By Dr. Larry Wolk
Since 2001, Aug. 31 has marked International Overdose Awareness Day. In 2013, thanks to Gov. John Hickenlooper, Aug. 31 also is Colorado Overdose Awareness Day. On this day, we take time to raise awareness of overdoses, reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths, educate the public on prevention and acknowledge the grief felt by families and friends of those who died prematurely because of a drug overdose.
By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Colorado lost the largest number of people to suicide in state history last year —1,058 — and the state once again ranks among the worst in the U.S. for high suicide rates.
By Sharon Adams
There is nothing simple about the state of health care in Colorado. It’s filled with activities and initiatives around delivery system redesign, payment reform, quality improvement and practice transformation.
By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Dogged by technology failures last year that snagged at least 10 percent of customers, Colorado health exchange managers promised Monday that they’ll have a new streamlined IT system ready by Oct. 18, just two weeks before the Nov. 1 launch of the next open enrollment season.
By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
A basketball player as a girl and a jogger all her life, Irma Livingston was stumped when her doctor told her nearly 10 years ago that she had diabetes and would have to take drugs to fight it for the rest of her life.
“I didn’t know what diabetes was,” said Livingston, now 61.
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