For Media
The McKee Medical Center Public Relations staff is responsible for building relationships with community and media organizations to provide information about medical services and events. We recognize that media is an important communication link, but understand the need to protect patient privacy.
Media Requests for Interviews or Photographs
Members of the media interested in conducting interviews or taking photographs of staff, patients, or patients' families must request permission from the McKee Public Relations staff. This includes visits to McKee Medical Center for live stand-ups and other external shots for video or still photography on the campus. This includes media inquiries for Banner Medical Clinics and Big Thompson Medical Group.
For more information, please contact:
Paul Matthews
Public Relations Director
(970) 593-6073
(970) 988-5161 (cell)
email Paul Matthews
Sara Quale
Public Relations Specialist
(970) 635-4031
email Sara Quale
Lisa Bohlmann
Public Relations Specialist
(970) 635-4032
email Lisa Bohlmann
Weekends or Holidays
After 5 p.m. and on weekends or holidays, media should call the Public Relations pager at (970) 392-3803. A staff member is on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Release of Patient Information
The Public Relations staff processes patient update requests from media with the utmost regard for a patient's right to confidentiality guaranteed by the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the dissemination of consistent, accurate information. Information released to the media will be to the extent permitted by federal and state laws.
Information about the condition of an inpatient, outpatient, or emergency department patient may be released only if the inquiry specifically contains the patient's name.
A patient's or employee's individual wishes for privacy or to participate in media coverage are foremost in this policy. A patient, or the person authorized to give consent, can opt out of providing information altogether.
For more details regarding our policy on providing patient information or other hospital related requests, please contact us.
Patient Condition Classifications
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More Information
Visit our Banner Health news center for content specifically created to help media agencies and reporters such as corporate information, system news, photos, and additional contacts.
