Centura Health Corporation

Programs: Through a joint operating agreement between catholic health initiatives and adventist health system sunbelt healthcare corp (adventist health system), centura health corporation (chc) provides management services to 16 acute hospital campuses, along with numerous physician practices and clinics. Chc also provides management services to home care, residential, assisted living, long-term and hospice services. Chc was created to establish an integrated health delivery system across colorado and western kansas. The facilities operated by chc are primarily sponsored by adventist health system and catholic health initiatives, both of which are religious, nonprofit health systems. In addition to many other functions, chc has created a common information technology platform that allows greater efficiencies and sharing of information across chc facilities. This results in an improvement in health care delivery regardless of whether the patient is in a rural or urban area served by centura facilities. Chc provides direct benefit to the community through various initiatives. From access for the uninsured, to community classes and education, centura health corporation works diligently to coordinate and facilitate the community benefit activities of itsfacilities and entities. We are passionately responding to the ongoing needs of struggling families to build strong and healthy communities. Some examples of the services we provide include the following: our ask-a-nurse call center, a free community service for all coloradoans with a direct link to experienced nurses providing hands-on care, including class scheduling and symptom checker; our two health sets (service, empowerment, transformation) in colorado springs and denver working to increase access to services for the uninsured and underinsured; and our pastoral nurse program helping to meet the needs of our community's homeless. Through a multitude of education programs, preventive care and safety initiatives, health advocacy, counseling and support groups, the facilities and entities that form the centura health corporation family are more committed than ever before to making our world a better place. The cost savings realized by this coordinated community benefit model enables centura facilities and entities to dedicate additional resources to provide high-quality health care and community outreach services to the most vulnerable members of society.