SCL Health is a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that operates eight hospitals, four safety net clinics, one children’s mental health center and more than 190 ambulatory service centers in three states – Colorado, Kansas and Montana. The health system includes 15,000 full-time associates and more than 500 employed providers. Based in Denver, the $2.4 billion health network is dedicated to improving the health of the communities and individuals it serves, especially those who are poor and vulnerable. In 2013, SCL Health contributed more than $226 million in community benefit, including services for the poor, health screenings, educational programs, community donations and research.
SCL Health was founded by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCL), who trace their origin as a religious community to the 1600s in France, where Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac established the Daughters of Charity. These women were dedicated to serving the sick and poor through an active ministry. In 1857, a small congregation of sisters from Nashville, Tenn., led by Mother Xavier Ross, ventured to the edge of an expanding frontier in the then-Indian territory of Kansas. They opened the first private hospital in the state in 1864, with the first trained nurse in the state and surely the first woman in the Western territory to run a hospital. In 1873, the sisters founded what is now Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver, the oldest private teaching hospital in Colorado, and one of the four Colorado hospitals of SCL Health.
SCL Health was formed in 1972 to strengthen and unify the healthcare facilities sponsored by SCL. In 2011, the sisters transferred sponsorship of SCL Health to Leaven Ministries. The organization’s rich heritage and enduring legacy serve as the foundation for its health ministry today, and its mission, vision and values serve as the framework for its success.
Strong financial stewardship allows it to fulfill its mission by offering the latest in equipment and technology. An example of this is the implementation of an electronic health record that is transforming care delivery across our system. Financial strength also allows it to grow to meet the needs of its communities and to provide care for the poor and vulnerable where it serves.
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