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  • Economic Development Council 2010 Conference

    By on March 10, 2010

    The 2010 EDCC Spring Conference Committee will be held in beautiful Montrose, Colorado. This conference is sure to provide you excellent networking opportunities, learning experiences and much more.  The Economic Development Council of Colorado (EDCC) is a state-wide, nonprofit organization dedicated to successful, responsible economic development throughout the State...

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  • Detailed Consortium Member Benefits Now Available

    By on March 10, 2010

    As a valued Consortium Member, your hospital or clinic can benefit from high value services such as IT group purchasing, EHR Assessment/Roadmapping, HIPAA Policies & Procedures & Risk Analysis, Incentive Funding Calculation assistance, IT Security Framework Certification and MUCH MORE! Detailed descriptions of each service and costs are now...

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  • EHR as a Physician Recruitment Tool?

    By on March 10, 2010

    Rural hospitals and clinics are no strangers to the challenges of recruiting and retaining high quality clinical staff. A recent Health IT Pulse article argues that in spite of the cultural barriers, costs and resources involved in adopting technology, the benefits obtained in being able to recruit staff who...

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  • Federal Healthcare Reform Update

    By on March 10, 2010

    Well, it sounds like this is it folks. Either we are about to witness federal healthcare reform move forward or we will not see anything happen……Or at least, that is what every policy wonk is saying from D.C. to California. Here’s the latest and greatest on what people are...

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  • Free Health Education Webinars

    By on March 9, 2010

    Live healthy by attending one of Kaiser Permanente’s FREE online classes. View the class through your Web browser and listen through your phone. You can also register as a phone-only participant.  Visit KPWebinar.org for more information and to register.

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  • Proposal Writing Workshop for Frontier Communities

    By on March 9, 2010

    Join the National Center for Frontier Communities for a FREE Workshop on proposal writing, designed to help frontier communities be more successful in their Federal funding proposal preparation. The training will emphasize health project funding available from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. This will be a one-day...

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  • Register Now: The Forum 2010

    By on March 8, 2010

    The Forum is a two-day conference that will bring together participants from all over Colorado and the surrounding states for an essential educational, training, and networking event for all safety net clinics, members of the clinic team, and other interested parties. This year, the event has expanded its reach...

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  • More News on CRHC’s New Workforce Grant

    By on March 8, 2010

    The Colorado Trust (TCT) is featuring CRHC in its blog today, discussing our work to improve Colorado’s healthcare workforce shortage, and The Trust’s role in funding that work. Read more on the TCT blog, CommunityConnections!

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  • 3.5.10 Updated Bill Tracker

    By on March 5, 2010

    Not a lot of new bills added this week. Seems like the hot button issues are still concerning the budget supplementals and medical marijuana. Stay tuned next week for HCPF figure setting by the JBC on Thursdsay, March 11th. Please see my post from March 2nd concerning APN/PA rate...

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  • Colorado Public Radio Reports on CRHC’s Workforce Work

    By on March 4, 2010

    Recruiting doctors, nurses and other health workers to rural Colorado is hard. Offering to pay off student loans helps. This year there’s ten times as much money available to do that, despite a shrinking state budget. CPR Health Reporter Eric Whitney explains… Listen to the broadcast

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