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How Presidents Died & How We Would Treat Them Now

February 15, 2019

By: admin_denverhealth

Throughout the history of the United States of America, there have been 43 presidents who have governed our nation (45 presidential terms because Grover Cleveland served twice). With only four former presidents and one current president alive today, Denver Health experts dived into how our past Commanders-in-Chief died and how we would treat them now.

Winter Dehydration: Is It Real?

February 11, 2019

By: admin_denverhealth

Dehydration Facts: Can You Really Get Dehydrated in Winter?

Anyone who has lived through a Colorado winter comes to know that they need two staples to make it through until spring: lots of lip balm and gallons of moisturizing skin cream. Although Colorado air is dry all year long, it gets a whole lot worse in winter and the effects that has on us are, while mostly annoying, can also have real health consequences.

First, let’s consider why it's so dry here.

How Bad Is the Flu This Year

January 16, 2019

By: admin_denverhealth

With a high number of reported flu cases in Colorado this season and plenty of people calling in sick to school and work, we wanted to answer a question that we know a lot of you probably have – "just how serious is the flu this season?" For the answer, we asked our infectious disease doctor, Heather Young, MD. Here's what she said:

There are a number of ways that you can quantify whether it’s a “bad” flu season or not.

What is a Nurse Practitioner

November 16, 2018

By: admin_denverhealth

M. Juliana Hopman, FNP is a Nurse Practitioner at Denver Health. She has worked at Denver Health for 13 years. When she first started her career, she worked mainly in the Trauma department. Now, she personally oversees the recently accredited bariatric surgery program. We recently sat down with her to talk about what a nurse practitioner does and how she helps patients at Denver Health.

What do you do as a nurse practitioner?

Inpatient vs Outpatient

June 05, 2018

By: admin_denverhealth

By: Chi Zheng, M.D., Patrick Ryan, M.D. and Marisa Echaniz, M.D.

How Providers Are Working Together to Bridge the Divide

As hospitalists, we build bridges quickly. We build bridges with our patients when they are admitted, with the myriad of nurses they encounter in different departments throughout the hospital, with the emergency department and with our consultants. However, the important relationship bridging hospitalist and primary care providers (PCP’s) can be easily overlooked.

Taking Care of Our Caregivers

May 17, 2018

By: admin_denverhealth

The Role for Structured Debriefing After Adverse Patient Outcomes

Clinical work can take an emotional toll on health care providers. Especially, when despite our best intentions; one of our patients gets sicker unexpectedly or as a result of the care that we have provided.

Better Speech and Hearing Month

May 16, 2018

By: admin_denverhealth

Awareness is the key to improving communication

The month of May is packed with celebrations like ‘May the 4th be with you’ and Cinco de Mayo. In Colorado, May means no more snow and the start of biking, shorts and outdoor BBQ’s. In the world of medicine, May celebrates nurses, trauma care, mental health providers and better hearing and speech. For the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Better Hearing and Speech Month is an opportunity to bring awareness about communication disorders and how audiologists and speech pathol

Speaking of the 2018 Oscars

March 04, 2018

By: admin_denverhealth

How Actors Manipulate Their Voice, Speech and Language

The 90th Academy Awards got me thinking about how actors and actresses can manipulate voice, speech and language to capture the authenticity of a character. If you are not a speech pathologist (or married to one), you may be asking yourself what the difference is between voice, speech and language? 

A brief crash course might include the following: