ACUTE is a center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition at Denver Health. It is the only dedicated medical intensive care unit specifically for patients with extreme forms of eating disorders and severe malnutrition who are severely underweight or who are experiencing urgent medical issues. ACUTE is the world’s only Center of Excellence treating patients with extreme medical complications of eating disorders and severe malnutrition from progressive disease or infection. ACUTE’s private, hospital-based medical telemetry unit at Denver Health Medical Center in Denver, Colorado only treats these complex medical issues in patients with extreme forms of eating disorders and severe malnutrition.
- Treating people of all genders, ages 15 and older (adolescents and adults)
- The only medical unit in the U.S. to earn a prestigious Center of Excellence designation
- Inpatient medical stabilization on a private 30-bed telemetry unit
- Billing the medical health benefit and contracted with most major insurance plans
- Air-ambulance transport delivering patients safely to the unit in Denver, Colorado
- Expert medical treatment alleviates or avoids deadly complications of eating disorders
- Medically supervised refeeding and weight restoration addressing severe malnutrition from advanced illness or infection (organ failure, cancer, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM, aka MAI), HIV, etc.)
- Robust psychiatric and behavioral health support alongside medical care
- 24/7, 1:1 patient support from Certified Nursing Assistants and Behavioral Health Technicians
- Additional consultation and care from any relevant specialist in Denver Health Medical Center
- Social distancing and infection control supported by private patient rooms (with private bathroom) and room-based treatment model
- Upon medical stabilization, patients return to treatment providers to continue recovery
Organisation
Address: 777 Bannock Street Denver, CO 80204
Country: United States of America
