Yampa Valley Medical Center

Description

About Us
Yampa Valley Medical Center is a nonprofit independent community hospital We are dedicated to serving the needs of residents throughout northwest Colorado and visitors from around the world YVMC provides sophisticated medical services to more than 51000 outpatients annually

YVMC was founded as a nonprofit organization in 1946 From dedicating the former Routt County Memorial Hospital in 1950 to opening the present campus in 1999 to guiding our current expansion plan now in the design development phase Yampa Valley Medical Center has continued to grow as the needs of our community have expanded

The two major building additions and a series of internal remodeling projects will be completed in 2009 at an estimated cost of 13 million We are adding 32000 square feet for the Family Birth Place and Surgical Services Both areas have experienced steady growth since we opened our doors at our current campus in 1999

On our campus youll find an accredited fullservice acute care hospital including emergency care surgical services and the Family Birth Place with a Special Care Nursery We also provide comprehensive therapy and rehabilitation services a skilled nursing facility offering longterm care and shortterm rehabilitation stays

Yampa Valley Medical Center is a nonprofit 501c3 organization led by a Board of Directors representing our community We receive philanthropic support from the Healthcare Foundation for the Yampa Valley Visit any of these web pages to find out more about YVMC

Mission
quotTo provide excellent healthcare to our communities through safe personalized and quality services

Values
Excellence

Collaboration

Ethical Behavior

Compassion

Economic Viability

Positive Culture

History

Many communityspirited individuals have helped to shape the history of hospital care in Steamboat Springs None was more influential than Frederick E Willett MD who became involved with the towns first public hospital in 1914 The building that housed the hospital from 19141921 pictured below with Dr Willett standing in front is now the Old Town Pub

In 1921 Dr Willett opened a new hospital in a converted apartment building on 7th and Aspen Twentyfive years later Dr Willett and the community saw the need for a new structure and a nonprofit community organization to run it

In August 1946 the Steamboat Springs Hospital Association elected a Board of Directors that selected a site on Park Avenue for the new hospital Dr Willett donated his hospital building to the cause and it was purchased by the school district The building served as the high school and junior high band room as well as the Seventh Street Playhouse before being torn down in 2005

After several years of design construction and fundraising Routt County Memorial Hospital was dedicated on August 13 1950 Our Hospital Auxiliary was formed during that decade to help the hospital through some financially difficult years

The 1960s saw the opening of the Steamboat Ski Area and a corresponding need to increase hospital services A remodeling added outpatient treatment space in the early 1970s The sign above the new entrance read quotSki Injuries Onlyquot

The regions first orthopaedic surgeon joined the medical staff in 1972 This decade brought rapid changes construction of a major addition and enhanced emergency medical services The hospital was renamed Routt Memorial to clarify its private nontaxsupported status In 1979 the community asked the hospital to take over the adjacent nursing home which was renamed Routt Memorial Extended Care Center

GrandKids Child Care Center opened in November 1981 bringing generations closer together and providing a needed community service It was the first child care center to be located inside a skilled nursing facility in the state of Colorado and its intergenerational program still serves as a national role model

By 1992 the need for a larger hospital was obvious Planning and fundraising began for a new medical center and campus on a centrally located 46acre site near the Steamboat Ski Area A generous community donated more than 6 million

Groundbreaking for Yampa Valley Medical Center was held in February 1998 and the hospital opened on November 21 1999 Other campus buildings including a medical office building the Doak Walker Care Center and GrandKids were completed in 2000

Health care is alive and well in Steamboat Springs thanks to more than 50 years of stewardship by the nonprofit nontaxsupported organization now known as Yampa Valley Medical Center