Estes Park Health history

1981 Professional life support service staffed by EMTs and paramedics was established.

1984 Prospect Park Living Center (later Estes Park Health Living Center) a skilled nursing facility was established.

1986 The name was changed to Estes Park Medical Center to reflect expanded services.

1989 Hospice of the Estes Valley (now Estes Park Health Hospice Care) was established.

1990 The Emergency Department wing was added.

2000 The Radiology Department was expanded to include a portable CT scanner, individual ultrasound room, and a mammography room.

2005 Estes Park Medical Center celebrated its 30th anniversary.

2006 Bonds were sold and the building project started with a groundbreaking on April 3, 2006.

2007 The $25 million dollar bond created a new front wing, new surgical services department, new inpatient area, new birth center, new outpatient clinic, new lobby and front entrance, and more.

2008 The Park Hospital District Board of Directors voted to approve expansion of the emergency department.

2009 The emergency department underwent a major remodel and expansion to create nine rooms, including three new trauma bays and a triage room.

2010 EPMC’s first Picture Archival System (PACS) was installed in the radiology department.Barcoded medication methods began for optimal patient safety.

The great flood of September 2013 closed off Estes Park, washed away the two primary highways, shut down communications, and damaged the town infrastructure.

2016 The New Life Center became a designated Baby Friendly© Hospital.X-ray room #2 was completely rebuilt with new equipment.A town-wide communication outage gave the Town of Estes Park the motivation to create better fiber redundancy by moving forward with a town-owned broadband utility study.

2017 X-ray room #1 was completely refurbished with new components.Home Health/Hospice department moved to an iPad-based electronic health record system (Brightree) to greatly increase efficiency in documentation.The town voted to approve the project to study town-owned broadband as a utility.

2018 The Medical Center received its first accreditation from DNV-GL.Estes Park Medical Center became Estes Park Health to better reflect the continuum of care from the start-of-life to end-of-life.Estes Park Health performed a major pharmacy remodel/upgrade.

2019 The Epic Community Connect UCHealth-hosted electronic health record launched, combining hospital, emergency department, and ambulatory clinic medical records into a single patient chart.