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Telehealth Glossary
Telehealth Glossary Home News The common terms thrown around in discussions of telehealth and telemedicine are as fluid as the technology itself. We choose some of the more useful terms and descriptions here, in search of a shared language as Colorado …
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It's all Telemental
It's all Telemental Behavioral Health was the Earliest Driver of Electronic Well-Being Home News A psychiatrist who works with Colorado Access clients from a home office in Evergreen wanted to demonstrate to her colleagues what telehealth meant to her …
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Bringing Care Back Home for Veterans Through Telehealth
Bringing Care Back Home for Veterans Through Telehealth Home News If there were an institution anywhere in the nation facing enormous challenges for which telehealth would seem to offer tantalizing solutions, it would be the Department of Veterans …
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Walsenburg Residents Advocate for a Healthier Town, One Step at a Time
Walsenburg Residents Advocate for a Healthier Town, One Step at a Time Where Health Happens: Health Begins Where Coloradans Live, Learn, Work and Play Home News The people of Walsenburg are outnumbered in their own neighborhoods. The southern Colorado …
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Mariposa Combines All the Right Ingredients for Healthy Living
Mariposa Combines All the Right Ingredients for Healthy Living Where Health Happens: Health Begins Where Coloradans Live, Learn, Work and Play Home News The right spice can make the difference between a successful recipe or a failed one. African …
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The Growhaus Cultivates Education and Food Access for Overlooked Neighborhood
The Growhaus Cultivates Education and Food Access for Overlooked Neighborhood Where Health Happens: Health Begins Where Coloradans Live, Learn, Work and Play Home News Colorado’s most polluted ZIP code is a strange place to find a banana tree. Yet there …
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Colorado Health Foundation Awards Second Cohort of Advance Care Planning Grants
Colorado Health Foundation Awards Second Cohort of Advance Care Planning Grants Home News DENVER, CO — The Colorado Health Foundation recently approved $2.75 million in funding to extend work under the Advance Care Planning initiative . As a part of the …
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Remote & Control
Remote & Control Using Tech to Give Patients a Bigger Role in Health Home News A funny thing happened on the way to expanding telehealth in northern Colorado. Seems that one of the patients being monitored at home after congestive heart failure suddenly …
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Health is Everyone's Business
Health is Everyone's Business Health is Everyone’s Business. Home News Dr. Leana Wen, health commissioner for the city of Baltimore, shared a striking idea in a recent TEDx talk : that public health is the lens through which we can address poverty, …
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Treat George Jetson
Treat George Jetson The Long-Foreseen World of Telehealth is Actually Here Home News The lure of telehealth comes in large part from hearing the countless series of frustrating or unproductive health encounters that good technology might improve. The Army …
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Behind the Numbers: La Junta
Behind the Numbers: La Junta Medicaid Expansion Drives Real Jobs in Real Colorado Communities Home News Local leaders in southeastern Colorado proudly proclaim themselves a “rural frontier.” The remoteness presents challenges in luring new doctors, but it …
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Behind the Numbers: Walsenburg
Behind the Numbers: Walsenburg Medicaid Expansion Drives Real Jobs in Real Colorado Communities Home News Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center is one of the largest employers in southern Colorado, a key economic driver in Huerfano and surrounding …