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AdventHealth Parker
AdventHealth
Parker Adventist Hospital in 2015, before rebranding in 2023 to AdventHealth Parker
Map
Geography
Location9395 Crown Crest Boulevard, Parker, Colorado, United States
Coordinates39°32′53″N 104°46′15″W / 39.54813°N 104.77084°W / 39.54813; -104.77084
Organization
Private hospital
TypeGeneral hospital
Religious affiliation
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Services
StandardsJoint Commission[1]
Level II trauma center
Beds179[2]
Helipads
HelipadAeronautical chart and airport information for CD31 at SkyVector
History
Former name
Parker Adventist Hospital
OpenedFebruary 3, 2004; 22 years ago (2004-02-03)
Links
Websitewww.adventhealth.com/hospital/adventhealth-parker
ListsHospitals in Colorado

Portercare Adventist Health System (doing business as AdventHealth Parker)[3] is a non-profit hospital campus in Parker, Colorado, United States owned by AdventHealth. The medical facility is a tertiary that has multiple specialties.[1] It is designated a Level II trauma center by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.[4][5]

History

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2001-2011

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In September 2001, Centura Health purchased 40 acres (16 ha) for $12 million by E-470 and Colorado State Highway 83 for a new hospital.[6][7][8]

Centura Health hired HKS, Inc. to design the hospital;[6] and GE Johnson Construction Company from Colorado Springs, Colorado and Kitchell Construction from Phoenix, Arizona to build it.[9]

Construction for Parker Adventist Hospital began in the summer of 2002.[8] On March 5, 2003, there was a topping out of Parker Adventist Hospital.[10]

On February 3, 2004, Parker Adventist Hospital opened with 58 beds, the 210,000 square foot (20,000 m2) hospital was built for $108 million. It also included an attached 80,000 square foot (7,400 m2) medical office building.[11] It became the second hospital in Douglas County, the first was Sky Ridge Medical Center.[12][13]

In February 2005, the hospital began expanding onto the second floor that was shelled space for $7.5 million. It will have one operating theatre, thirty-five beds and a unit named the Chest Pain Center.[14] In late November, the second floor at the hospital opened.[15] In January 2009, GE Johnson Construction Company began a two phase expansion and renovation project at Parker Adventist Hospital for $76 million, to increasing the size of the hospital from 210,000 square foot (20,000 m2) to 340,000 square foot (32,000 m2).[16][17][18] The first phase would be adding five operating theatres, ten birth rooms; and more space for a post-anesthesia care unit, pre-operation area and sterile processing department.[16][18] The second phase would be adding a three-story inpatient tower with sixty beds, an intensive care unit, a sleep center and more parking. The expansion was to be finished in 2011, increasing the number of beds for the hospital from 100 to 160.[16][17][18]

2017-present

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In late 2017, the Colorado Senate passed a law requiring all hospitals to have their chargemaster on its website by January 1, 2018.[19][20][21] The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services also required all hospitals to do the same by January 1, 2021.[22] In early August 2022, Parker Adventist Hospital still had refused to comply.[23] To force hospitals to comply the Colorado House of Representatives and Colorado Senate both passed laws forbidding hospitals from collecting debt by reporting patients to collection agencies.[24][25]

In late January 2020, Vertix Builders began construction of a four-story, 86,000 square foot (8,000 m2) medical office building.[26][27] In late May 2021, the Peak Medical Office Building was completed for $25 million.[28] On February 14, 2023, Centura Health announced that it would split up.[29][30] On August 1, Centura Health split up with Parker Adventist Hospital rebranding to AdventHealth Parker.[31][32][33] By early February 2024, the hospital had 530,000 patients visit the emergency department, it delivered 32,000 babies, and performed 125,000 surgeries.[4]

On January 7, 2025, there was a groundbreaking for a 186,000 square foot (17,300 m2) seven story tower on the hospitals southside for $300 million.[2][34][35] AdventHealth Parker had hired Boulder Associates and SmithGroup to design the tower; and DPR Construction to build it.[5] In February, construction was to begin on the tower.[36][37] It will have four operating theatres, with two shelled rooms, sixteen pre-and post-operative rooms, sixty hospital beds, two cardiac catheterization labs, two interventional radiology labs and a sterile processing department.[34][35][38] The fifth, sixth and seventh floors will be shelled space and will later become patient floors.[34][36][38] Once the tower is complete at AdventHealth Parker it will be adding 100 jobs to the 1,100 that it already has.[35][38]

