Practice Update: The Magazine for Healthcare Professionals
Practice Update is a quarterly publication distributed to more than 4,000 healthcare providers (MDs, RNs, PAs, PNPs and other allied health) in Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming and beyond. The magazine is published by the Physician Relations Department at Children's Hospital Colorado. If you want to join the mailing list for Practice Update, please contact Physician Relations.
Inside the current issue of Practice Update
Common Referrals to The Digestive Health Institute at Children's Hospital Colorado
Experts from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition have outlined three common diseases that can present with complex issues of care.
Learn more about gastroesophageal reflux disease, inflammatory bowel disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
How Pediatric Outcomes Research Can Impact Patient Care
In 2008, The Children's Outcomes Research Program was asked to help evaluate the Care Pathway for Spinal Surgery (CAPSS) Care program.
Read about the evaluation, results and changes that were implemented as a result of following children who underwent spinal fusion surgery.
One Call Turns 20!
One Call is celebrating 20 years of operation, serving as healthcare providers' point of entry to Children's Hospital Colorado and our Network of Care.
See how One Call has evolved over the years and become a major source of information for physicians around the world.
Section of Community Pediatrics Receives Award
The Section of Community Pediatrics created a non-profit organization, Colorado Children's Healthcare Access Program, to help children covered by Medicaid and CHP+.
Learn more about the organization and the award it received from El Pomar Foundation.
Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes
Christopher Rausch, MD and director of our Cardiopulmonary Exercise Lab, discusses the topic of sudden cardiac death in young athletes.
Read what contributes to the tragic loss of young athletes each year, and how screening for cardiovascular abnormalities can help.
The Arnold Silverman, MD Endowed Chair in Digestive Health
November 4, 2010 marked the formal celebration and dedication of The Arnold Silverman, MD Endowed Chair in Digestive Health at Children's Hospital Colorado.
Learn more about whom the endowed chair is named after and whom was awarded chairman.
A Letter from our Medical Board President
In his quarterly letter to community physicians, Dr. Andy Sirotnak, Medical Staff President at Children's Hospital Colorado, addresses colleagues.
Read Dr. Sirotnak's winter letter to community clinicians.
Archive of past issues