AdventHealth Littleton
Hospital in Colorado, United States
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Portercare Adventist Health System doing business as AdventHealth Littleton,[3] is a non-profit hospital campus in Littleton, Colorado, Arapahoe County, United States. It became part of AdventHealth following a merger with PorterCare Adventist Health System in October 2001. The medical facility is a tertiary, comprehensive stroke center, and psychiatric hospital that has multiple specialties.[4][5] In April 2004, the hospital is designated a Level II trauma center by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment[6] and it later was also recognized by the American College of Surgeons in October 2005.[7]
| AdventHealth Littleton | |
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| AdventHealth | |
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 Littleton Adventist Hospital in 2018, before it rebranded in 2023 to AdventHealth Littleton | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 7700 South Broadway, Littleton, Colorado, United States |
| Coordinates | 39°34′45″N 104°59′7″W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private hospital |
| Type | General hospital |
| Religious affiliation | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
| Services | |
| Standards | Joint Commission[1] |
| Emergency department | Level II trauma center |
| Beds | 231[2] |
| Helipads | |
| Helipad | Aeronautical chart and airport information for CO16 at SkyVector |
| History | |
| Former name | Littleton Adventist Hospital |
| Opened | April 1989 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Colorado |
History
In April 1989, Littleton Adventist Hospital became the very first hospital in Littleton, Colorado when it opened with 82 beds.[2][8]
In 1996, Littleton Adventist Hospital became part of the joint venture Centura Health when it was founded by PorterCare Adventist Health System and Catholic Health Initiatives.[9][10]
In August 2001, construction began on a 130,000 square foot (12,000 m2) expansion for $40 million to add thirty-two beds, two operating theatres and an augment radiology department and to double the size of the emergency department.[11]
On October 1, 2001, PorterCare Adventist Health System merged with Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation after approval from the Federal Trade Commission.[12]
On December 6, 2004, Littleton Adventist Hospital announced that it would expand for $38 million, by adding three stories to its south tower. It would be adding twenty-four intensive care unit beds and thirty-two surgical beds, increasing the hospitals beds to 231. The expansion would be 85,100 square foot (7,910 m2) and have shell space for future expansion. Construction began in February 2005.[13][14]
In early November 2014, there was a groundbreaking for a oncology center on campus.[15] It is being built for Seavest Healthcare Properties, LLC.[16][17] In 2015, Little Adventist Hospital began a renovation and expansion project for $30 million. It renovated its lobby and its atrium. It also renovated and expanded its pre-operation and post-operation surgery rooms and interventional radiology.[18]
In late 2017, the Colorado Senate passed a law requiring all hospitals to have their chargemaster on its website by January 1, 2018.[19][20][21] The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services also required all hospitals to do the same by January 1, 2021.[22] In early August 2022, Littleton Adventist Hospital still had refused to comply.[23] To force hospitals to comply the Colorado House of Representatives and Colorado Senate both passed laws forbidding hospitals from collecting debt by reporting patients to collection agencies.[24][25]
By April 2019, the hospital had one million patients visit the emergency department, it delivered 50,000 babies, and performed 165,000 surgeries.[8]
On February 14, 2023, Centura Health announced that it would split up.[26][27] On August 1, Centura Health split up with Littleton Adventist Hospital rebranding to AdventHealth Littleton.[28][29][30]
In early September 2023, construction began on a three story, 97,700 square foot (9,080 m2), heart and vascular tower for $100 million.[31][32] It would add twenty-four bed coronary care unit, cardiac catheterization laboratories, cardiac diagnostic department, operating theatres, pre-and post-procedural rooms, two hybrid suites, electrophysiology and interventional cardiology suites.[33] Later the size of the tower was changed to 143,000 square foot (13,300 m2) and it opened for $150 million on August 27, 2025.[34][35]
On May 15, 2024, AdventHealth Littleton announced that employees had found thirty-one cremains from miscarriages, they were later buried at a local cemetery.[36][37]