In early February 2025, nurses at the hospital received training to recognize and support victims of human trafficking, from the Castle Rock, Colorado non-profit organization From Silenced to Saved.[39][40] In early May 2026, AdventHealth Parker purchased 44 acres (18 ha) adjacent to its campus for $16.5 million from Bowey Family Partnership LLLP.[41][42][43]

Fentanyl theft

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On June 25, 2019, nurse Jessica Sharman plead guilty in United States District Court for the District of Colorado for stealing fentanyl from the intensive care unit at the hospital.[44][45][46] On November 13, she was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.[47][48]

Services

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In March 2019, the hospital became the first medical facility to use a facial recognition system, to reduce mistakes while treating patients with cancer.[49][50]

Partnership

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Before the hospital opened it signed a partnership with Children's Hospital Colorado to have it treat pediatrics in a leased attached space.[51][52] From early April 2023 to early September 2024, Children's Hospital Colorado leased the third floor of the Sierra Medical Office Building for an urgent care center.[53][54]

Awards and recognitions

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AdventHealth Parker received from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a five-star rating from 2020 to 2021,[55][56] and again from 2023 to 2024.[57][58]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "AdventHealth Parker". American Hospital Directory. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Brambila, Nicole (January 8, 2025). "AdventHealth Parker announces plan for $300M expansion|HEALTHBITES". The Denver Gazette. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  3. ^ "Portercare Adventist Health System Dba AdventHealth Parker". ProPublica. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  4. ^ a b Lena, Haley (February 8, 2024). "AdventHealth Parker Hospital celebrates 20 years of service". Parker Chronicle. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Construction begins on-storey bed tower at AdventHealth Parker Hospital". World Construction Network. January 22, 2025. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  6. ^ a b Rebchook, John (September 11, 2001). "Centura Health Finalizes Hospital Land Deal". GlobeSt.com. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  7. ^ McManus, Christine (September 19, 2001). "Centura inks deal for land in Parker". Colorado Community Media. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  8. ^ a b Simonson, Jennifer (January 2, 2002). "Parker lands a hospital in 2001". Colorado Community Media. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  9. ^ Simonson, Jennifer (February 27, 2002). "2 firms to build Centura Health hospital in Parker". Colorado Community Media. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  10. ^ Rebchook, John (March 5, 2003). "Parker Adventist Hospital Topped Out". GlobeSt.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  11. ^ Peitzman, Don (January 22, 2004). "Parker Adventist to offer variety of amenities". Colorado Community Media. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  12. ^ "Big Day in Parker: New Hospital Opens". KUSA. February 4, 2004. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  13. ^ "Parker Adventist marks 15 years with donation to schools". Colorado Community Media. February 5, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  14. ^ Michlewicz, Chris (March 17, 2005). "Parker Adventist expands after 1 year". Colorado Community Media. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  15. ^ "New critical care wing opens". Colorado Community Media. November 22, 2005. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  16. ^ a b c Castellanos, Sara (June 17, 2009). "Parker hospital plans for growth". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  17. ^ a b "Parker Adventist Hospital launches $76M expansion". Denver Business Journal. June 17, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  18. ^ a b c "$76 million expansion". Colorado Community Media. June 24, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  19. ^ Sealover, Ed (December 29, 2017). "Colorado hospitals must begin posting prices for most common procedures on Jan. 1". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  20. ^ Masterson, Les (January 3, 2018). "Colorado law requires hospitals post prices for common procedures". Healthcare Dive. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  21. ^ Morse, Susan (January 5, 2018). "Colorado signs law mandating that hospitals post self-pay prices". Healthcare Finance. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  22. ^ Younts, JoAnna; Gorelik, Konstantin (October 14, 2022). "Price transparency data provides new visibility into real rates paid to providers". Healthcare Dive. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  23. ^ Low, Rob (August 9, 2022). "Study: 31 Colorado hospitals not complying with price transparency law". KDVR. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  24. ^ Lee, Alina (August 7, 2022). "Price transparency laws enforced for Colorado hospitals". KXRM-TV. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  25. ^ Metzger, Hannah (April 19, 2023). "Colorado Senate OKs enforcing price transparency for hospitals". Colorado Politics. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  26. ^ Puckett, Nick (December 24, 2019). "Parker to break ground on four-story building". Parker Chronicle. