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"Happy Birthday! Wild Will's Journey to Joy"

"Happy Birthday! Wild Will's Journey to Joy"

August 23, 2023
In a heartwarming celebration filled with laughter and cupcakes adorned with trucks and basketballs Will Ewing marked a significant milestone this...
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July Is National Heatstroke Prevention Month

July Is National Heatstroke Prevention Month

July 06, 2023
According to NoHeatStroke.org, 949 children have died due to vehicular heatstroke since 1998. Yet, all these deaths could have been prevented. The...
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Antibiotic Awareness Week 2021

Antibiotic Awareness Week 2021

November 19, 2021
by: Kati Shihadeh and Tim Jenkins
Antibiotic Safety Through Education and Awareness Denver Health is joining with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to advise...
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How COVID19 Affected the Future of Mental Health Treatment

How COVID19 Affected the Future of Mental Health Treatment

May 13, 2021
by: Denver Health
This Mental Health Awareness Month, Denver Health Director of Integrated Behavioral Health Jennifer Grote, PhD, explains how the expansion of...
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Real Stories of the Frontline Workers of Denver Health

Real Stories of the Frontline Workers of Denver Health

November 12, 2020
by: Denver Health
Why These Heroes Still Love Their Jobs Through the COVID-19 Pandemic Ask any of our amazing frontline workers at Denver Health – from the...
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How to Send a Message to Your Doctor Using MyChart

How to Send a Message to Your Doctor Using MyChart

February 11, 2020
by: Denver Health
We recently asked some of the team members at Denver Health's nine family health centers to give us a list of the most common reasons patients call...
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How to Get Your Test Results Online Using MyChart

How to Get Your Test Results Online Using MyChart

January 27, 2020
by: Denver Health
According to a survey at Denver Health's nine Family Health Centers, one of the biggest questions patients have is how to get their lab and test...
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How to Choose the Best Sunscreen

How to Choose the Best Sunscreen

May 15, 2019
by: Diana Pencheva
By now most of us are aware that we need to protect our skin from the sun. However, while sunscreen is commonly seen by the pool or at the beach,...
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Advice for Parents and Students After a School Shooting

Advice for Parents and Students After a School Shooting

May 08, 2019
by: Christian Thurstone
The shooting on May 8 at STEM School Highlands Ranch that killed one student and injured eight others has some parents and students feeling...
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Denver Health Supports Bill to Increase Vaccination Rates

Denver Health Supports Bill to Increase Vaccination Rates

May 01, 2019
by: Anne Frank, M.D.
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...
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What is Superhero Therapy?

What is Superhero Therapy?

April 25, 2019
by: Katherine Washington, Ph.D.
Calling all Superheroes! This Sunday, April 28 is National Superhero Day which was created in 1995 by Marvel Comics employees in order to recognize...
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Why Do I Have These Brown Spots on My Face?

Why Do I Have These Brown Spots on My Face?

April 18, 2019
by: Diana Pencheva
I get a lot of questions in the Denver Health Dermatology clinic about brown spots appearing on skin and more importantly how to get rid of them....
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What To Expect During a Sexual Assault Exam

What To Expect During a Sexual Assault Exam

April 15, 2019
by: Michelle Metz
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and in recognition of that, I want to talk about the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program at Denver...
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Beyond the Marie Kondo Method: The Psychology behind Tidying-up

Beyond the Marie Kondo Method: The Psychology behind Tidying-up

March 12, 2019
by: Gabriel Casher, Lucia Walsh, John Sheldon
Debuting in January 2019, the popular Netflix show “Tidying up with Marie Kondo” promised to help families decrease chaos and...
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Home Remedies for a Cold

Home Remedies for a Cold

March 05, 2019
by: Dr. Benjamin Feijoo
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...
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How Presidents Died & How We Would Treat Them Now

How Presidents Died & How We Would Treat Them Now

February 15, 2019
by: Denver Health
Throughout the history of the United States of America, there have been 43 presidents who have governed our nation (45 presidential terms because...
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Winter Dehydration: Is It Real?

