During his second deployment to iraq in 2007, Tim Johannsen lost both legs: below the knee on his right leg, and above the knee on his left leg. Once doctors moved him out of his hospital bed, he and his wife lived in a rehab... Read More
Pink Vail has raised over $880,000 for patient care and survivorship programs at Shaw Cancer Center. This year’s theme, “Every Cancer Every Color,” was a reminder that all Shaw Cancer Center patients—whether... Read More
This article was printed in the Vail Daily on February 23, 2019. VAIL — Hitting bottom is usually a bad thing, unless you then start to build a large structure at the Vail Health Hospital. To build the east wing of the... Read More
Regular aerobic and muscle-strengthening exercise is an indispensable part of a healthy life — we all know it, whether we’ve heard it from our health care provider or read it in an article like this one. In fact, the American... Read More
This article was printed in the Vail Daily on February 18, 2019. EDWARDS — Vail Health spent more than $14 million to buy a pair of commercial buildings where it plans to make some of its vision a reality. The local... Read More
VAIL, CO —Vail Health has always welcomed nursing school graduates, many of whom have become some of the most skilled and longstanding nurses on staff. Now, a new program called Transition to Practice is being implemented across... Read More
VAIL, CO—Vail Health was recently ranked in the top 3% of 4,797 hospitals in orthopaedics and the top 16% of 2,778 hospitals in obstetrics, earning the health care system the Women’s Choice 2019 Orthopaedics Award and 2019... Read More
This article was printed in the Vail Daily on January 12, 2019. VAIL — Will Cook, the new CEO of Vail Health, still needs a guide to get around the hospital’s internal mazes. But he’s already learned one lesson:... Read More
Originally published in Vail Health Magazine 2018. Howard Head Sports Medicine’s Doug Emerson and Jesse Horton prove some common myths are just plain silly. Have you heard that morning is the best time of day to work out?... Read More
Eagle, CO – Eagle County Schools recently announced that it has received a donation from Vail Health in the amount of $45,000 in support of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) courses at Eagle Valley High School,... Read More