Catholic Health Initiatives, Englewood, Colo., voted Wednesday to integrate St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City, and St. Rose Ambulatory and Surgery Center, Great Bend, into Denver-based Centura Health, Colorado’s largest health care network. The decision follows a unanimous recommendation from the St. Catherine, St. Rose and Centura Health boards of directors, and final approval from CHI.The integration of the two Kansas-based facilities with Centura will unite all CHI hospitals in Colorado and Kansas into a single regional structure. According to a statement issued by the organizations, the consolidation will benefit consumers throughout the region by improving the use of telemedicine to provide access to more specialists and cut travel time for patients, promote other cost-saving health care options, and bolster partnerships with other clinics and hospitals.The partnership may also allow for the development of assisted living facilities and fixed-income housing in Great Bend.Through this relationship, officials said, the communities will maintain local access to health care while improving the availability of physician specialty care through the Centura Health network.