{"id":4627,"date":"2016-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/2016\/09\/13\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T11:26:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:26:07","slug":"groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking celebrates MHN expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>
\"A
A groundbreaking ceremony to expand Memorial Hospital North, which opened in 2007, is set for 10:30 a.m. Sept. 16.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After months of planning, UCHealth will break ground Sept. 16 at Memorial Hospital North to celebrate a major expansion and advancement of care for patients in northern Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n

In the coming weeks, contractors will begin construction on a four-story building that will add 130,000 square feet of space to the north campus, enhancing care for new mothers and babies and patients who have been diagnosed with cancer. The $85 million project is one of two construction projects underway on the campus \u2013 Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado is building a hospital on the campus. Both projects are scheduled to open in 2018 and the facilities will be linked by a three-level hallway.<\/p>\n

Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers; Memorial CEO George Hayes; Ret. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, Jr., chair of the Memorial Hospital Board of Directors; and Colorado Springs City Council President Merv Bennett will speak during the celebration at 10:30 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMemorial Hospital has been a leader in health care in the Pikes Peak region for more than 100 years, and this expansion ensures we will be able to continue to address current and future health needs of the community,\u201d Hayes said.\u00a0 \u201cAs the population is growing, so too is the demand for expert care in northern El Paso County and southern Douglas County. We are pleased to be able to offer residents access to advanced care, close to home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The construction helps Memorial Hospital North, which opened as a small community hospital in 2007, to continue growing into a full-service medical campus, offering acute care and clinical trials to patients in northern El Paso County.<\/p>\n

In recent months, the campus has opened a new heart catheterization lab, a new Radiation Oncology Building and a chemotherapy infusion center. The hospital also was designated as a Level III trauma center. In the past two years, inpatient admissions have increased 43 percent at MHN and the number of outpatient visits has nearly quadrupled as the hospital added medical services on the campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new services, treatments and investments at Memorial are exciting, but just as important are the improvements in patient experience, quality and safety,\u201d said Dr. Jose Melendez, Memorial Hospital\u2019s chief medical officer. \u201cIt\u2019s obvious the community recognizes these improvements because record numbers of patients are now choosing Memorial Hospital for their care.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Melendez said the expansion allows Memorial to begin to offer some of the new protocols already available to cancer patients at University of Colorado Hospital to patients in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople in Colorado Springs will now have access to the protocols that are offered at University, and they won\u2019t have to travel to Denver to receive that level of care,\u2019\u2019 Melendez said.<\/p>\n

