What seems like just yesterday, I began my first day of work at CCMU. Though extremely excited to be working here, I was a little intimidated at everyone’s many more years of experience.
Community Engagement
The best health care system is the one designed by and for the people who use it. Read more about how we're empowering Coloradans to advocate for themselves.
Course Corrections
My stubbornness is well-known in my family, to the point that I’m told my theme song should be “Hard-Headed Woman.” Sometimes I get so invested in an idea or belief that I have to see it all the way through, even if it is clearly wrong from the start.
Multipurpose Tools
Father’s Day is always a bit bittersweet for me. I enjoy helping my boys celebrate and show their appreciation for their dad, my husband; however, I lost my dad to pancreatic cancer eight years ago, so the day always feels a bit hollow.
Partnerships for Health
Seven years ago, I moved from my comfortable urban environment to frontier Colorado to manage a critical access hospital and two rural health Clinics. I naively believed I would be serving a healthy population, due to the “country lifestyle.”
Not-So-Super Utilization
In the midst of the sea of change that is health reform, one thing has become increasingly clear: high utilizers of our health care system matter. A lot.