Community Hospital

Description

Community Hospital in Grand Junction Colorado is a fullservice acutecare hospital licensed for 78 beds As part of the Colorado West Healthcare System we offer full outpatient diagnostic services and inpatient care for the Western Slope region of Colorado and for Eastern Utah Community Hospital brings together expert staff and worldclass technology in a healing familycentered environment

MISSION STATEMENT

Community Hospital will improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve

Our goal is to create a healthcare environment personalized to each patient that focuses on health and wellness provides convenience and ease of access and incorporates the latest technologies

VALUES

Service We will ensure a whatever it takes service attitude guestcentered processes compassionate care and respect for each persons individuality

Excellence We provide dedicated outstanding professional quality No 1 care through continual process improvement education and diligent patientguest safety practices We strive to continuously improve all that we do

Partnerships We recognize our employee volunteer physician and student partners as our greatest and most valuable assets We support them through education recognition and opportunities for personal growth

Integrity We are honest forthright and we honor our commitments We make the right decisions for the right reasons and manage the hospital in a fiscally responsible manner

Attitude We promote attitudes of excellence in every aspect of what we do Attitude makes the difference

VISION STATEMENT

Community Hospital Will be the Hospital of Choice for the Services We Provide

History

Community Hospitals roots reach back to July 1 1946 when three trailblazing physicians pooled their resources transformed a 12th Street cafe into a 12bed hospital and offered burgeoning Grand Junction a real choice in healthcare

We called it the little MGM said Dr Kenneth Graves of the hospital more formally called the Maynard Graves and Maynard Hospital which was founded by him and husbandandwife Drs Ben Maynard and Addie Maynard The three doctors of osteopathy were not discouraged by the monumental task of starting a new hospital I didnt know it was impossible so I went ahead and did it anyhow Dr Graves said

There were few building materials for sale in postWorld War II Grand Junction Without new doors for patient rooms the three physicians located doors that had been in buildings used to house workers decades earlier during construction of the Highline Canal

There were no linens either but friends and patients bought their limit of one sheet or pillowcase apiece as they became available in stores until enough were stockpiled to open the hospital

Resourcefulness responsiveness and anticipation of community health and wellness needs have been the hallmarks of Community Hospital throughout our history

1951 MGM Hospital is renamed Lincoln Park Hospital
1956 The hospital becomes a nonprofit
1959 The Doctors Clinic is built at 1060 Orchard Ave
1961 Lincoln Park Hospital is renamed Grand Junction Osteopathic Hospital
1965 A new hospital is built by the Doctors Clinic
1970 A new wing is added
1983 Grand Junction Osteopathic Hospital is renamed Community Hospital
1999 Community Hospital became the lead organization in Colorado West Healthcare Systems

2001 Colorado West contracts to manage Rangely District
2002 Community Hospital becomes a partial owner in First Choice Same Day Surgery Center

2006 Community Hospital purchases 40 acres west of the G and 24 roads intersection for a new hospital campus

2007 Planning commences for the development of the new campus which will include a medical office building wellness center and stateoftheart hospital

More than six decades since that first small 12bed hospital was started Community Hospital is still just as dedicated to providing for the health and wellness of our growing community Our founders were ahead of their time Their passionate commitment to treating the whole patient body mind and spirit is an idea that more entrenched healthcare providers are catching up to