Company Profile
Lovelace Medical Group
Company Overview
Lovelace Health System is comprised of Lovelace Medical Center, Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center, Lovelace Rehabilitation Hospital, Lovelace Women's Hospital, Lovelace Westside Hospital, Lovelace Regional Hospital-Roswell, and Lovelace Medical Group.
Lovelace Health System continues to make significant investments in new services and technologies. And, investing in your health means serving you and your loved ones with quality, compassionate care. That’s why we continue to support and give back to the community through donations, volunteer time and our taxes. We also provide more than 3,700 fellow residents with jobs, making Lovelace Health System one of the largest employers in the state. Lovelace is proud to be the best place to care and be cared for.
Company History
History of Lovelace Health System
The history of Lovelace Health System begins in the 1880s, when missionaries and philanthropists from the Midwest extended their mission of caring to Albuquerque. In 1901, they built the city's first hospital and a year later, they opened a sanitarium to care for the growing ranks of tuberculosis patients seeking health in the high, dry air of Albuquerque.
In 1913, a young doctor named William Randolph Lovelace moved his frontier practice to the city. Before long he was renowned for his skill as a surgeon and his extraordinary compassion for his patients. Joined by Dr. Edgar T. Lassetter and eventually by other physicians, Dr. Lovelace modeled his pioneering group practice, the Lovelace Clinic, after Minnesota's respected Mayo Clinic.
World War II changed life in unimaginable ways, spurring technological, social and economic growth in the American West - and demanding a new vision for the delivery of health care. With medicine rapidly advancing, ace pilot and decorated veteran Dr. Randy Lovelace followed in his uncle's footsteps, joining the Lovelace Clinic in 1946. He had already made a name for himself in the field of aviation medicine. As a fellow in surgery at the Mayo Clinic, he worked on the development of the BLB mask, which delivered oxygen to aviators flying at high altitudes. In fact, the "L" in BLB stands for Lovelace.
In the late 1950s, at the height of the Cold War, a new federal agency called NASA announced its first major undertaking: Project Mercury, which would launch the first national manned space capsule into orbit around the earth. Rigorous testing at Lovelace Medical Center narrowed the field to a handful of men who would be known to history as the Mercury 7.
Today, Lovelace Health System is recognized as a force for economic vitality in New Mexico as well as a provider of high quality care and affordable health insurance to residents of the state.
Leading change has always been part of the Lovelace mission. Today, the Lovelace passion for change, innovation and caring lives on in our commitment to advanced medical technology, patient convenience and high quality health care.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Lovelace Health System
• Named one of the 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare
by Becker’s Healthcare.
• Community Award for Best Commercial
Business Partnership from AbilityOne
• Winner of Healthiest Employer, Albuquerque
Business First, 2013 and 2014
• Truven Health Analytics named Lovelace Health System among
the top 20 percent of health systems in the country, and is the
only health system recognized for this honor in New Mexico.
Lovelace Medical Center
• The Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical
Center has achieved the Mission: Lifeline Receiving
Center- Silver Level Recognition Award.
• DNV Gold Seal of Approval for certification
as a Primary Stroke Center
• American Heart Association “Get With The Guidelines”
Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
• American Heart Association/American Stroke
Association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll
• Named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s list of 100 Hospitals
with Great Neurosurgery and Spine Programs
• DNV Accredited
Lovelace Rehabilitation Hospital
• Hospital of Choice Award from the American
Alliance of Healthcare Providers
• CARF-accredited in six programs
• Derrick Jones Named Top CEO nominee
from Albuquerque Business First
Lovelace Westside Hospital
• Ranked as a Top Hospital for Patient Safety
by Consumer Reports, May 2014
• Lovelace Bariatrics is the first bariatric surgery center in
New Mexico to be accredited as a Level 1 facility under
the Bariatric Surgery Center Network Accreditation
Program of the American College of Surgeons.
• Zia Award from Quality New Mexico for Best in Class
• Named to Modern Healthcare’s 100 Best Places to Work
• Truven Health Analytics Top 100 Hospitals, and is the
only hospital in New Mexico recognized for this honor.
• Becker’s Hospital Review’s list of 100 Great Community Hospitals,
and is the only hospital in New Mexico recognized for this honor.
• Named one of the Best Places to Work by Albuquerque Business First
• Named Top Workplace by Albuquerque Journal, 2013 and 2014
• DNV Accredited
Lovelace Women’s Hospital
• Named to Modern Healthcare’s 100 Best Places
to Work, ranked 3rd in the nation
• Hospital of Choice Award from the American
Alliance of Healthcare Providers
• New Mexico Business Weekly’s Best Places to Work
• Zia Award from Quality New Mexico for Best in Class
• Becker’s Hospital Review’s 100 Great Places to Work in Healthcare
• Breast Care Center Recertified by National Accreditation Program
for Breast Centers
• ACR Accreditation for Radiology
• DNV Accredited
Lovelace Regional Hospital
• Ranked as a Top Hospital in New Mexico for Patient
Safety by Consumer Reports, May 2014
• Named one of the Best Places to Work by Albuquerque Business First