A unanimous City Council voted Tuesday to enter into exclusive negotiations with the University of Colorado Hospital and Poudre Valley Health System to operate Memorial. The decision is arguably the most significant milestone yet in a 2-year process to determine Memorial’s future. The plan has so far garnered widespread political support and provides a level of clarity for a [...]

The Colorado Springs City Council is expected to make a decision today regarding leasing Memorial to the University of Colorado Hospital. To view the live blog, Click Here There are a number of items on the agenda ahead of Memorial, so an exact time is hard to nail down. Specifically, the City Council is expected [...]

On Monday, a task force will present its recommendation to lease Memorial Health System to the University of Colorado Hospital to City Council. This is an informal Council meeting, so the Council will not vote on the recommendation. A vote could either come at its formal meeting the next day, or later this month. The [...]

For the parent of a critically ill or injured child, leaving the bedside to go Christmas shopping isn’t exactly an option. That’s why Memorial Hospital for Children brings the shopping to them. Memorial has created a store – quite literally – on its pediatric floor. Parents can pick out toys for their children, free of charge. The [...]

University of Colorado Hospital’s proposal to operate Memorial is on its way to City Council after a unanimous recommendation by a city task force on Monday. If approved by Council, it will then go to Colorado Springs voters sometime in 2012. We’ve attempted to highlight some of the key aspects of the proposal

University of Colorado Hospital’s proposal to operate Memorial was unanimously chosen on Friday by advisory members of a city task force, but the voting members of the task force are expected to cast their votes on Monday at an 8 a.m. meeting at City Hall. To view the live blog,  Click Here Their decision will mark a major [...]

A city task force may decide as early as Friday if Memorial should become an independent nonprofit organization or be operated by a larger nonprofit or for-profit health system. The task force meeting will be from 8 a.m. to noon at City Hall (corner of Nevada and Kiowa). To view the live blog, click here. The task force, which is composed of health [...]

Last week, in front of a standing-room only crowd, Memorial CEO Dr. Larry McEvoy gave a presentation to the community. He spoke about why Memorial Health System should become an independent nonprofit rather than be outsourced to another health system. A city task force is weighing this very question, and a decision could come as [...]

Bids from Memorial, University of Colorado, and Centura are expected to be analyzed and discussed by a city task force meeting Wednesday. The meeting comes as the task force tries to reach a consensus on which health system would best operate Memorial in the future. The meeting is from 8 a.m. to noon at City Hall (corner of [...]

A task force evaluating Memorial’s future has given the University of Colorado Hospital the highest marks in an initial scoring of bids to operate Memorial. Memorial’s own proposal to become an independent nonprofit was ranked second. The initial aggregate scores, submitted by the four City Council members who sit on the task force, are