/tags/hospitals Hospitals en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sun, 24 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT /news/2024-11-24/ex-eye-bank-workers-say-pressure-lax-oversight-led-to-errors KFF Health °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Colorado teamed up with WyoFile over the last eight months to investigate the little-known eye and tissue donation industry through the lens of the eye bank that collects most of the donated eye tissue in Colorado and Wyoming. What they found is that tissue donations are guided by very different rules than organ donations. Sun, 24 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT /news/2024-11-24/ex-eye-bank-workers-say-pressure-lax-oversight-led-to-errors Madelyn Beck, WyoFile and Rae Ellen Bichell /news/2024-11-05/colorados-iv-fluids-shortage-isnt-over-yet Colorado hospitals are still short on sterile IV fluids after more than a month of rationing. Experts say the shortage could last another three to six months. Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT /news/2024-11-05/colorados-iv-fluids-shortage-isnt-over-yet Gabe Allen /news/2024-10-25/new-online-tool-lets-coloradans-compare-hospital-pricing-ahead-of-time A new website, Colorado Hospital Price Finder, lets users cross-reference the cost of medical procedures at hospitals across the state. The service, created by nonprofit PatientRightsAdvocate.org, is part of the Polis Administration’s strategy to bring down healthcare costs. Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:56:08 GMT /news/2024-10-25/new-online-tool-lets-coloradans-compare-hospital-pricing-ahead-of-time Lucas Brady Woods /news/2024-10-16/colorado-lawmakers-urged-to-address-hidden-hospital-fees Hospitals billed Colorado patients and their insurers $13.4 billion in "facility fees" between 2017 and 2022. Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:27:42 GMT /news/2024-10-16/colorado-lawmakers-urged-to-address-hidden-hospital-fees Eric Galatas, Public °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Service /health/2023-04-03/states-step-in-as-telehealth-and-clinic-patients-get-blindsided-by-hospital-fees Millions of Americans are blindsided by hospital bills for doctor appointments that didn’t require setting foot inside a hospital. Lawmakers in eight states, including Colorado, are considering measures to limit facility fees. Mon, 03 Apr 2023 19:27:58 GMT /health/2023-04-03/states-step-in-as-telehealth-and-clinic-patients-get-blindsided-by-hospital-fees Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ /health/2022-02-18/colorado-ends-crisis-care-protocol-for-hospital-staffing Citing declining COVID-19 hospitalizations as the omicron coronavirus variant wanes, Colorado on Thursday deactivated its crisis standards of care that enabled hospitals and emergency medical responders to prioritize the needs of the most sick and injured and allocate staff as needed to respond to the crisis. Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:17:45 GMT /health/2022-02-18/colorado-ends-crisis-care-protocol-for-hospital-staffing James Anderson, Associated Press /health/2022-02-08/most-americans-are-within-an-hour-of-stroke-care-but-access-is-worst-in-the-mountain-west About 96% of people now live within an hour of life-saving stroke care, but the Mountain West has the worst access in the country. That’s according to new research from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Tue, 08 Feb 2022 22:08:57 GMT /health/2022-02-08/most-americans-are-within-an-hour-of-stroke-care-but-access-is-worst-in-the-mountain-west Madelyn Beck /regional-news/2022-01-20/omicron-is-on-the-rise-and-states-are-eyeing-renewed-crisis-standards Omicron cases are surging across the Mountain West. In several states, more than 80% of ICU beds are filled. While these COVID-19 infections tend to have milder overall symptoms for individuals, they’re still landing people in the hospital and stressing health care systems and workers. Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:22:37 GMT /regional-news/2022-01-20/omicron-is-on-the-rise-and-states-are-eyeing-renewed-crisis-standards Madelyn Beck /health/2022-01-13/marshall-fire-closes-louisville-hospital-and-displaces-staff-as-colorado-battles-omicron As Louisville recovers from the disastrous Marshall Fire, they have had to do so without the Avista Adventist Hospital, which was closed due to smoke damage. With the hospital slated to reopen next Tuesday, KUNC's Colorado Edition spoke with Kaiser Health °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ reporter Kate Ruder, who covered the closure and its impact. Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:09:48 GMT /health/2022-01-13/marshall-fire-closes-louisville-hospital-and-displaces-staff-as-colorado-battles-omicron Kate Ruder, KFF Health °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ /health/2021-12-01/mountain-west-states-embrace-monoclonal-covid-treatment-despite-the-cost With hospitals in the Mountain West overrun with COVID-19 patients, states are increasingly utilizing monoclonal antibody treatment to ease a seemingly endless public health crisis — one that could worsen with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant. Wed, 01 Dec 2021 22:52:58 GMT /health/2021-12-01/mountain-west-states-embrace-monoclonal-covid-treatment-despite-the-cost Robyn Vincent