Grand Junction Medical Community

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Grand Junction, located in Mesa County, Colorado is Western Colorado’s and Eastern Utah’s medical hub. The medical community includes Community Hospital, St. Mary's Medical Center, Mesa County Physicians IPA, Inc., Mesa County Medical Society Alliance, Family Health West, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Rocky Mountain Health Plans, and Primary Care Partners, as well as, several Home Care Agencies

Additionally, human services organizations such as Mesa County Department of Human Services and Hilltop Community Resources, Inc. are here to assist community residents and help to improve quality of life.

Let’s take a closer look…

Community Hospital
Medical Society Alliance
St. Mary's Hospital
Rocky Mountain Health Plans
Primary Care Partners
Family Health West
Veterans Administration Hospital

Community Hospital

Community Hospital

Community Hospital, a non-profit organization is a full-service, acute-care hospital licensed for 78 beds. As part of the Colorado West Health care System, they offer full outpatient diagnostic services and inpatient care for the Western Slope region of Colorado, and for Eastern Utah. Community Hospital brings together expert staff and world-class technology in a healing.
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St. Mary's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

St. Mary's Hospital, a not-for-profit organization, was founded in 1896 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. Approximately 2,000 staff and 300 active physicians, representing more than 40 specialties, provide the high-level and compassionate care. Approximately 700 volunteers support the staff, donating more than 150,000 hours of service each year.
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Medical Society Alliance

The guiding purpose of the Colorado Medical Society (CMS) above all is their role as physician and patient advocates. At CMS, physicians and patients alike can find an interested listener to their concerns about Colorado health care. Via CMS Online, physicians and patients have a way to communicate concerns and achieve a two-way dialogue.
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Rocky Mountain Health Plans

Rocky Mountain Health Plans (RMHP) is an independent, not-for-profit health benefits provider that has served the health care needs of Coloradans for more than 30 years. Providing innovative health plans, and excellent customer service to individuals of all ages and businesses of all sizes.
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Primary Care Partners

Primary Care Partners, P.C. offer its patients a true medical home as part of a wide range of medical services to area residents of Grand Junction, Colorado. Having a medical home means patients can look to their physician to help them navigate a very complex medical world when they are in need of medical care. It reduces confusion, and more importantly, provides them with support and reassurance.

Included in the partnership are two family physician groups, a pediatrics group, a diagnostic laboratory, occupational health services, nutritional services and diabetic education, and an after-hours urgent care service.

A recently-implemented electronic health records system further contributes to our mission of delivering cost-effective, quality care. Other businesses at Primary Care Partner’s Fairmount Health Park location help round out the choice of medical services available here for patient convenience. They include behavioral counseling, eye care, physical therapy, a skin care clinic, in-home pain management, and a surgical group.
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Family Health West

Family Health West, located in Fruita, Colorado, has remained on the leading edge of rural health care service delivery for over 60 years. The 20-bed hospital was a result of a community effort in the mid 1940s to provide health care for residents of rural Mesa County in Western Colorado. Today, Family Health West has over 350 employees serving over 245 patients. As a nonprofit provider, 80% of the clientele are predominately low-income, Medicaid or Medicare patients. Being the area's premier provider of Alzheimer's and elder care since the mid-1980s, the goal is to continue to develop and provide state-of-the-art programs for our patients resulting in a higher quality of life.
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Veterans Administration Hospital

Located in the beautiful Grand Valley of the Western Slope, the Grand Junction VAMC serves a veteran population of 37,000 residing in western Colorado and southeastern Utah.

The VAMC provides primary and secondary care including acute medical, surgical and psychiatric inpatient services as well as a full range of outpatient services. Specialized programs include a Mental Health Care Center, same day surgery, observation beds, mobile MRI imaging. Patients requiring tertiary care are referred to the Salt Lake City VA Health Care System, Utah or the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System at Denver, Colorado. When necessary and appropriate, care is provided locally on a contract or a fee-for-services basis. Through local agreements, the VAMC obtains radiation therapy and other specialized procedures. Scarce medical specialty agreements with community specialists make it possible to offer patients urology, orthopedics, neurology, ENT, ophthalmology and podiatry services. In 1999 the VAMC opened a community based outpatient clinic in Montrose, Colorado, located 65 miles southeast of Grand Junction. The clinic serves a surrounding five county area and provides basic preventive, primary medical and mental health care. In 2007, the VAMC opened a Telehealth outreach clinic in Craig, Colorado, serving northwest Colorado veterans. In 1999, the VAMC was the recipient of the prestigious Robert W. Carey Quality Award and in 2001, earned the Presidential Award for Quality.
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