UCHealth is using artificial intelligence to prevent deaths from sepsis. But it turns out human intelligence in using the tools is a lot more important.
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Some Colorado hospitals are still struggling financially, while the picture is improving for others
The Colorado Hospital Association says nearly half of the state’s hospitals are losing money on patient care
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Medical exams for crime victims have increased so dramatically that a Colorado Springs hospital is building a new unit
UCHealth Memorial Hospital provided 2,515 forensic exams last year for patients who were sexually assaulted or choked or were victims of child abuse or elder abuse
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Colorado lawmakers are targeting hospital facility fees. Here’s why that’s a big deal.
House Bill 1215 would ban hospitals from charging facility fees for most outpatient visits, ending what proponents say is an unnecessary add-on that boosts hospitals’ bottom line
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Two Colorado health care giants are forming one big insurance network. But will consumers actually benefit?
UCHealth and Intermountain Healthcare are creating a “clinically integrated network” that gives patients whose insurance contracts with them access to their physicians, clinics and hospitals
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After years of profits, many Colorado hospitals are facing a downturn
Investment losses and higher staffing and supply costs are all contributing, but one expert cautions to look at the long-term picture
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Numb fingers or toes? Here’s how to know if it’s frostbite.
Arctic temperatures across Colorado have hospitals gearing up for an influx of frostbite patients
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Colorado health systems are making progress — finally — on combining mental and medical care
Laura Andrus, who has battled cancer and lung problems for years, told her doctor it felt like she was slipping into a depression worse than she had ever felt before. As inconclusive medical tests piled up, offering no information about why Andrus wasn’t feeling well and whether the cancer was back or if she had […]
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An omicron curveball: At two Colorado hospital systems, most COVID patients aren’t there for COVID
As Colorado’s hospitals work to keep up with an influx of patients during the state’s latest surge of coronavirus infections, two hospital systems have made an intriguing discovery: Most of their current patients who are positive for COVID are not in the hospital due to the disease. Instead, the patients are what might be called […]
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Colorado has half a billion dollars to fix its mental health system. But it won’t work without workers.
In the spring of 2020, the community mental health center that serves Jefferson, Gilpin and Clear Creek counties had a completely manageable number of job openings — 11 therapists, counselors and other clinicians. But as the coronavirus pandemic gripped Colorado, the vacancies started to climb, first into the teens and then the 30s and then […]