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20 Feb Telluride Med Center: Oh, These Are Changing Times…
Oh these are changing times…maybe, sort-of, kind of. I wrote this awhile ago from the airport, anxious to return home after the week spent at the the National Rural Health Association Policy Institute in Washington D.C. There, I joined healthcare leaders from rural communities to...
03 Feb Telluride Med Center: Why Is Everyone Wearing Red Today?
Staff at the Telluride Regional Medical Center are wearing red today, as part of the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day, to build awareness for heart disease in women. “Too many people consider heart disease a ‘man’s disease’ but this is simply not the...
02 Feb Telluride Med Center: Identifying Breath Issues Early
New spirometry testing at the Telluride Med Center helps identify breathing issues early. How well do your lungs work? Your primary care provider may now be able to answer that question for you at your next check-up. Thanks to a collaboration with the Tri-County Health...
23 Jan Telluride Med Center: Cervical Health Awareness Saves Lives
According to the Colorado Cancer Coalition, an average of 150 cases of invasive cervical cancer are diagnosed annually in Colorado; two out of every 100,000 women in Colorado will die from cervical cancer. The Telluride Regional Medical Center hopes to use Cervical Health Awareness Month as a...
18 Jan Telluride Med Center: Highs & Lows of 2016
Telluride Medical Center’s CEO, John Garner, recounts the highs and lows of 2016. With apologies to Charles Dickens and the famous quote from his “A Tale of Two Cities,” last year was the best of times; it was the ok of times. One of the joys of my...
02 Jan Telluride Med Center: New Skin Cancer Screening Tool
Early skin cancer detection saves lives. Last month the Telluride Regional Medical Center added a new tool to its arsenal to aid in early diagnosis during regular primary care visits. With funding from the Telluride Medical Center Foundation, a dermascope has been added to the medical center’s quiver and...
25 Nov Telluride Med Center: You Will Not Be Turned Away
Patients arriving at the Telluride Regional Medical Center’s Emergency Room need not worry they’ll be turned away at the region’s only emergency department based on health insurance coverage, according to medical center CEO, John Gardner. “If you do not have insurance, you will be treated...
20 Nov Telluride Med Center: Local Women Go High
A group of local women purchase new medical equipment and fund behavioral health program in program founded by Kate Wadley, executive director, Telluride Medical Center Foundation. Kate Wadley remembers when a local women’s philanthropy movement was just an idea that kept her up at night. Today,...