Hospital and clinic

New Colorado VA hospital opens … late and over budget

Veterans strolled the halls and peered into operating rooms at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora on…

July 22, 2018

Local News

Animal Planet’s ‘Rocky Mountain Vet’ offers free clinic in Cortez

With film crew on scene at the Cortez Fire Protection District station, Young and his wife, Petra Mickova, spayed and…

July 2, 2018

Local News

Animal Planet’s ‘Rocky Mountain Vet’ offers free clinic in Cortez

Planet vet Jeff Young visits Cortez for ‘Planned Pethood Plus’ clinic

July 1, 2018

Local News

Dolores moves forward with school-based health clinic

board approves contractor; sheriff clears district in investigation

May 18, 2018

Local News

Dolores moves forward with school-based health clinic

board approves contractor; sheriff clears district in investigation

May 16, 2018

Southwest Life

Cataract surgery evolves to make vision even sharper

tool allows Durango surgeons to improve lens selection

April 29, 2018

Southwest Life

Colorado sets record for flu hospitalizations

wave of virus spreads across the state

February 24, 2018

Health

Stem cells may help heal diabetic foot wounds

Durango podiatrist enrolls patients in clinical trial

January 28, 2018

Regional News

Deal reached at Colorado Capitol to save hospitals from millions in cuts

Regional providers to lose $4 million if last-minute measure fails to pass

May 4, 2017

Editorials

Loss of hospital provider fee would further complicate healthcare funding

Mercy Regional Medical CenterJERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald Paying for health care for individuals who have neither insurance coverage nor the ability…

April 11, 2017

Local News

Pagosa Springs Medical Center opts out of aid-in-dying

Southwest Colorado hospital opts out

March 2, 2017

Regional News

Lavish features cut from over-budget Denver VA hospital

Facility expected to open in early 2018

June 29, 2016

Regional News

Nurses, former preemie reunite 1.13-pound baby spent months in NICU

So, on April 25, when Rosalio walked into St. Mary’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and saw more than a…

June 11, 2016

Local News

More Republicans consider hospital provider fee restructure

Coram and other lawmakers signal change in political tone

March 31, 2016

Local News

Alamosa Republican supports hospital fee restructuring

Changes would generate $730M in next fiscal year for state

March 29, 2016

Nation & World

Study: Major hospital has drug mishaps in half of all surgeries

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found that 124 of the 277 operations they watched in 2013-2014 included at least one…

October 31, 2015

Local News

Gunshot victim assumed at St. Anthony

‘critical’ when she arrived

March 30, 2015

Business

Challenges of recruiting

A gorgeous locale helps recruit employees to Durango, but an array of other practices help, too

February 3, 2015

Local News

Mercy gets ‘A’ for protecting its patients

The Leapfrog Group awarded scores based on 28 measures of patient safety that examined how well hospitals protect patients from…

November 6, 2014

John Peel

Dentist’s spirit survives

man gets inspiration from Durangoan murdered in Afghanistan

October 5, 2014

Local News

Horse Gulch Health Campus opens

Facility will offer telemedicine connection to Denver physicians

June 12, 2014