I was not trained how to share responsibilities with nurses and pharmacists, nor was I trained in how to create, contribute to, and maintain systems of care for my patients. It was all on me, and in truth, most of us doctors have liked it that way.
Providers & Health Care Workforce
Our health care system needs to work for our health care providers, too. Read more about how we're working to ensure it does.
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.”
It Takes a Community
Over the past year, CCMU has made a concerted effort to travel to the far reaches of Colorado to meet with health care leaders and community members to get a firsthand account of local health care system innovations.
One-Stop-Shop
Why have your primary care provider, physical therapist, and behavioral health coach spread across the city? The concept behind integrated care is simple—it is a model of health care delivery that attempts to care for the whole patient.
The Waiting Game
Last week, I was sitting in a waiting room, antsy for my name to be called. I was especially impatient because I had scheduled the appointment three weeks prior and had been promised I would be out of there within two hours, which wasn’t happening.