| Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital | |
| Org/Group: | Intermountain Health |
| Location: | 12911 W 40th Ave |
| Region: | Wheat Ridge |
| State: | Colorado |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | General |
| Emergency: | II |
| Beds: | 226[1] |
| Founded: | 1905 |
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital is a hospital in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
On May 6, 1903, members of St. John's Lutheran Church in Denver met to begin planning a TB sanitarium for the region.[2] In 1905, the Evangelical Lutheran Sanitarium, a tent colony for tuberculosis patients, opened in Wheat Ridge, a few miles west of Denver's city limits. As the demand for tuberculosis treatment waned, the facility moved toward serving Jefferson County as a general medical facility. Lutheran Hospital opened in 1961 and grew along with the county, expanding significantly in 1964 and 1968. The 1970s brought a name change to Lutheran Medical Center, a six floor tower addition in 1973, and expansion of the Critical Care Unit in 1985.[3]
In 1997, Lutheran Medical Center, Saint Joseph Hospital and the Primera Healthcare physician group integrated to form Exempla Healthcare.[4]
In 2010, a new 12 room operating suite, an 18-bed recovery room and a 24-bed pre-surgery area opened in the five-story North Pavilion addition, as part of a five-year building project that added 295,000 square feet to the campus.
A new Lutheran Medical Center is being built off the I-70 corridor of Clear Creek [5]
On August 3, 2024, the new Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital opened with the transporting of patients from the old to the new location.[6]