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• New Study Reveals Picis Emergency Department Information System Significantly Reduces Patient Length of Stay

  - 2008-10-27

  Research presented at American College of Emergency Physicians shows a 30 minute decrease in average patient length of stay and an increase in facility revenue using Picis ED PulseCheck WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- Research from the University of Colorado Hospital to be presented at this week's American College of Emergency...

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• A supportive nursing model innovative nurse residency program eases new graduate transition

  - 2008-06-01

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "There are too many options in nursing, not to like your job," explained Jenny Nguyen, BSN in relating one of the many reasons she is enthused about the Nurse Residency Program at University of Colorado Hospital. The program supports BSN nursing graduates in a year long structured...

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• PIONEERING SPIRIT

  - 2008-04-13

  Her high school counselor scoffed at the idea. Her dad was ashamed to hear it. Her childhood friends never even knew. Women just weren't doctors in the 1950s. They were nurses or teachers -- preferably homemakers. So on the rare occasion Amilu Rothhammer admitted she wanted to...

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• Communications cure

  - 2007-10-01

  The University of Colorado Hospital's new medical campus has installed a hybrid IP/TDM telephony communications network from NEC Unified Solutions. The network provides the hospital with enhanced patient care and accommodates the future growth of Colorado's largest medical services and research facility. "The medical campus represents the University of Colorado's...

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• University of Colorado Hospital Teams with NEC to Accommodate Growth and Enhance Patient Care for its New Anschutz Medical Campus

  - 2007-07-02

  NEC Helps Smooth Transition to Hospital's New Location; Improves Staff Mobility and Security for Colorado's Largest Medical Services and Research Facility

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• University of Colorado Hospital.(CASE IN POINT)

  - 2006-09-01

  Top medical professionals, superior medicine and progressive change make the University of Colorado Hospital one of the leading hospitals in the nation. Ranked among the top hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report's annual survey, it is respected nationally and internationally for its...

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• Following a Proven Path to Success

  BNET - 2005-06-01

  Change is difficult and failure rates for change initiatives are high, often exceeding 65 percent. Health care is no exception, and the cost of unsuccessful initiatives - such as patient safety, physician relations, new information technology - may well be beyond the ability to pay in either dollars or lives....

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• Frequent After-Hours Callers to Family Physicians Use More Resources.

  - 2004-12-08

  Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, Dec. 8 AScribe Newswire -- A new study published in the December issue of the Annals of Family Medicine finds that patients who make frequent after-hours telephone calls to family physicians' offices use more health resources...

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• Transition Coaches Help Older Patients Take More Active Role in Their Care.

  - 2004-11-05

  Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, Nov. 5 AScribe Newswire -- Researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center recently concluded a study that tested interventions designed to encourage older patients to assert a more active role during...

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• Report Examines Lack of Attention Given to Transitional Care Nationwide.

  - 2004-10-06

  Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, Oct. 6 AScribe Newswire -- One of the most overlooked and significant sources of potentially life threatening medical errors occur when chronically ill or frail patients move from one place of care to another, such as...

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