Children’s Hospital Colorado Specialty Clinics
By Kirstin Schelling, NCHD Health Integration Manager Children’s Hospital Colorado Specialty Clinics for both Neurology and Orthopedic/Rehab occur in our Sterling and Fort Morgan offices. These clinics are hosted regionally [...]
The Role of Public Health in Food Safety
One in six people (48M) in the US become sick from contaminated food each year. The reason it isn’t more than that, and that more people aren’t dying from food-borne [...]
Habits are easier to keep than make
Keeping up with healthy habits through the holiday season and winter can be challenging. Our physical and mental health relies on keeping a regular schedule of sleep and exercise and [...]
How to Not Have Thanksgiving in the ER
Thanksgiving day is an opportunity to gather together with the people we love to celebrate the things in our life that have gone well and for which we are grateful. [...]
National Rural Health Day: Staying Healthy in a Challenging Environment
November 20 is National Rural Health Day™, an opportunity to bring attention to and honor the efforts of rural healthcare providers, communities and others dedicated to addressing the unique healthcare [...]
October Health Literacy Month – Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Health Literacy
Taking care of our own health and that of our family is an ongoing part of everyday life, not just when we visit a doctor or hospital. Increasing our health [...]
Prevention and Early Detection are Key to Men’s Health, Too!
Men’s Health Month is observed in June with the goal of raising awareness of the importance of regular checkups and routine screenings. Men make about half as many preventative medical [...]
What is Public Health Anyway?
Public health is as old as civilization. As soon as people began to live together in settled places and formed agriculture-based societies, they realized that to avoid spreading illness throughout [...]
New Year’s Resolutions: Make your mental wellness a priority this year
Happy New Year! If you made a resolution to live healthier this year, you are not alone. A lot of people start the year with a renewed commitment to lose [...]