Heath Care Provider Stories | Health Care Aware Colorado - Part 3
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Clinica Tepeyac: Hand in Hand

Here is a great video from Clinica Tepeyac, and the community it serves. View on Vimeo....

Bringing Doctors to Rural Colorado

Colorado Public Radio examines how Coloradans living in rural towns are facing a serious shortage of doctors and while proposed legislation aims to reverse the trend, smaller communities continue to struggle to recruit and retain medical professionals. The picture is bleak in many...

Health Care Gap in Rural, Urban Communities: Part 1

Colorado State Rep. Dominick Moreno, district 32, shares his experiences about how safety net clinics help his community’s residents get critical access to primary care. Dr. Douglas Fairbairn, medical director at Inner Health Center, discusses moral and ethical obligation to...

Colorado Senator Irene Aguilar, MD, On Health Care Access

Sen. Irene Aguilar, a primary care doctor, sees first-hand how people in communities across Colorado have difficulties getting access to health care, including primary care and specialty care. Having insurance helps, but does still not solve the problem. Aguilar, assistant majority...

The Growing Primary Care Physician Gap In Northern Colorado

Fort Collins is one of the greatest cities in America, according to sources like Money magazine which tout its strong economy, bike paths and craft breweries. That momentum spills over to Loveland and Longmont, which are also experiencing a boom in development and growth. Good news...

Snapshot: Rural Colorado’s
Health Care Divide

Colorado’s rural and frontier counties face important health care issues, including access and coverage, and health care professional shortages. Legislators, including those from urban areas, must continue to consider rural health issues when putting forth bills that drive up health...

Inside Colorado’s Safety Net Clinics

Colorado’s safety net clinics help bride the gap for communities across the state. Patients in this video offer their first-hand account about how they rely on the clinics and their health care professionals. Also, clinic administrators offer their take on the challenges keeping...

Inner City Health Center Celebrates
30th Year of Providing Care to People in Need

Inner City Health Center has been providing quality, comprehensive medical and dental care as well as individual and family counseling to the uninsured, underinsured and underserved for three decades, and on Saturday, Aug. 24, the Center marked the kickoff of its 30th year with a...

Colorado Safety Net Clinic Providers Speak Out

Norma Portnoy of Community Health Services and Dawn Fetzko of the Colorado Primary Care Clinic discuss the important role of Colorado and Denver’s safety net clinics. Yet dramatically increased demand for health services, rising costs, shrinking payments and a shortage of health...
Cindy - A Nutritionist's Vision

A Nutritionist’s Vision

Stress can intensify asthma, diabetes, and it can cause or aggravate obesity, heart disease, depression and anxiety, accelerate aging and even lead to premature death. Regular exercise reduces the risk of certain chronic diseases and reduces stress and anxiety. Cindy, a...