Area Code for Phone Numbers is (719)

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services
www.penrosestfrancis.org

Langstaff-Brown Urgent Care Center
41 State Hwy. 67
Woodland Park 80863
719-686-0551

Penrose Community Hospital
3205 W. Academy Blvd.
Colorado Springs 80917
719-776-5000

Penrose Hospital
2222 N. Nevada Ave.
Colorado Springs 80907
719-776-5000

St. Francis Health Center
825 E. Pikes Peak Ave.
Colorado Springs 80903
719-776-5000

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services is southern Colorado’s largest and most comprehensive health care system. It is comprised of Penrose Hospital, Penrose Community Hospital, St. Francis Health Center and Langstaff-Brown Urgent Care Center. Major facilities include the Penrose Heart Center, the Penrose Cancer Center and the Birth Center at Penrose Community Hospital. Penrose-St. Francis is a member of Centura Health, a statewide healthcare system sponsored jointly by Catholic Health Initiatives and Porter Care Adventist System.

Founded in 1890 as the Glockner Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Penrose Hospital provides secondary and tertiary medical-surgical services, emphasizing elective and outpatient care. Located at 2222 N. Nevada Avenue, Penrose Hospital is the anchor of Penrose-St. Francis Health Services. With 300 beds, Penrose Hospital has grown to be a major health treatment and referral center, specializing in cancer care, cardiac care, emergency trauma care and
rehabilitation.

Historically the first hospital in Colorado Springs, St. Francis Health Center’s primary emphasis is on outpatient surgery and behavioral health services, providing inpatient and outpatient treatment to those suffering from psychiatric and/or chemical dependency problems.

Established in 1975, the 88-bed Penrose Community specializes in maternal child-care, short stay and outpatient medical-surgical services. This family-centered hospital features a modern birth center and level II neonatal
intensive care unit, a pediatric unit, a 24-hour emergency department, an after hours care service for treatment of minor medical illnesses and injuries, a new surgery center, a breast diagnosis center, and rehabilitation services.

In 2008, the system will be joined by St. Francis Medical Center, a full-service, 350,000 square-foot facility located on the northeast side of Colorado Springs. It will include a new birth center, emergency services, and a hangar to house our Flight for Life Colorado helicopter.

While Penrose-St. Francis offers a full complement of emergency, medical and surgical services, several programs and clinical specialties truly distinguish the system. The Penrose Cancer Center brings leading edge, compassionate cancer care to the people of southern Colorado. Penrose’s acclaimed Heart Center consistently achieves outcomes that exceed national benchmarks. St. Francis Health Center excels in outpatient surgery and behavioral health services. Penrose's EAP Corporate Health Services helps businesses retain healthy and productive employees. The Penrose-St. Francis Center for Bariatric Surgery, located at Penrose Hospital was named an American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence in 2005.

The Penrose-St. Francis Ask-A-Nurse offers free health information and physician referrals, (800) 327-6877 or (719) 776-5555 locally. With 2,900 associates, 670 affiliated physicians and 523 licensed beds, Penrose-St. Francis stands ready to meet your medical and emergency needs. For more information about the Penrose-St. Francis Health System visit online at www.penrosestfrancis.org. To talk to a Penrose-St. Francis nurse anytime, call Ask-A-Nurse at 776-5555.