Exempla Healthcare is a not-for-profit community-based organization sponsored by the LMC Community Foundation and the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System. We number over 8500 employees, volunteers, and affiliated physicians and operate primarily through our three main facilities:
Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital
Located in midtown Denver, Colorado, Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital is a renowned teaching hospital, the first of its kind in Denver that is dedicated to providing excellent care, especially to the underserved. For the past five years, the hospital has treated more patients than any other acute-care facility in metropolitan Denver in a wide range of areas, including cardiology and open-heart surgery.
We also treat more patients locally in such areas as gastroenterology, general surgery, neonatology, obstetrics, nephrology, orthopedic, pulmonary and rheumatology. Additionally, we deliver more babies than any other hospital in Colorado. Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital has 565 licensed beds and cares for 21,000 inpatients yearly, while outpatient visits approach 125,000.
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
Since 1905, Exempla Lutheran Medical Center has been advancing the art of healing and the science of medicine throughout metro Denver. Today, the 400-bed, community-based hospital offers a comprehensive spectrum of specialized care, from birth to end-of-life. In 2007, Lutheran treated and cared for more than 18,000 patients, nearly 3,000 babies and 70,000 others in Lutheran’s “most preferred” emergency room.
Every patient can be assured of receiving the highest standard of care. Lutheran’s national accreditations include Level III Trauma, Level III Neonatal, Chest Pain Centers of America, and is the region’s only Sleep Disorders Center. The hospital’s 2,500 employees, 800 physicians and nearly 700 volunteers have helped Lutheran earn numerous recognitions, including being named one of the nation’s Top 100 Hospitals seven times.
Lutheran also provides pediatric urgent care through a partnership with The Children’s Hospital; top musculoskeletal services through its Human Motion Institute; superb mental health services at West Pines Behavioral Health Center; and compassionate senior services at Colorado Lutheran Home. Lutheran’s legacy of trusted care continued with the openings of Collier Hospice Center and Lutheran Surgery Center in 2006, and Exempla Lutheran Medical Center – Southwest, a medical office building complete with urgent care and medical imaging, which opened in the summer of 2007. The hospital is deeply committed to the community, as shown through its partnership with Spirit of Women and its support of Metro Community Provider Network’s Estes Street Clinic and Young AmeriTowne.
Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center
Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center opened in December 2004 on an 80-acre site in the community of Lafayette near Denver. Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center is a 202-bed facility, and features spacious patient rooms, state-of-the-art equipment, and units designed for efficient function.
The $175-million, four-story building houses a wide range of multi-specialty entities, including Surgical Services, Emergency Department with Urgent Care, Labor and Delivery, Level II Neonatal Care Unit, Cardiovascular Services, Adult Intensive Care Unit, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, and Comprehensive Radiology Services.
The medical campus is also host to two medical office buildings, The Kaiser Permanente Rock Creek Medical Offices and the Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center Community Physicians Pavilion.
Lafayette, a short drive from Denver and Boulder, has modern neighborhoods, easy access to fine restaurants and shopping centers, virtually limitless outdoor recreation and, of course, with the Rocky Mountains nearby-- the breathtaking vistas that only Colorado can provide. The Exempla Good Samaritan campus offers excellent mountain and garden views, walking trails, a healing garden, tranquil waterways and more, all to fashion an environment of healing.
Exempla Physician Network
Our network of clinics provide primary care, family practice, occupational medicine and rehabilitation services, and specialty care to the community – some for more than 20 years.
We provide for our patient base from seven primary care clinics, one urgent care clinic, eight occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics, and nine specialty clinics.
National Recognition
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center has been named seven times as one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® by Solucient®, the nation's leading source of healthcare information products. The award recognizes hospitals that have achieved excellence in quality of care, operational efficiency, financial performance, and adaptation to the environment. Solucient also recognized Exempla Lutheran Medical Center in a separate study for outstanding orthopedic care.
In 2006, Exempla Lutheran Medical Center received Sleep Center Accreditation by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, making it one of only two sleep centers in the Denver area to receive such designation. Exempla Lutheran also received the Carescience Select Practice National Quality Leader Award in Ischemic Stroke in 2006.
Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital has been named in four categories as one of "America's Best Hospitals" according to US News & World Report. Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital was also named a top hospital by Solucient in its 1999 study “Orthopedic Benchmarks for Success,” in its 2000 study “ICU Benchmarks for Success,” and in 2002 for Cardiac Care.
Exempla Lutheran and Exempla Saint Joseph each received VHA Leadership Awards for Clinical Excellence in 2007, while the system was honored by VHA for Supply Chain Improvement.
Exempla Saint Joseph was named 2007 “Internship Worksite of the Year” by the Center for Work Education and Employment for the Exempla Saint Joseph program that helps single parents move from welfare to work.
Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center was recognized by Avatar International, a leader in healthcare research and consulting, for “Exemplary Service – Overall Best Performer 2006,” based on overall healthcare service quality scores for combined patient types of Inpatient, Outpatient, Ambulatory Surgery, and Emergency Service.
Exempla Good Samaritan also received recognition in 2006 as the first Colorado hospital – and one of only 55 hospitals in the country - to be awarded “Baby Friendly” designation by WHO and UNICEF.
In 2006, all three hospitals received accreditation as chest pain centers by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. | 
