Tag: children’s hospital colorado
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Field of dreams: High tech diagnoses, surgeries a game changer for young athletes in Colorado
If walking is a series of controlled, false falls, 18-year-old Aidan Harris moves in precision plunges and pivots so smooth he sometimes seems to float — all while snapping ball after ball after ball exactly where he wants it to go. Kid’s got better aim with his leg than most people do with their arm,…
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Children’s Colorado, Evans Army hospitals team up with twofold goal
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Evans Army Community Hospital providers spend most of their time caring for adults, but many Fort Carson families have children who live on base, and when one needs immediate medical attention, it’s important that they…
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‘It is a miracle’: Colorado Springs family gives thanks for thriving daughter born at 23 weeks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At 16 months old, Talia Mutai experiments with independence, placing one foot in front of the other while clinging tightly to her mother’s fingers. The activity produces so much glee that Talia wants to repeat it again and again. Her mom, Mary Mutai, operates on…
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Children’s Hospital Colorado seeks public’s help in providing NICU incubator covers
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Children’s Hospital Colorado is asking Colorado Springs residents to help make the first weeks of life a little easier for their tiniest, and sometimes sickest, patients. The hospital’s neonatal intensive-care unit, or NICU, needs isolette covers that protect premature babies from the onslaught of light…
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Colorado makes I Matter program permanent, offering free therapy sessions for youth
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A state program that provides young people mental health services will continue, as Gov. Jared Polis and the state legislature have made preserving it a priority in the last two sessions. At the beginning of the 2024 session, Sen. Michaelson Jenet, D-Commerce City, said one of her top priorities was to ensure that the I…
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Children’s Hospital Colorado seeks congressional help on funding cuts
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Undeterred by a federal court judge’s ruling in April that rejected a legal challenge to a Defense Health Agency regulatory change reducing its TRICARE insurance reimbursements, Children’s Hospital Colorado is appealing to state and Congressional lawmakers for assistance. “We have secured bipartisan support among members of Congress, and while passing federal legislation is never easy,…
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Federal judge weighs Children’s Hospital Colorado challenge to Defense Department payment cuts
A federal judge on Tuesday heard arguments over whether to overturn a new U.S. Department of Defense rule that reduces reimbursements to children’s hospitals by $36 million, with Children’s Hospital Colorado arguing its facilities in Aurora and Colorado Springs will suffer disproportionate and debilitating cuts as a result. At the same time, U.S. District Court…
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[PRINT] Children’s Hospital to bring workforce development program to Colorado Springs area (copy)
In 1999, Children’s Hospital Colorado launched a workforce development initiative to introduce high school students to the wide variety of career opportunities in the health care profession. On Tuesday, the hospital system announced that the program is expanding to include several school districts in Colorado Springs. The Medical Career Collaborative program, or MC², is accepting…
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Children’s Hospital to bring workforce development program to Colorado Springs area
In 1999, Children’s Hospital Colorado launched a workforce development initiative to introduce high school students to the wide variety of career opportunities in the health care profession. On Tuesday, the hospital system announced that the program is expanding to include several school districts in Colorado Springs. The Medical Career Collaborative program, or MC², is currently…
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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Children’s Hospital Colorado celebrate giraffe’s second birthday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Viv, the ‘firecracker’ giraffe that leap-frogged over her mother’s back just six hours after she was born, turned two on Friday. Nobody forgot her birthday. Dozens turned out to the birthday party Cheyenne Mountain Zoo staff along with their partner Children’s Hospital Colorado threw for…