The new space will be especially pleasing for new mothers, Melendez said.<\/p>\n

\"Northexpansion\"
An architect\u2019s rendering shows the new, four-story expansion at Memorial Hospital North.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UCHealth will add 130,000 square feet to enhance care for moms and babies and patients who have cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will give us brand-new, private rooms with great views of the Front Range. We\u2019ll offer antepartum care for mothers and have maternal-fetal medicine specialists practicing on that campus. We\u2019ll partner with Children\u2019s and have a new neonatal intensive care unit to take care of babies if they need that level of care,\u2019\u2019 Melendez said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After months of planning, UCHealth will break ground Sept. 16 at Memorial Hospital North to celebrate a major expansion and advancement of care for patients in northern Colorado Springs. In the coming weeks, contractors will begin construction on a four-story building that will add 130,000 square feet of space to the north campus, enhancing care […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":3237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[76,107,106,21,212],"class_list":["post-4627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovative-care","category-news","tag-advanced-care","tag-construction-projects","tag-memorial-hospital-north","tag-southern-colorado","tag-womens-care"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGroundbreaking celebrates MHN expansion - UCHealth Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After months of planning, UCHealth will break ground Sept. 16 at Memorial Hospital North to celebrate a major expansion and advancement of care for patients in northern Colorado Springs. In the coming weeks, contractors will begin construction on a four-story building that will a...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Groundbreaking celebrates MHN expansion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After months of planning, UCHealth will break ground Sept. 16 at Memorial Hospital North to celebrate a major expansion and advancement of care for patients in northern Colorado Springs. In the coming weeks, contractors will begin construction on a four-story building that will add 130,000 square feet of space to the north campus, enhancing care […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UCHealth Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-09-13T06:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-19T17:26:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1970\/01\/28144607\/North.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Erin Emery\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@uchealth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@uchealth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Erin Emery\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Erin Emery\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f989ee92cb6da7cfb7f697db1c6771b3\"},\"headline\":\"Groundbreaking celebrates MHN expansion\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-13T06:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-19T17:26:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":575,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/28144607\\\/North.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Advanced Care\",\"Construction Projects\",\"Memorial Hospital North\",\"Southern Colorado\",\"Women's care\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Innovative care\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\\\/\",\"name\":\"Groundbreaking celebrates MHN expansion - UCHealth Today\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/28144607\\\/North.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-13T06:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-19T17:26:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/28144607\\\/North.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/28144607\\\/North.webp\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"A groundbreaking ceremony to expand Memorial Hospital North, which opened in 2007, is set for 10:30 a.m. Sept. 16.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Groundbreaking celebrates MHN expansion\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\",\"name\":\"UCHealth Today\",\"description\":\"UCHealth Today\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UCHealth\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/24135149\\\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/6\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/24135149\\\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"UCHealth\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/uchealthorg\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/uchealth\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/uchealth\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/school\\\/14839\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/uchealthorg\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC41SJI79yjZIe96OajzN22g\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f989ee92cb6da7cfb7f697db1c6771b3\",\"name\":\"Erin Emery\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/64a3e7bfbe8d33b226f42308fd4d23f9447ef749d1bc6c0da90c3add415a3121?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/64a3e7bfbe8d33b226f42308fd4d23f9447ef749d1bc6c0da90c3add415a3121?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/64a3e7bfbe8d33b226f42308fd4d23f9447ef749d1bc6c0da90c3add415a3121?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Erin Emery\"},\"description\":\"Erin Emery was a long-time writer and editor UCHealth Today. She also spent years as a reporter for The Denver Post, the Colorado Springs Gazette and the Colorado Springs Sun. Erin was part of a team of Denver Post reporters who won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.uchealth.org\\\/today\\\/author\\\/eemery\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Groundbreaking celebrates MHN expansion - UCHealth Today","description":"After months of planning, UCHealth will break ground Sept. 16 at Memorial Hospital North to celebrate a major expansion and advancement of care for patients in northern Colorado Springs. In the coming weeks, contractors will begin construction on a four-story building that will a...","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Groundbreaking celebrates MHN expansion","og_description":"After months of planning, UCHealth will break ground Sept. 16 at Memorial Hospital North to celebrate a major expansion and advancement of care for patients in northern Colorado Springs. In the coming weeks, contractors will begin construction on a four-story building that will add 130,000 square feet of space to the north campus, enhancing care […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/","og_site_name":"UCHealth Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/","article_published_time":"2016-09-13T06:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-07-19T17:26:07+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1970\/01\/28144607\/North.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Erin Emery","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@uchealth","twitter_site":"@uchealth","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Erin Emery","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/"},"author":{"name":"Erin Emery","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/person\/f989ee92cb6da7cfb7f697db1c6771b3"},"headline":"Groundbreaking celebrates MHN expansion","datePublished":"2016-09-13T06:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-19T17:26:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/"},"wordCount":575,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1970\/01\/28144607\/North.webp","keywords":["Advanced Care","Construction Projects","Memorial Hospital North","Southern Colorado","Women's care"],"articleSection":["Innovative care","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/","name":"Groundbreaking celebrates MHN expansion - UCHealth Today","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1970\/01\/28144607\/North.webp","datePublished":"2016-09-13T06:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-19T17:26:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1970\/01\/28144607\/North.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/1970\/01\/28144607\/North.webp","width":600,"height":400,"caption":"A groundbreaking ceremony to expand Memorial Hospital North, which opened in 2007, is set for 10:30 a.m. Sept. 16."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/groundbreaking-celebrates-mhn-expansion\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Groundbreaking celebrates MHN expansion"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/","name":"UCHealth Today","description":"UCHealth Today","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#organization","name":"UCHealth","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/24135149\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/24135149\/UCHealth-square-logo-1000x1000-1.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"UCHealth"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uchealthorg\/","https:\/\/x.com\/uchealth","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uchealth\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/14839\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/uchealthorg\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC41SJI79yjZIe96OajzN22g"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/#\/schema\/person\/f989ee92cb6da7cfb7f697db1c6771b3","name":"Erin Emery","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64a3e7bfbe8d33b226f42308fd4d23f9447ef749d1bc6c0da90c3add415a3121?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64a3e7bfbe8d33b226f42308fd4d23f9447ef749d1bc6c0da90c3add415a3121?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64a3e7bfbe8d33b226f42308fd4d23f9447ef749d1bc6c0da90c3add415a3121?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Erin Emery"},"description":"Erin Emery was a long-time writer and editor UCHealth Today. She also spent years as a reporter for The Denver Post, the Colorado Springs Gazette and the Colorado Springs Sun. Erin was part of a team of Denver Post reporters who won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting.","url":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/author\/eemery\/"}]}},"coauthors":[{"id":20,"name":"Erin Emery","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/author\/eemery\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4627"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7333,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4627\/revisions\/7333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}