical care services in Colorado. An annual survey by Healthgrades, a Boulder-based company, ranks the system in the top 5 percent nationally. The nation’s 5,000 non-federal hospitals were included in the study, which examined mortality rates and complication rates from government data for 2006, [...] [...]
Penrose-St. Francis Health Services was named a Blue distinction center for Cardiac Care – one of only three hospitals in the state to receive the designation. Blue Distinction Centers must be accredited by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Joint Commission, provide a wide-range of cardiac services and have medical response teams available 24 hours [...] [...]