Patients and Visitors
Whether you’re a patient or a visitor, you deserve a positive, compassionate and healing experience. From the moment you arrive to the time you leave, you’ll find the support, resources and information you need.
What to know before your visit
Due to COVID-19, there are visitor restrictions in place.
Save time by pre-registering online at least two business days before your visit. Access the Labor and Delivery Pre-Registration Form
When you are admitted to Saint Joseph Hospital, please bring:
- The medications you’re currently taking, including notes on the dose and frequency. Your medical condition may not allow you to take certain medications, even those you usually take every day. Your doctor will decide which medications you need while you are here.
- Picture identification, such as a driver's license, state ID card or passport.
- Your insurance card.
- Personal items to make your hospital room feel more like home, such as one or two small framed pictures, a pillow or throw, your slippers and robe. You are welcome to bring electric razors, toiletries and radios with you.
Please do not bring valuables such as jewelry, credit cards and cash. If you do, they will be stored in a safe for safekeeping. Do not bring pocket knives or weapons.
Open communication
We encourage you to be involved in your care. Feel free to ask any member of your care team questions such as:
- What is your name?
- What role do you play on my care team?
- What is the medication you are giving me and what is it for?
- What can I expect during this procedure?
- What will this procedure tell you and why is that important?
- What is my diagnosis?
- What plan of care do you recommend for me?
Visiting Saint Joseph Hospital
Visitors are welcomed and encouraged. We have open visiting hours, but several units have designated quiet times to ensure that our patients receive adequate rest. Children must be supervised by adults at all times.
Guest Services representatives and volunteers are located in the lobby and here to help. Call 303-812-2000 and ask for Guest Services.
We provide a smoke-free campus, inside and outside, for our patients, guests and employees.
Saint Christopher Inn
The Saint Christopher Inn is a 31-room, non-smoking facility. We accommodate family members and friends of patients using our local medical facilities. Whether you need lodging for one night or several nights, the Saint Christopher Inn has all the amenities of home and is located conveniently across the street from Saint Joseph Hospital at 1780 Lafayette Street, Denver, Colorado 80218. We offer:
- Reasonable rates updated rooms in a modern setting
- Rooms with queen, twin, and double beds, all with private bathrooms
- Handicap accessible rooms
- Dining area and kitchen
- Free off-street parking
- Telephone in each room with free local calls
- Free wireless for Internet access
Patient Advocates
If you have concerns, questions or compliments about your care, our patient advocates are here to listen and help. They also can provide important information for you and your family about advance care planning, patient rights, ethical decision support and interpreters. Ask a member of your care team to connect you with a patient advocate.
Quality and patient safety
You and your family members are at the center of everything we do. You’ll receive care from a health system and providers with high national performance ratings and a singular focus on your health and well-being.
Learn more about our focus on quality and patient safety.
Personal attention from your care team
You are in the hands of expert caregivers and in the hearts of people healing people throughout our hospital. Along with your doctors and nurses, your clinical care team may include a case manager, social worker, pharmacist and therapist.
