This is MyChart Week at Denver Health, and all week long, we are helping our patients (with free giveaways) sign up for the free, easy-to-use mobile and desktop app. MyChart helps you take charge of your own health care by letting you schedule and change a doctor's appointment, talk to your doctor and refill your prescriptions, all from your phone, tablet or computer – anytime, anywhere.

Denver Health would like to congratulate the USA Women's National Soccer Team for securing their fourth Women's World Cup title on Sunday! In honor of the team's fourth World Cup and for the women we all love in our lives, here are four tips for women who want to stay healthy:

Denver Health se enorgullece en brindar atención médica de la más alta calidad para todos, sin importar quién eres o de dónde vienes. Nuestra misión es cuidar a la gente de Denver y la región de las Montañas Rocosas. Nuestra atención medica se extiende a todos nuestros pacientes, sin importar su estado social o económico, capacidad de pago o el idioma que hablen.

A Denver Health Physician's Perspective

More than 700 cases of measles have been recorded across the country since January. But only 89 percent of kindergarten-aged children in Colorado have been vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Low vaccination rates put vulnerable community members, such as infants too young to receive vaccinations, the elderly, or those with compromised immune systems, at risk for vaccine-preventable diseases.

Home Treatments for the Common Cold and Cough from a Medical Perspective

It’s cold and flu season, and almost everyone has a family or "home remedy" for the common cold. Here are the top five best home remedies we gathered from our Denver Health employees, along with some less effective home remedies and some solid medical advice for how to treat a cold.

Top Five Home Remedies for a Cold

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.

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