North Colorado Medical Center’s roots go as far back as 1904 when Greeley Hospital was opened. Over the years, Greeley changed into Weld County and that became North Colorado Medical Center.
The hospital completed a major expansion in 2005, bringing the number of hospital beds to 398. North Colorado serves as the primary full-service hospital for northern and eastern Colorado, southern Wyoming, western Nebraska and Kansas. North Colorado also has community care clinics in Ault, Eaton, Fort Lupton, Greeley, Johnstown and Windsor.
North Colorado Medical Center professionals are nationally recognized for excellence in many programs such as burn and trauma care and also offer exceptional care for hyperbaric medicine. Its cardiac program was recently recognized as being in the Top 100 in the country. Additionally, the medical center is home to the highest-rated cancer care program in northern Colorado.
North Colorado Medical Center also offers state-of-the art technology such as iCare, a telehealth program that offers extra monitoring of patients in intensive-care units. The hospital also offers robotic surgery which can lead to shorter recovery times for surgical patients. In addition, North Colorado also has a computerized system designed to reduce the chances of complications during labor and delivery.
North Colorado Medical Center and Banner Health—Greeley employs 2900 people and has 220 active staff physicians. There are also approximately 400 volunteers who generously donate their time to the hospital.