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Just a day before the most challenging election of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s political career, he released a $26.8 billion spending plan for the state government. Win or lose, Hickenlooper’s plan will set the stage for the legislative session that begins in January.
Gardens next to playgrounds, salad bars in lunch rooms, field trips to farms. Schools are revamping nutrition and health education with Farm to School programs that make healthy eating fun, interactive and tangible for kids.
Halloween is coming and this year a number of Colorado Health Institute staffers will be dressing up in their presentation best.
Health care is local. While national, state and market trends impact health and health care delivery, local communities are where theory and policy meet practice and implementation.
If last week was a tale of two reports and two babies, this week is one of six awards, three reports and one baby.
A research brief released today by the Colorado Health Institute, “Health Care for a High-Tech World: The Potential for Telehealth in Colorado,” delves into the role that telehealth can play in meeting the changing health care needs of Colorado residents.
The number of Medicaid enrollees visiting hospitals is going up, while the number of charity care and self-paying patients is going down in Colorado and the other 16 states that have expanded eligibility for Medicaid.
The big question of the hour – not to mention the day, the month and the year – is how to encourage the hundreds of thousands of Coloradans who remain uninsured to sign up for health insurance during open enrollment beginning November 15.
What’s pink and blue and sweet all over? The Colorado Health Institute office as we threw a baby shower for not one, but two, colleagues who will soon welcome babies to their families. It was a great kickoff to another busy week at CHI, which will see the release of two new research publications.