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
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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
2014 Colorado State Legislature
Health Care Summary
Here is a good roundup of the health care issues that came up during this year’s legislative session, courtesy of the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved. Some of the bills include improving access to health coverage and health care services, strengthening and...
May 20, 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...
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...
Article Highlights High Cost of Health Care In Rural Colorado
Health News Colorado, formerly Health Policy Solutions, posted an article this week that said one of Colorado’s least populated counties leads the state in health costs per person. The news outlet quoted Joni Adelman, the Mineral County’s part-time public health nurse as...
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...
December 12, 2013
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...
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