First Hand: Rural Pediatrician Discusses Health Care Access
Dr. Greg Suchon from Pediatric Associates in Montrose discussed the difficulties of getting care as a result of the health care coverage expansion. Rural communities are seeing more and more patients, but there is not an increase in the number of health care professionals, he says....
December 16, 2014
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First Hand: Colorado Rural Health Care Challenges
Shantel Tubbs, clinical manager at Pediatric Associates in Montrose, discusses health care access challenges in her community. The clinic serves most of the mountain communities in the area. She knows first-hand how hard it is to get quality care in rural, mountain communities....
December 10, 2014
Telemedicine in Colorado: Offering Better Access to Health Care
We’ve all seen the sci-fi episodes or tech company commercials: the ones where a child is sick and the doctor beams into the kid’s bedroom and talks to him, then runs some sort of laser across his tummy to diagnose his illness. Telemedicine is the use of technology to engage...
December 03, 2014
Providing Care in a Rural Mountain Town
By most accounts Jason Wallace of Pagosa Springs, Colorado is leading the quintessential Colorado life. Snowboarding, hiking and mountain biking are regular activities for him, his wife and their two young daughters. Their mountain town has a local farmers market, a 4th of July...
October 23, 2014
Physician Departure Widens Buena Vista Health Care Gap
The outlook for primary medical care in Buena Vista is changing once again, reports the Mountain Mail. The recent departure of Dr. Dana Greene from the Buena Vista Health Center left the clinic without a single family practice doctor on staff, and it could be months before a new...
October 20, 2014
Health Care Lingo Confuses Access Issues
It’s fall, which means many Coloradoans will start getting notices about their company’s open enrollment period or Connect for Health Colorado. Some of the notices will say something like, “Sign up for health care before the deadline,” or “Don’t forget to review your...
School Based Health Care Across Colorado
With cold and flu season in full swing, we wanted to call out school-based health care as an effective strategy for reaching underserved students in communities across Colorado. Studies show school-based health care positively impacts students in many areas including: Reduced...
September 18, 2014
Colorado Rural Health Care Center Launches New Website
The Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC) – Colorado’s nonprofit State Office of Rural Health and member-based association – today announced the launch of its new fully-featured website coruralhealth.org. The new site reflects CRHC’s commitment to providing...
Safety Net Clinics Are Essential for 300,000 Coloradans
Public officials and community leaders, including those from Governor Hickenlooper’s staff, are getting a firsthand look this week at Colorado’s community safety net health care clinics, which provide quality health care services to hundreds of thousands of low income, vulnerable,...
Safety Net Clinic Week Highlights Health Centers Around Colorado
To acknowledge, support and advocate for Colorado’s health care safety nets, in partnership with ClinicNET and the Colorado Rural Health Center, Health Care Aware Colorado participating in the 5th annual Colorado Safety Net Clinic Week from Aug. 18 – 22. Every year,...
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