Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital. Founded in 1889 to care for men employed in the mining industry, Aspen Valley Hospital became the first Colorado hospital to affiliate with the Mayo Clinic Care Network in 2013. AVH is one of four Colorado hospitals to receive a five-star rating from CMS and it earned recognition as a Top 20 Critical Access Hospital in Financial Stability from the National Rural Health Association in 2015. At the 2016 HealthCare Service Excellence Conference, AVH garnered 18 awards, including eight Breakthrough Awards for improvements in overall patient satisfaction as well as the Summit Award for being a "hospital of choice." Healthgrades awarded AVH its Outstanding Patient Experience Award in 2016.
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