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- August 13, 2013
Self-serve Healthcare calls for CAHs to reconnect
Read moreLast week, my wife noticed that our Golden Retriever, Autumn, seemed a bit out of sorts. Her symptoms didn’t appear to be serious, so we did what any concerned pet parents would do: We Googled. After 30 minutes of online research, we agreed there was no need to call...
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More health care providers adopting electronic health record technology
Read moreA new study of electronic health records adoption shows 44 percent of hospitals have at least basic EHR, an increase of nearly 19 percent since 2011. The study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Harvard University School of Public Health and Mathematica Policy Research evaluated data to gauge progress...
- August 13, 2013
Rural nurse residency program
Read moreThe University of Colorado, Nursing Innovation and Outcomes program is working with rural Colorado hospitals for the potential opportunity to sign up for the last year of the Idaho Rural Nurse Residency Program for no fee. This program is an established program for CNO’s to be trained to establish...
- August 13, 2013
Demand for Family Physicians fuels salary, compensation Increases
Read moreMedian first-year guaranteed compensation for family physicians who do not practice obstetrics jumped by $7,000 between 2011 and 2012, from $163,000 to $170,000. This increase was driven in large part by a greater demand for family physicians, according to a recent survey released by MGMA (formerly, the Medical Group Management Association)....
- August 13, 2013
Top EHR Software
Read moreElectronic Health Record (EHR) software gives medical professionals access to patient medical records from a centrally-accessible system. With a market size estimated to hit $6 billion by 2015, growing at a rate of over 16% per year, EHR’s typically include medical history, laboratory results, medication, allergies and even billing...
- August 13, 2013
Health law alone won’t reverse inequities
Read moreThe Affordable Care Act may leave many of the poor and people of color behind. That’s the view of this year’s president of the American Public Health Association, Dr. Adewale Troutman, who spoke in Denver last week. “We are trying to incorporate 30 million people into a health care...
- August 13, 2013
America’s health rankings senior report: A call to action for individuals and their communities
Read moreThe 2012 Edition of America’s Health Rankings revealed that Americans are now living longer lives, but with increased rates of preventable chronic disease. If our nation’s seniors are unhealthy, can we be healthy as a society? Today, 1 in 8 Americans are aged 65 or older. By the year...
- August 13, 2013
2012 Annual Report,The Colorado Trust : Achieving access to health for all Coloradans
Read moreThis annual report includes: an ‘about us’ introduction, a letter from the leadership, details of grant making activities in the areas of health data and information, health advocacy and policy, health care services and systems, and health and well-being, financial information, and information about the board of trustees and...
- August 13, 2013
A national commitment is needed to eradicate health disparities
Read moreDavid R. Williams, PhD, MPH, is a leading social scientist whose work has consistently broken new ground in research about the complex ways that race, discrimination and socioeconomic status shape physical and mental health. He is a professor of public health at the Harvard School of Public Health. Williams,...
- August 13, 2013
Is mental health stigma overrated?
Read moreThe Kaiser Health Tracking Poll is a fascinating window into the public’s thinking about gun violence, gun control, and the adequacy of the nation’s response to the needs of those living with serious mental illness. All of the poll responses are revealing but some seem to be particularly important...
