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Explaining the Poudre Valley deal, Week II Bruce Schroffel, in a marathon blitz to meet with as many of the almost 5,000 people involved in providing and delivering care at UCH, hosted two town hall meetings last week, answering questions about what a partnership with Poudre Valley would mean for workflow, for other hospitals in the region, for patients and, not least, for staff. >>More |
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With a nod to the feds, the odds of curing Hep C improve dramatically But the new "triple therapy," developed in part at UCH, "is kind of old for researchers." Meanwhile, at Leprino... >>More
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A quick payoff for new "pathway" to treat blood clots A new standard, introduced in February, already has reduced the number of ED patients admitted with life-threatening deep vein thrombosis, and drastically reduced the number of days those who are admitted spend in the hospital. >>More |
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 A good thing for cardiac arrest patients, and UCH moves to do more of it A home-grown, three-year-old protocol for treating cardiac arrest patients has proven very effective. But only about a quarter of eligible patients got it. The hospital and the university now want to make it Option #1 in all ICUs. >>More
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And then the disease adapts One veteran UCH surgeon's caseload changed radically 40 years ago, when antibiotics started winning the battle against TB. But then the first generations of drug-resistant strains of lung disease began showing up. Now, UCH and National Jewish are part of a whole Center for the Surgical Treatment of Lung Infections >>More |
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A "fit companion" comes to a shoe near you Out of UCH's special room that measures how many calories you're burning emerges a product that could help people lose weight and stay fit. >>More
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CeDAR learns to help teens in families where someone else is the addict CeDAR's educators found it hard to keep teens in families with addicted loved ones involved during its all-important "Family Week" programs. The solution: a Teen Day that speaks directly to them, helps them identify what the addiction has done to them, too, and involves them in their loved ones' recovery. >>More
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New wrinkles in cosmetic care The hospital has always taken a more academic approach to facial plastic and reconstructive surgery than everyday spas. Opening its new Visage Center in Park Meadows, the hospital is adding services usually associated with Hollywood than with "airy bastions of ivory tower research." >>More
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Around UCH Our regular round-up of goings on, big and small, in and around the hospital. This issue: results of a (multi-million-step) march, UCH Rockies Night, blood donor buzz; more. >>More
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Dean Krugman's News The latest at the School of Medicine. >>More |
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Med Board adjusts rules to meet regulators' new standards
| With new CMS rules in place and a Joint Commission visit due soon, the UCH Med Board approved a series of new regs for credentialed physicians. >>Go
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Donor center gets a better way to keep tabs on the blood | | Tracking donated blood is key to making sure it is safe. A new software system aims to streamline the record-keeping and insure safety. Next: an effort to "starve a mosquito." >>Go |
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At the Cardiac & Vascular Center, newly linked national databases take a leading role | | Separately, they've proven to be great in improving outcomes. Together, they are offering patients, surgeons and interventionalists the promise of better decisions about what therapy to pursue, too. >>Go |
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UCH in the news
| Proposed UCH-Poudre Valley Health System merger makes news statewide and beyond. Mentions: Virginia Borges, MD, Colin Weekes, MD, PhD; more. >>Go
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The US News & Top Docs Season Begins | In This Hospital Life, as a swarm of rankings nears, the Marketing director finds it's also a time to wrestle with his consciences. Plus "What You Read." >>Go
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