Our Work
Bontrager is not a common surname in Colorado. So imagine my surprise when I learned there is another Jeff Bontrager residing in Denver. And that he works in health care.
State-level data aren’t a thing of the past. But local data are definitely a thing of the present.
In the past few years, CHI has witnessed a shift in the way the health community talks about and measures health. The big picture is still important context but local concerns are increasingly part of the conversation.
Why is this happening now?
Debbie Costin retires after a decade as executive director of the Colorado Association for School-Based Health Care, leaving a legacy of increased health care for vulnerable kids.
CHI’s new report examines survey data from oral health safety net leaders to understand the impact of Colorado’s policy changes and what they mean for the future.
For National Health Center Week this week and Safety Net Clinic Week next week, CHI has put together new materials that highlight the issues and challenges of Colorado’s safety net clinics.
A new report, Assessing the Need for School-Based Health Center Services in Colorado, 2015, identifies which schools and school districts have high needs for an SBHC in order to help inform decisions around placement of new SBHCs.
Call me a geography geek or an atlas addict: I’ve always been a fan of maps. It follows, then, that a recent announcement by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) would have me scuttling to my bulletin board and unpinning two of my favorites.
Next week I celebrate 10 years at the Colorado Health Institute, and in the timeless lyrics of the Pointer Sisters, I’m so excited. I’m excited that this milestone corresponds with the release of the Colorado Access to Care Index.
The waiting room at Denver’s Inner City Health Center was standing room only last Thursday as people gathered to kick off Safety Net Clinic Week, an annual event that recognizes community safety net clinics and rural health clinics across Colorado.
I don’t usually get reminders for projects I’m working on delivered to my front door, but last week I did. It was a flyer from my local community health center inviting me to celebrate National Health Center Week.