During the weekend, the Greeley Tribune published a package of staff-written news articles and guest editorials that focused on health care in Greeley and Weld County. I was asked to write a guest editorial that looked at the future of Poudre Valley Health System’s involvement there. Simply put, the future is exciting and full of [...]
Archive for the ‘Emergency response’ Category
Our new west Greeley facility will make health care more accessible
Posted in Emergency response, Greeley Medical Clinic, Uncategorized, tagged fresstanding emergency medicine center, Grace Taylor, Greeley, Greeley Emergency Room, Greeley ER, Greeley Medical Clinic, Greeley population, one-day sugery in Greeley, same-day surgery in Greeley, west Greeley on December 2, 2011 | 7 Comments »
(Dear Reader: The following guest blog was written by Grace Taylor, chief strategy officer for Poudre Valley Health System. It offers information on a new healthcare service that we’re developing. –Rulon) One of the successful strategic tactics that we have used at Poudre Valley Health System is to make access to health care easy for [...]
Listening to what’s around us resulted in an outstanding bicycle EMS program
Posted in Children's health, Emergency response, Uncategorized, tagged BERT, Bicycle Emergency Response Team, Bicycle Pedestrian Education Coalition, Healthier Communities Coalition of Larimer County, John Betz, New Belgium Brewing Company, Rob Collett, Safe Kids Larimer County, Stephanie Caille on November 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Some businesses sink huge amounts of money into research to identify the needs of their customers. Knowing such information about your customers is one of the keys to success. We do research in the business of health, too, to identify what’s on the horizon for what our patients need. Sometimes, though, the needs of customers are so obvious that little [...]
Congratulations to Dr. Yanagi, a woman of distinction
Posted in Awards, Emergency response, Uncategorized, tagged 2011 Women of Distinctioin award, Cache Bank & Trust, Dr. Ann Yanagi, Lorna R. Reeves, Northern Colorado Business Report, SANE, Sexual Assault Nurses Examiner on October 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
One topic I always enjoy writing about is the public recognition that our staff members receive. Honors and awards are affirmations of their efforts, dedication and success. So it’s with great pride that I point out a tremendous honor recently bestowed upon Dr. Ann Yanagi, an emergency room physician since 1988. She also practices in our Occupational Health [...]
Say thanks to emergency responders
Posted in Emergency response, Uncategorized, tagged bravery, emergency medical services, emergency medical technicians, EMT reserves, first responders, Fort Collins floods, National EMS Week, poudre valley hospital, Poudre Valley Hospital ambulance service, trauma on May 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We had a large amount of rain in northern Colorado this last week, and a forecast for occasional wet weather continues into the weekend. When we get a lot of rain like this, it’s easy to think back to 1997 when one of the worst floods in the recorded history of Fort Collins was caused by a [...]
