Evans Army Community Hospital will continue to honor all scheduled appointments during the partial government shutdown. Our patient appointing service is open and will still take requests for appointments. The hospital's emergency room and inpatient services, to include the Mountain Post Birthing Center, will remain fully operational. All ancillary services (pharmacy, laboratory, radiology) will also remain operational. As always, safe and high-quality healthcare remain our priority and we are doing our best to minimize impact on our beneficiaries and their health care. Please call (719) 526-CARE (2273) to schedule or cancel appointments. For questions about TRICARE during the shutdown, please visit www.tricare.mil/shutdown.

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Clare Hogan, a music therapist at the Fort Carson Intrepid Spirit Center demonstrates how a reverie harp is used to assist with brain injury treatment. The Intrepid Spirit Center, or ISC, hosted an open house Friday, March 21, 2025, to increase awareness for the center’s services, and to support Brain Injury Awareness Month.

March 25, 2025

Open House highlights brain injury awareness

FORT CARSON, Colo. — The Fort Carson Intrepid Spirit Center hosted an Open House Friday, March 21, 2025, to increase awareness for the center’s services, and to support Brain Injury Awareness Month. The Fort Carson Intrepid Spirit Center, or ISC, is a state-of-the-art treatment facility dedicated to the assessment and care of concussions and other forms of brain Injuries.

Staff Sgt. Carlie Pack, a 68P Radiology Specialist assigned to the Evans Army Community Hospital Radiology Department, is ready for her upcoming deployment, thanks to a recent collaboration with a local Colorado Springs hospital. Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs stepped in to provide training on a Computed Tomography, or CT, scanner that wasn’t available at Fort Carson.

March 25, 2025

Community partnership facilitates training opportunity

FORT CARSON, Colo. — An Evans Army Community Hospital Soldier is ready for her upcoming deployment, thanks to a recent collaboration with a local Colorado Springs hospital. Staff Sgt. Carlie Pack, a 68P Radiology Specialist assigned to the EACH Radiology Department, was tasked to support an upcoming deployment, but wanted some additional training on a Computed Tomography, or CT, scanner that wasn’t available at Fort Carson.

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Feb. 19, 2025

Evans undergoes Joint Commission survey

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Surveyors from The Joint Commission visited Evans Army Community Hospital, Feb. 4-7, 2025, to evaluate the facility for triennial re-accreditation. The Joint Commission is a global enterprise driver of quality improvement and patient safety in health care. They provide leading practices, unmatched knowledge and expertise, and rigorous standards to help organizations across the continuum of care toward zero harm.

Staff Sgt. Chad Bortle, a critical care flight paramedic assigned to the Evans Army Community Hospital Department of Education, teaches emergency life-saving skills to military police from the Fort Carson Law Enforcement Activities Company, Jan. 29, 2025. EACH hosted a comprehensive cadaver training exercise Jan. 29-30, 2025, to enhance the skills of medical professionals in a realistic and immersive environment.

Feb. 5, 2025

Medical training exercise enhances skills, fosters collaboration

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Evans Army Community Hospital hosted a comprehensive cadaver training exercise Jan. 29-30, 2025, to enhance the skills of medical professionals in a realistic and immersive environment. The training brought together more than 230 medical professionals from across the Colorado Military Health System and focused on training in 31 Individual Critical Tasks, or ICTs.

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Dec. 31, 2024

Children’s Hospital Colorado to remain in-network provider

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Children's Hospital Colorado will remain an in-network, participating TRICARE provider under the new T-5 contract with TriWest Healthcare Alliance.

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Nov. 19, 2024

Evans earns top marks in national safety assessment

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Evans Army Community Hospital received the highest score amongst all military healthcare facilities in the Leapfrog Group’s fall 2024 assessment released Nov. 15, 2024. The Leapfrog Group is a national, independent organization that focuses on healthcare quality. Leapfrog evaluates hospital safety measures such as errors, injuries, and infections. Their grading system uses more than 30 national performance indicators.

Mass casualty exercise tests hospital’s emergency response capabilities

Oct. 4, 2024

Mass casualty exercise tests hospital’s emergency response capabilities

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Evans Army Community Hospital tested its emergency response capabilities Sept. 19, 2024, as part of Mountain Medic 2024, a U.S. Northern Command joint readiness exercise involving both active and reserve medical forces from the Army, Air Force and Space Forces in the Colorado Springs community.

Robin Campbell is on a life-long journey to be the healthiest version of herself. That road to wellness included a stop at Evans Army Community Hospital’s Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, where she underwent bariatric surgery which has helped her lose more than 100 pounds.

Aug. 22, 2024

Military family member on a journey to better health

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Robin Campbell is on a journey – a life-long journey to be the healthiest version of herself. She is currently a fitness instructor at a local gym, but three years ago she was looking for a path to better health and fitness. That road to wellness included a stop at Evans Army Community Hospital’s Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, where she underwent bariatric surgery which has helped her lose more than 100 pounds.

Evans Army Community Hospital, as part of its Health equity efforts in partnership with state and local resources, now offers food insecurity screening for primary care patients to help ensure the health and readiness of everyone in the military community.

Aug. 8, 2024

Evans take steps to address food insecurity for military families

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Evans Army Community Hospital, as part of its health equity efforts in partnership with state and local resources, now offers food insecurity screening for primary care patients to help ensure the health and readiness of everyone in the military community.

Thomas Belanger, the Assistant Clinical Nurse Officer-In-Charge of Preadmissions Testing for the Evans Army Community Hospital Post Anesthesia Care Unit, and Sam Payne, a registered nurse in the PACU, demonstrate the capabilities of the hospital's new Phase II Extended Observation room, which streamlines the process for recovering surgery patients, and increases capacity in the family care ward.

July 25, 2024

Collaboration improves surgical recovery process for EACH patients

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Many surgery patients at Evans Army Community Hospital now have the option to go home on the same day they have surgery, thanks to the collaborative efforts of the hospital’s Surgery Department, Family Care Ward and the hospital’s workflow committee.

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