Practicing Medicine in Rural Colorado: A Pediatrician’s View
There is a shortage of physicians serving #rural #Colorado . Meet Dr. Greg Suchon, a pediatrician on the Western Slope who’s helping fill that gap for children in Montrose, Colorado. While it’s not an easy job, Dr. Suchon says he wouldn’t trade his experiences for...
July 25, 2014
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Urbanite Learns Firsthand About Rural Health Care Challenges
There’s a certain cry that every parent knows isn’t normal. It’s the “I’m-not-kidding-I’m-really-hurt-this-time,” shriek instantly recognizable by most any parent. It was that particular scream that rang out over 4th of July as our family vacationed in Crested Butte....
July 23, 2014
Rural Life Suits This Doctor
There’s not much Dr. Lisa Zwerdlinger isn’t involved in as the only physician in Leadville, Colorado. She built the town’s largest medical office building, is the medical advisor to the local public school district as well as Colorado Mountain College and Outward Bound, and she...
SNAC-Time Means Understanding Access to Care for Coloradans
A year ago, the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) – the nonpartisan health research and data analysis organization – launched an innovative program designed to discuss key health care access issues. These conversations are part of a series of “learning laboratories” put...
May 29, 2014
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Development in Rural Colorado
Clarke Becker, former president of the Colorado Rural Development Council, discusses the challenges of health care in rural Colorado, including physician shortages. State Rep. Dominick Moreno, shares the importance of having quality health care available throughout the state. ...
May 14, 2014
Making Connections: Doctors In Rural Communities Need Support
Recently the Colorado Rural Health Center held a highly informative and well-attended forum that included experts from across the state discussing issues, resources and research affecting the delivery of health care across Colorado’s rural areas. Representatives from...
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 Reform From A Personal Perspective
A new project, HealthIsLocal.org, from the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved (CCMU), has started to collect health reform experiences from four Colorado communities, including Summit County. Health is Local includes interviews from local health care leaders, videos,...
Health Care Gap in Rural and Urban Communities: Part 2
In the second part of our video series with Colorado State Rep. Dominick Moreno, District 32, he barriers to providing health care to rural and urban communities. While Dr. Douglas Fairbairn, medical director at Inner Health Center, discusses difficulties health care professionals...
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