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Resources by State: Colorado

Healthy Clinic Program Helps Colorado Rural Clinics Build Stronger Foundations
Profiles the Healthy Clinic Assessment (HCA) program in Colorado, which assists rural clinics in strengthening their foundations, and improving operations and quality.
Author(s): Jami Schumacher
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Integration of Oral Health with Primary Care in Health Centers: Profiles of Five Innovative Models
Report highlights five different FQHC-based models for integrating oral healthcare into primary care. Features examples in both rural and urban locations.
Author(s): Hannah Maxey
Date: 2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
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Healthy Clinic Assessments (HCAs): Promising Practices: How Healthy Clinic Assessments Are Improving Business Operations and Internal Processes
Assesses the essential business operations of health clinics in rural, frontier, and urban-underserved areas in Colorado. Identifies which areas of improvement should be undertaken, and provides an action plan for change focusing on quality of care, clinic efficiency, and increased revenue.
Date: 2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Rural Health Center
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Young Volunteers Aid, Stay Engaged In Their Communities
Discusses volunteerism in rural youth and how they can connect with their community and learn the importance of service.
Author(s): Candi Helseth
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Health Care for a High-Tech World: The Potential for Telehealth in Colorado
Describes the importance of telehealth in meeting the changing healthcare needs of Colorado residents in rural and urban areas of the state.
Date: 10/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Health Institute
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Home Food and Activity Assessment: Development and Validation of an Instrument for Diverse Families of Young Children
Outlines and tests an assessment tool that measures the home food and activity environments of geographically and economically diverse families of preschool aged children in rural Colorado.
Author(s): Richard E. Boles, Alexandra Burdell, Susan L. Johnson, et al.
Citation: Appetite, 80, 23-27
Date: 09/2014
Type: Document
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Overcoming Patient Engagement Barriers: Urban And Rural Success Stories
Highlights successful patient engagement programs. Features the High Plains Research Network, which serves eastern rural Colorado, and describes how the network tailors its outreach to the community through the insights of the community members involved in the network. The section on the High Plains Research Network begins at 5:35 in the recording.
Date: 09/2014
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Health Affairs
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State Innovation Models (SIM) Initiative Evaluation: Model Design and Model Pre-Test Evaluation Report
Reports on the experiences of 19 states that received federal support to work on state health care innovation plans focused on developing innovative healthcare delivery and payment models. Discusses rural concerns in these states, as well as strategies to address rural healthcare needs. Some topics addressed include patient-centered medical homes, accountable care organizations, workforce, broadband access, electronic health record adoption, and telehealth.
Date: 07/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, RTI International
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Health Awareness for Rural Communities: Creating Data Driven Solutions
Describes the work of the Colorado Rural Health Center's (CRHC) Health Awareness for Rural Communities (HARC) data bank. Discusses how the data bank contains over 100 population health indicators and how the information will be used to support the work of CRHC and its members.
Author(s): Melissa Bosworth, Bridgette Olson
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Rural Health Center
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Realizing Rural Care Coordination: Considerations and Action Steps for State Policy-Makers
Identifies action steps and policy considerations for coordinating care in rural areas based on the experiences of six states: Colorado, Alabama, New Mexico, Montana, Vermont, and North Carolina.
Author(s): Michael Stanek, Carrie Hanlon, Tess Shiras
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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