Health department receives federal grant for improvements
The Colorado Department of Health and Environment has received an award of $400,000 from the federal government to make “fundamental changes” in health departments around the state. The grant comes from the Affordable Care Act and is administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The goal is to create an effective public health [...]
Dissolvable tobacco products are being test-marketed in Colorado, and the state Board of Health wants to know what the public thinks about the products. The board is holding a public hearing to listen to concerns about disolvable tobacco, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 17 at the board’s Denver offices. Dissolvable tobacco represents the newest [...]
Continue reading …The X-Ray Certification Unit of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has order Heart Check America to pay nearly $3.2 million for alleged violations of the Colorado Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Radiation Control. The company closed its Denver office in May after state inspectors confirmed it was conducting computed tomography scans on [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has launched an electronic tracking system for health care providers to retrieve and store immunization records. The project has been in the works for nearly a year and allows doctors to put all immunization records on a statewide exchange. Doctors say the new system will make it [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment might reduce its medical marijuana registration fee. The department is considering dropping the fee from $90 to $35, a move that would more accurately reflect the direct and indirect costs associated with managing the registry. In summary, the department assumes that 120,000 people will apply to the [...]
Continue reading …The trauma center at Penrose-St. Francis Health Services was verified as a level II center by the American College of Surgeons. The ACS verification doesn’t certify trauma centers, but provides confirmation that the centers provide high-quality care. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is responsible for trauma center designations. Level II centers must [...]
Continue reading …Four Colorado Springs organizations will be recognized for their combined health care efforts to treat refugees relocating to Colorado Springs. The Peak Vista Health Centers’ Myron-Stratton Family Health Center, Lutheran Family Services, the El Paso County Department of Health and Environment and AspenPointe all will receive the award from the Colorado Department of Public Health [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Hospital Association, along with seven hospitals, has filed a lawsuit against the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The suit contends that the public health department “seriously harmed hospitals’ procedural rights by failing to follow appropriate measures” when drafting new licensing regulations for hospitals and health facilities. The association is seeking to [...]
Continue reading …Due to the ever-increasing numbers of applications, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment has changed the way it will receive dropped-off applications at its Denver offices. Medical marijuana applications must now be in sealed envelopes. Clerks will no longer provide receipts or review applications at the time they are dropped off. That’s because they [...]
Continue reading …Fewer people are smoking in Colorado, but health officials say more work is needed to combat tobacco use in the state. Annual cigarette consumption dropped from 67 packs per capita during 2001 to 46.3 during 2008, lower than the national average of 63.4. Among high school students, smoking declined from 14.6 percent during 2006 to [...]
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