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  27. ^ Oppermann, Kris (January 20, 2020). "Vertix Builders breaks ground on Parker medical office building, tops out WY surgery center". Colorado Real Estate Journal. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  28. ^ "Grand Opening: Peak MOB on Parker Adventist Medical Campus". Mile High CRE. May 20, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  29. ^ Smith, Logan (February 14, 2023). "Hospital network announces split". CBS Colorado. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  30. ^ Kacik, Alex (February 14, 2023). "CommonSpirit Health, AdventHealth break up Centura Health JV". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  31. ^ Gooch, Kelly (August 1, 2023). "AdventHealth renames hospitals as partnership with CommonSpirit ends". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  32. ^ Romano, Analisa (August 2, 2023). "AdventHealth, CommonSpirit Health rebrand with the end of Centura". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  33. ^ Muoio, Dave (August 4, 2023). "CommonSpirit Health, AdventHealth complete Centura Health breakup". FIERCE Healthcare. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  34. ^ a b c Romano, Analisa (January 8, 2025). "Hospital starts $300 million expansion project in Parker". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  35. ^ a b c Lena, Haley (January 15, 2025). "AdventHealth Parker hospital expands to keep up with town's growth". Parker Chronicle. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  36. ^ a b "AdventHealth Parker, Project Partners Break Ground on $300M Expansion". Medical Construction & Design. February 7, 2025. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  37. ^ Kuchno, Kristin (January 8, 2025). "AdventHealth Colorado hospital's $300M expansion". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  38. ^ a b c Lagasse, Jeff (January 17, 2025). "AdventHealth Parker plans $300 million expansion". Healthcare Finance. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  39. ^ Lena, Haley (February 6, 2025). "Emergency department nurses at AdventHealth Parker train to identify and support human trafficking victims". Parker Chronicle. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  40. ^ Chavez, Colton (February 7, 2025). "Nurses are being trained on how to identify and support victims of sex trafficking in Colorado". KUSA. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  41. ^ Tomtas, Justyna (May 8, 2026). "Healthcare giant expands Parker footprint with purchase of 44 acres". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
  42. ^ Morgan, Ethan (May 11, 2026). "AdventHealth Grabs 44 Acres Next Door To Parker Hospital In $16.5 Million Land Play". Hoodline. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
  43. ^ "Hospital adds massive land buy to $300M building expansion in Denver suburb". The Real Deal. May 12, 2026. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  44. ^ Garrison, Robert (June 25, 2019). "Former Parker Adventist nurse pleads guilty to stealing fentanyl, replacing drug with saline". Denver 7. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  45. ^ Ruble, Eric (June 25, 2019). "Former Parker Adventist nurse pleads guilty to stealing fentanyl from hospital". KDVR. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  46. ^ Mitchell, Kirk (June 25, 2019). "Nurse pleads guilty to stealing fentanyl from ICU patients". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  47. ^ Kesting, Amanda (November 13, 2019). "Former nurse sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for stealing Fentanyl from Parker hospital". KUSA. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  48. ^ Case, Angela (November 14, 2019). "Colorado nurse sentenced to federal prison for stealing fentanyl". KXRM-TV. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  49. ^ Posey, Kim (June 26, 2019). "Facial recognition technology used in cancer treatment at Parker Adventist Hospital". KDVR. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  50. ^ "Parker Adventist first in world with new oncology device". Colorado Community Media. July 2, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  51. ^ Simonson, Jennifer (February 19, 2003). "Parker Adventist, Children's ink deal on pediatric care". Colorado Community Media. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  52. ^ Michlewicz, Chris. "Children's Hospital goes full time at Parker Adventist". Colorado Community Media. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  53. ^ "Children's Hospital Colorado opens Pediatric Urgent Care in Parker". Colorado Community Media. April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  54. ^ Romano, Analisa (September 11, 2024). "Children's Hospital Colorado relocates Parker facility". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  55. ^ Vaidya, Anuja (January 29, 2020). "The 407 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS". Becker's Clinical Leadership. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  56. ^ Bean, Mackenzie; Masson, Gabrielle (April 29, 2021). "455 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS: 2021". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  57. ^ Hollowell, Ashleigh (July 26, 2023). "483 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  58. ^ Gregerson, Elizabeth; Twenter, Paige (July 31, 2024). "381 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved May 26, 2026.

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