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Every pregnant and postpartum individual and infant deserves safe, equitable, and quality care, which includes ensuring their behavioral healthcare needs are met. Exacerbated by COVID-19, Colorado is in the midst of a perinatal mental health crisis where suicide and...
“We regularly hear from our colleagues that they recognize the importance of taking a trauma-informed approach to patient care, but very few have had the opportunity to receive formal training on trauma-informed care and communication,” said Dr. Laurie Halmo,...
CHoSEN Collaborative has been published again! We reached out to Blair Weikel, lead author of “Ethnic Disparities in the Care of Opioid-Exposed Newborns in Colorado Birthing Hospitals", to understand more about why this research is important, what was most surprising,...
Multidisciplinary professionals already engaged in or hoping to learn more about Colorado Hospital Substance Exposed Newborns (CHoSEN) Collaborative’s efforts to increase consistency in implementation of best practice in the identification of and response to newborns...
Since its inception, the Colorado Hospitals Substance Exposed Newborns (CHoSEN) Collaborative has focused on and has made great strides in improvements to the birth hospitalization experience and outcomes of families impacted by perinatal substance use. With this...
As rates of alcohol use are increasing nationwide and Coloradans of reproductive age continue to need accurate, tailored, and supportive information about alcohol and reproductive health, a dedicated group of Colorado experts developed a new patient education resource...
