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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment identified 10 “winnable battles” that are key environmental and health issues.
The CDPHE chose the issues because they are ones where progress can be made in the next three to five years, according to a press release from the department.
The department will focus on clean air, clean water, [...] [...]
Health care reform will change hospitals’ business models, according to a survey of human resource executives.
The survey, performed by global professional services company Towers Watson, found that workforce issues, the need for a wider array of staff skills and new leadership models will rise in importance as the hospital industry grapples with the transformation that [...] [...]
The Colorado Springs City Council unanimously approved taking the next step in the future of Memorial Health System at its formal meeting this week.
It also created a negotiating team – with Council liaisons Merv Bennett and Brandy Williams – to discuss the final terms of the lease agreement with the University of Colorado Hospital system.
The [...] [...]
Centura Health has sold five on-campus medical office buildings in Denver and Littleton, for $41.25 million.
Centura sold the properties to Seavest Healthcare Properties of White Plains, N.Y., and to Fleisher Smyth Brokaw, a Denver-based real estate owner and property manager.
All the properties are on campuses operated by Centura Health.
The buildings include three medical offices at [...] [...]
State officials say nearly 615,000 Coloradans were on Medicaid in November, which is a record high.
Officials are attributing most of the growth to economic hard times rather than recent eligibility expansions.
Sue Birch is director of the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. She told members of the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee on Wednesday [...] [...]
The Palisades Senior Living received an award from the national Association of Home Builders for its integration of technology and wellness programs for residence.
The Palisades, which offers both independent living and assisted living to its residents, won the award along with their partner, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Every year, the NAHB conducts [...] [...]
Colorado has become the third state to ask the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify marijuana in a way that allows doctors to prescribe it as a medical treatment.
The state asked the Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify marijuana from Schedule 1, a category that includes heroin, to Schedule 2. The change would allow doctors to [...] [...]
Two U.S. senators are calling for the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate efforts to reduce unnecessary and costly hospitalizations related to adverse reactions to drugs.
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and Maine’s Olympia Snowe are asking HHS to convene a joint task force with other federal agencies to determine ways to identify patients at [...] [...]
HealthOne isn’t going to accept defeat quietly.
After learning this morning that their bid was not chosen by the City Council-led task force to lease Memorial Health System, the health care giant said the process was completed too quickly and the task force “rushed to judgment.”
The task force unanimously chose the University of Colorado Hospital to [...] [...]
The Colorado Trust today launched a new section of its website dedicated to tracking public policy issues that could affect the health and well-being of Coloradans.
The new section of the site, at www.coloradotrust.org/healthpolicy, includes information about federal, state and local laws, regulations, bills, judicial decisions and political events.
It highlights information about Colorado health and [...] [...]
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