Winter Dehydration: Is It Real?

February 11, 2019
by: Jeffrey Sankoff
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...
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Take Note of this Unique Therapy at Denver Health

Take Note of this Unique Therapy at Denver Health

January 23, 2019
by: Trina Seefeldt
The Post-it Note, or sticky note. It's small, simple, circumspect and found by the multi-pack in every office supply closet in the country. These...
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How Bad Is the Flu This Year

How Bad Is the Flu This Year

January 16, 2019
by: Denver Health
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...
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Breaking Down Language Barriers in Health Care

Breaking Down Language Barriers in Health Care

January 08, 2019
by: Nexis Guadalupe
One day, I was walking down 6th Avenue and a woman shouted in Spanish, "Are you an interpreter?” I said, "yes, I am, do you need...
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Why I Belong at Denver Health

Why I Belong at Denver Health

October 22, 2018
by: Mark Reid
“Thank you very much but I’m afraid I must decline your kind offer.” A good long time ago I was frustrated. Frustrated about the...
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Looking at Suicide Differently

Looking at Suicide Differently

August 28, 2018
by: Julia Timmerman
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand this, too, was a gift.” -Mary Oliver Suicide is a major...
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Inpatient vs Outpatient

Inpatient vs Outpatient

June 05, 2018
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...
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Taking Care of Our Caregivers

Taking Care of Our Caregivers

May 17, 2018
by: Nicholas Scaletta
The Role for Structured Debriefing After Adverse Patient Outcomes Clinical work can take an emotional toll on health care providers. Especially,...
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Better Speech and Hearing Month

Better Speech and Hearing Month

May 16, 2018
by: Deantha Valencia
Awareness is the key to improving communication The month of May is packed with celebrations like ‘May the 4th be with you’ and Cinco...
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The Opposite of Burnout

The Opposite of Burnout

April 23, 2018
by: Mark Reid
What Keeps Doctors Happy and Productive Everybody in medicine is talking about burnout. We all have our favorite hypotheses about what could be to...
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The Opioid Epidemic and Adolescents

The Opioid Epidemic and Adolescents

March 28, 2018
by: Christian Thurstone
We've all been hearing about the opioid epidemic. According to the CDC, in 2014, there were more drug overdose deaths in the U.S. than ever before....
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Improving Residency Education at Night Red Eye Rounds

Improving Residency Education at Night Red Eye Rounds

March 27, 2018
By: Sansrita Nepal, M.D., Marisa Echaniz, M.D. and Joseph Walker Keach, M.D. The Night Shift – it’s a crucial part of a resident...
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A Cog in the Machine

A Cog in the Machine

February 12, 2018
by: Rehaan Shaffie, M.D.
I am a hospitalist at a safety-net hospital. Through my work I have come to understand how our daily decisions – filtered through our own...
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Letter to Noelle, First Year Medical Student

Letter to Noelle, First Year Medical Student

January 03, 2018
by: Noelle Northcutt, M.D.
Editor’s note: In 2017, the New England Journal of Medicine featured a piece entitled “Letter to a Young Female Physician,” in...
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What Guppies Taught Me About Doctoring

What Guppies Taught Me About Doctoring

December 07, 2017
by: Sarah Stella, M.D.
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the December issue of the SGIM Forum. Mr. T* was back in the hospital for the...
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Can Buprenorphine Help Hospital-based Providers Treat the Opioid Crisis?

Can Buprenorphine Help Hospital-based Providers Treat the Opioid Crisis?

November 01, 2017
by: Susan Calcaterra, M.D.
As a practicing hospitalist in a safety net hospital, I am on the front lines battling the opioid epidemic. In the past five years, I have seen an...
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Heres How Hospitals and Physicians Can Help Solve the National Opioid Crisis

Heres How Hospitals and Physicians Can Help Solve the National Opioid Crisis

August 30, 2017
by: Susan Calcaterra, M.D.
Pain management among hospitalized patients can be challenging. Patients may have unrealistic notions about how their pain should be controlled,...
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