{"id":2388,"date":"2026-04-14T19:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T02:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.vail.fortyapp.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:30:55","slug":"acerca-de","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.vail.fortyapp.com\/es\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Vail Health Community Health Care System"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vail Health is a nonprofit community health care system serving patients and guests from around the world. Locally operated and governed by a volunteer board of directors<\/a>, Vail Health includes a 56-bed hospital, accredited by the Joint Commission. Our 24\/7 emergency department in Vail<\/a> is a Level III Trauma Center with an onsite helipad for necessary medical transports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vail Health provides a wide array of services and access points including Colorado Mountain Medical<\/a>, Centro M\u00e9dico Beaver Creek<\/a>, urgent care clinics<\/a> in Vail, Dillon, Avon and Eagle, Edwards medical campus<\/a>, Centro de Salud Eagle<\/a> and a multispecialty clinic in Frisco<\/a>. Howard Head Medicina Deportiva<\/a> offers physical therapy services at 10 locations and works closely with our internationally renowned orthopaedic partners at La Cl\u00ednica Steadman<\/a> and Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery<\/a>. In addition, Vail Health’s Centro de C\u00e1ncer Shaw<\/a> and Sonnenalp Breast Center<\/a> are the region\u2019s only fully accredited cancer treatment center and comprehensive breast center.  Vail Health is also leading the way in serving our communities’ behavioral health<\/a> needs with outpatient behavioral health services at the Campus de Salud Comunitaria Edwards<\/a>, and the Precourt Healing Center, a 28-bed in-patient behavioral health facility, opening in 2025.

The Vail Clinic, which was founded in 1965, officially became \u201cVail Valley Medical Center\u201d in 1980, its first year as a full-service hospital. At that time, we had one primary location and 25 physicians. Today, Vail Health includes the hospital in Vail as well as affiliated service locations throughout Eagle and Summit counties, over 1,800 employees<\/a>, 460 credentialed physicians, and around 90 volunteers.

Vail Health is an equal-opportunity employer. The hospital is handicap accessible and adheres to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Our health care system properties are officially smoke-free and tobacco-free. That means smoking cigarettes, e-cigarettes and vaping are prohibited in all areas of our campuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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