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Neighborhood Leaders in Change
Partners in Prevention: Colorado Prevention Alliance
By: Stephanie Spriggs
Grant Writer and Report Specialist, CIVHC

Chronic conditions touch nearly 50 percent of America's population. Despite being one of the healthiest states in the nation, half of Coloradans over the age of 45 had at least one chronic condition in 2011. Colorado Prevention Alliance (CPA) is committed to stopping this trend by engaging, educating, and collaborating with stakeholders statewide.             
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In The News
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Reducing Emergency Room Use by Targeting 'Super-Users'
Author: Meredith Cohn, Contact Reporter, September 2015, The Baltimore Sun
Maryland hospitals are leading a coordinated effort to target frequent visitors of emergency departments by using a network of care to address social determinants of health like low-income housing programs to help improve quality of life. 
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Closing a Hospital and Fearing for the Future
By Mitch Smith and Abby Goodnough,  October 2015
The New York Times
The rooms in the intensive care unit at Mercy Hospital Independence are filled with folded-up walkers and moving boxes. In the lobby, plaques and portraits have been taken off the wall. By this weekend, the last patients will be discharged and the hospital will close, joining dozens of rural hospitals around the country that have not been able to withstand the financial and demographic challenges buffeting them.
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Mobile Tools Help to Cut Readmits for COPD Patients
By Judy Mottl, October 2015
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Research focused on a mobile device-based rehabilitation program for patients suffering from severe pulmonary disease reveals that smartphone and real-time communications between home-based patients and providers can boost treatment and help reduce hospital readmissions.
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Mandated Bundled Payments Compel Hospitals to Rethink Post-Acute Care
By: Deirdre Baggot and Andy Edeburn, Oct 2015  
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Medicare's comprehensive care for joint replacement program signals an evolution in payment that demands a strong strategic response from hospitals and health systems. 
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Healthy Transitions Colorado is a collaborative effort, focused on aligning and accelerating existing efforts to improve transitions of care for Coloradans. Our guiding principles are simple - by working together to break down the silos of health care, we can foster true community care coordination across facilities, specialties, and practices. 
 
 

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