New Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge opens in August [Video]

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — After 64 years at its current location, Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge will officially move into a brand new building in August. The new Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital will incorporate new technology and designs to better serve patients.

Lutheran Hospital President Andrea Burch said, while the new facility is smaller than the old one, it’s more efficient.

“What you’ll see is that our nurses’ stations are centralized to where the patients are, they’re not going to be located far away or down distant hallways,” Burch explained.

Burch said hundreds of of front-line caregivers and providers were involved in the building design and layout.

Plans for the new hospital began in 2014, as leaders realized the old Lutheran location would need an extensive renovation to keep up with new technology and community needs. The hospital’s ownership — SCL at the time — was able to purchase …