| Parker has the benefit
of two new hospitals located in our area. Parker Adventist
Hospital and Sky Ridge Medical Center greatly expand the
nearby services available to our community.
Parker Adventist Hospital
The first, Parker
Adventist Hospital, was built by Centura Health. This
impressive $100 million hospital encompasses the best of
healthcare from around the world and sits on a 40-acre campus
at the southeast corner of South Parker Road and E-470 in
Parker. Featuring a Level III trauma center, full-service
surgical suites, full diagnostic, imaging and cardiac services,
among other features, the hospital opened in February 2004.
Flexible intensive care units, corridor designs, bed arrangements
and other features help eliminate recent problems that many
metro Denver hospitals encounter having to divert patients
elsewhere.
Large, 240-square-foot patient rooms with mountain views
provide space for patients, their families and caregivers.
A therapeutic courtyard and outdoor dining overlooking a
pond provide a healing environment.
Some of the 250 to 300 employees initially hired by Centura
Health were cross-trained to operate in a more flexible
environment where patients won't have to be moved from one
location to another.
The hospital will have an adjoining 80,000-square-foot medical
office building. Parker Adventist will easily expand to
200 beds in a second phase. Hospital officials envision
417 beds in four or five decades as they plan to provide
healthcare services for Parker, Aurora, Elizabeth, Franktown,
Castle Rock, and other communities southeast of Denver.
Sky Ridge Medical Center
HealthONE has built a $147 million, seven-story hospital
on 42.5 acres on the southwest corner of I-25 and Lincoln
Avenue, just west of Parker. Sky
Ridge Medical Center provides much-needed services in
the fastest growing county in the state.
The upscale full-service hospital houses full-range surgical
suites, obstetrical services and a Level II nursery, a cancer
center, and a Level III ER/Trauma Department with a helipad.
Initially housing 106 beds, the hospital will be capable
of eventually expanding to 335 beds.
Centennial Medical Plaza
Expansion of HealthONE's Centennial
Medical Plaza, located on the southwest corner of Arapahoe
Road and Jordan Road, added to the number of emergency room
and short-term stays beds and expanded the radiology and
laboratory services available to members of the Parker community.
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