Southwest Health System

Colorado governor, policy experts applaud defeat of health care repeal

‘Skinny repeal’ would have had dire implications, officials say

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hospital Provider Fee reform signed into law in Colorado

Allows hospitals to avoid a $264 million cut

DATE: May 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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

Third Southwest Colorado hospital opts out

DATE: Mar 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez hospital considers options on aid-in-dying law

State holds rule-making hearing

DATE: Jan 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hearing planned Monday for Southwest Memorial bonds

Project adds in-patient wing, office building

DATE: Oct 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Colorado has high percentage of children in poverty

Report offers snapshot of health indicators

DATE: Sep 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Health warns of possible fraudulent calls

Southwest Health System was notified that community members are receiving calls from a number from Southwest Memorial Hospital, (970) 564-2271, with a recording offering loans and financ...

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez pharmacist fights antibiotic overuse

Marc Meyer helps update CDC guidelines

DATE: Jun 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health

Southwest Health worries that lab tech program will close

San Juan College may shutter program

DATE: May 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez City Council approves hospital site plan

Southwest Memorial expansion includes new patient wing, office building

DATE: May 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Texas doctors do world’s first skull-scalp transplant

Opening a new frontier in transplant surgery, Texas doctors have done the world’s first partial skull and scalp transplant to help a man who suffered a large head wound from cancer treatment...

DATE: Jun 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Health

Cancer doctor leads attack on astronomical drug prices

As the one-year cost of cancer drugs edges up to $200,000 per patient, a top doctor from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center used his speech before a massive gathering of colleagues to ca...

DATE: Jun 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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