How one Colorado overdose victim fell through the cracks
Even as she lay on a friend’s floor in Wheat Ridge, unconscious from the effects of the drugs she’d taken, Rachel Skanron still had people who believed she could overcome …
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Unsafe culture permeates Aurora VA hospital’s ICU, staffers allege
On Feb. 20, 2023, a 77-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit at Aurora’s Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center for chronic kidney disease. Two weeks later, nurses …
UCHealth reports $580 million in uncompensated care in 2023
UCHealth provided more than half a billion dollars’ worth of uncompensated care in fiscal year 2023, and representatives for the health care system on Tuesday said they expect to spend …
CU institute is studying if CAR-T could replace more chemo for some
A process of taking patients’ own cells and reprogramming them to fight cancer has been a last-ditch option for blood cancer patients when nothing else worked, but a new study …
Aurora VA improving after prosthetics scandal, Rep. Jason Crow says
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Aurora is making progress on improving safety for both patients and employees, though more work is still needed, U.S. Rep. Jason Crow …
Children’s Hospital Colorado sued over failure to report child abuse
Children’s Hospital Colorado failed to alert police or social services for two years that a teen reported she was being abused, leaving her in constant fear of retaliation by her …
Colorado AG breaks up USAP anesthesiology monopoly in state
Colorado’s attorney general is forcing a national anesthesiology practice with private-equity ownership to sever contracts with five hospitals in the state because it created a monopoly in the Denver and …
University of Colorado Hospital provided migrants with $10M in care
UCHealth needs more money and support to keep responding to the surge in migrants arriving in metro Denver, the health system’s leaders are warning after University of Colorado Hospital provided …
Colorado firm seeking FDA nod on microdising drug
A Littleton company is developing a drug using psilocybin mushrooms that it hopes one day will be offered as a natural – and legal – alternative to traditional antidepressants. AJNA …
Colorado reports first measles case in 4 years in airport traveler
Colorado has its first confirmed case of measles in four years, and unvaccinated people who visited Denver International Airport or the emergency room at Children’s Hospital Colorado may need to …