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Health Elevations banner - Winter 2009

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Feature Stories

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Miles to Go
Next Doctor 200 Miles

Rural Colorado especially has difficulty finding health professional, forcing residents to travel long distances for care. Learn more »

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Help Wanted

Colorado and the nation contend with growing shortages of health care workers, especially doctors and nurses. Learn more »



What′s Working

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Financial First Aid  

A program is helping pay off medical school loans, provided physicians practice in underserved areas, and doctors are getting more from the trade than they expected.

 

Matchmaker, Make Me a Match  

An online tool is helping nursing students do the clinical training they need to graduate, which is helping replenish a dwindling nursing workforce in Colorado.

A Western Slope family residency program is breeding a new generation of small-town doctors and helping ease Colorado’s workforce shortage.

 

Look Out, Doogie Howser

An ambitious project is promoting health care careers to minority teens, and the kids are loving it.

 

 

Departments

Walking the Talk

Anne Warhover, president and CEO of the Colorado Health Foundation, addresses Colorado's health care workforce shortage.

 

The Expert View
Larry A. Green, MD, of The Robert Graham Center, a Washington, D.C., policy group, argues that America's health care system is dying but will be reborn.

 

Observations in Health 

Longtime Colorado family physician Kent Voorhees, MD, says Colorado's primary care pipeline is half empty.

 

Out of the Box
"Telepsychiatry" links doctors and patients via camera.

 

True Story
U.S. medicine holds few surprises after student-doctors spend three weeks practicing in Ecuador.