/tags/hospitals Hospitals en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:12:50 GMT /news/2025-02-13/federal-judge-pauses-president-trumps-order-restricting-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-youth A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender youth. The judge's ruling Thursday came in response to a lawsuit filed earlier this month on behalf of families with transgender or nonbinary children who allege their health care has already been compromised. Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:12:50 GMT /news/2025-02-13/federal-judge-pauses-president-trumps-order-restricting-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-youth Lea Skene, Associated Press /news/2025-02-08/a-scarlet-letter-states-aim-to-end-stigma-of-doctors-seeking-mental-health-care Physicians are less likely to seek mental health care due to licensing concerns over outdated questions on licensure and credentialing applications that ask about any previous diagnosis, care or treatment. State medical boards and hospital systems are changing those forms. Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT /news/2025-02-08/a-scarlet-letter-states-aim-to-end-stigma-of-doctors-seeking-mental-health-care Nada Hassanein, Colorado Newsline /news/2025-01-31/some-hospitals-including-denver-health-pause-gender-affirming-care-to-evaluate-trumps-executive-order Hospitals in Colorado, Virginia and the nation's capital say they have paused gender-affirming care for young people as they evaluate President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at cutting federal support for such care. Denver Health in Colorado has stopped providing gender-affirming surgeries for people under age 19. Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:11:39 GMT /news/2025-01-31/some-hospitals-including-denver-health-pause-gender-affirming-care-to-evaluate-trumps-executive-order Carla K. Johnson, Devna Bose and Laura Bargfeld, Associated Press /podcast/inthenoco/2025-01-29/for-coloradans-struggling-with-eating-disorders-better-treatment-options-may-be-on-the-horizon Patients have struggled with more severe eating disorders in recent years. And Colorado, which is a national hub for this treatment, is taking steps that could improve options for people who need help. Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:35:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2025-01-29/for-coloradans-struggling-with-eating-disorders-better-treatment-options-may-be-on-the-horizon In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Erin O'Toole, Brad Turner /news/2024-11-24/ex-eye-bank-workers-say-pressure-lax-oversight-led-to-errors KFF Health News Colorado teamed up with WyoFile over the last eight months to investigate the little-known eye and tissue donation industry through the lens of the eye bank that collects most of the donated eye tissue in Colorado and Wyoming. What they found is that tissue donations are guided by very different rules than organ donations. Sun, 24 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT /news/2024-11-24/ex-eye-bank-workers-say-pressure-lax-oversight-led-to-errors Madelyn Beck, WyoFile and Rae Ellen Bichell /news/2024-11-05/colorados-iv-fluids-shortage-isnt-over-yet Colorado hospitals are still short on sterile IV fluids after more than a month of rationing. Experts say the shortage could last another three to six months. Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT /news/2024-11-05/colorados-iv-fluids-shortage-isnt-over-yet Gabe Allen /news/2024-10-25/new-online-tool-lets-coloradans-compare-hospital-pricing-ahead-of-time A new website, Colorado Hospital Price Finder, lets users cross-reference the cost of medical procedures at hospitals across the state. The service, created by nonprofit PatientRightsAdvocate.org, is part of the Polis Administration’s strategy to bring down healthcare costs. Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:56:08 GMT /news/2024-10-25/new-online-tool-lets-coloradans-compare-hospital-pricing-ahead-of-time Lucas Brady Woods /news/2024-10-16/colorado-lawmakers-urged-to-address-hidden-hospital-fees Hospitals billed Colorado patients and their insurers $13.4 billion in "facility fees" between 2017 and 2022. Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:27:42 GMT /news/2024-10-16/colorado-lawmakers-urged-to-address-hidden-hospital-fees Eric Galatas, Public News Service /health/2023-04-03/states-step-in-as-telehealth-and-clinic-patients-get-blindsided-by-hospital-fees Millions of Americans are blindsided by hospital bills for doctor appointments that didn’t require setting foot inside a hospital. Lawmakers in eight states, including Colorado, are considering measures to limit facility fees. Mon, 03 Apr 2023 19:27:58 GMT /health/2023-04-03/states-step-in-as-telehealth-and-clinic-patients-get-blindsided-by-hospital-fees Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health News /health/2022-02-18/colorado-ends-crisis-care-protocol-for-hospital-staffing Citing declining COVID-19 hospitalizations as the omicron coronavirus variant wanes, Colorado on Thursday deactivated its crisis standards of care that enabled hospitals and emergency medical responders to prioritize the needs of the most sick and injured and allocate staff as needed to respond to the crisis. Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:17:45 GMT /health/2022-02-18/colorado-ends-crisis-care-protocol-for-hospital-staffing James Anderson, Associated Press