Medtech and healthcare in Colorado Springs are an exclusive blend of sports, wellness, manufacturing, technology, and armed forces. Athletes, veterans, and all residents in Olympic City USA get gold medal care at 25-plus acute, rehab, psychiatric, and military care centers. From intake to COVID-19 ingenuity, medtech modernizers like Philips, Siemens, and DePuy Synthes, as well as 25-plus bioscience firms, are reinventing care. Employers tap into talent that tallies more than 46,000 in a city known for technical expertise and is home to a U.S. top-50 health sciences college. With synergy across sectors, Colorado Springs propels healthcare to new heights.
Key Industries
Healthcare & Medtech
Raising Health to New Heights
Facts & Figures
Healthcare
Coloradans’ natural inclination for fresh air and heart-pumping activities is a basis for healthcare in Colorado Springs. The result is a competitive, yet collaborative, healthcare environment grounded in two major Colorado Springs health systems that continue to increase their local investment.
UCHealth includes three hospitals and is home to high-performing clinics for cardiac, orthopedic, and pulmonary care. Ranked third in the state, Centura Health Penrose St. Francis Health Services is the top-ranked hospital in Colorado Springs. Both institutions added regional facilities to its main hospitals in recent years, and both have recently announced $400 million in expansions.
Children’s Hospital of Colorado is the sole pediatrics-only hospital in Colorado Springs. The $160 million facility, completed in 2019, is known nationally for its neonatal intensive care and holds a place in U.S. News & World Report’s Children’s Hospital Honor Roll. The hospital recently announced plans for a $20 million expansion to serve the behavioral needs of young patients.
Wellness, sports, and rehabilitation have a natural home in Olympic City USA.
While world-class players train at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, the rest of the athletically minded tend to their well-being at a number of centers. The William J. Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center recently opened a $64 million state-of-the-art facility with an altitude chamber, environmental chamber, and anti-gravity treadmills. Patients and students come together as clinical practice is joined with graduate and undergraduate education and research. Colorado Springs is also the headquarters for the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Because of the role of armed forces in the local economy, active and veteran military care is managed by five facilities and a VA clinic.
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Medtech
Medtech businesses in Colorado Springs are on the front lines of healthcare innovation.
Pyxant Labs is where ideas come to life through analytical research, development, and validation services to support early-stage drug discovery, pre-clinical studies, and clinical trial sample analysis. The medical division at Empirical Technologies Corp. provides mechanical testing and regulatory consulting and holds the widest scope of test standards in the U.S. under ISO Lab Competance.
Components are the core work at some Colorado Springs medtech companies.
At one of only two U.S. locations, BalSeal develops springs to improve the performance and reliability of powered surgical tools, orthopedic implants, and other critical medical equipment. Balloons, sheaths, leads, and peripherals from Philips support therapy devices, imaging systems, and other technology crucial for coronary health. At the General Machine headquarters, medical and electro-mechanical expertise takes the form of precision parts used in medical manufacturing.
Originally established in Silicon Valley, high-resolution imaging solutions leader dpiX ultimately opted for the business-friendly climate of Colorado Springs. With half of the global market share, dpiX serves medical, military, and industrial clients. In 2018, it became the first firm in North America to implement a new production line for x-ray sensors made on flexible foil (flexible substrates).
Crucial to healthcare, a suite of medical carts is the sole focus of Harloff. In support of COVID-19 pandemic recovery, the worldwide distributor added new mobile vaccine refrigerator carts to keep vaccines cold, viable, and ready for inoculation.
With a nearly 1,000-person workforce, DePuy Synthes, a Johnson & Johnson company, manufactures orthopedic and neurological products for joint reconstruction, trauma, craniomaxillofacial, spinal surgery, and sports medicine.
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Workforce
Lab to assembly line, the healthcare workforce in Colorado Springs brings a multitude of knowledge and experience to the industry. More than 46,000 workers and professionals are employed in the local healthcare field.
Health sciences education is offered at four-year and two-year colleges, as well as trade schools. Because of competitive living costs and an appealing lifestyle, graduates opt for careers in Colorado Springs.
At Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, students pursue education in wellness, physiology, exercise science, behavioral health, nutrition, and other areas. Nursing degrees include bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate’s. Colorado College, one of the most innovative schools in the U.S., prepares students for various health fields with studies in neuroscience, molecular biology, kinesiology, and human biology.
Low-cost and reliable utilities, room to grow, and available workforce is behind Colorado Springs’ robust manufacturing industry. Nearly 12,000 engineers, specialists, technicians, and workers provide the technical and assembly expertise required by local employers. It’s a workforce that supports a range of companies that develop prosthetics, microchips, therapy devices, imaging systems, components, and other equipment crucial for healthcare innovation.
Major Employers
