Our Work
Join Colorado’s Regional Health Connectors as they boldly go beyond the comforts of the clinic walls, seek out the social determinants of health, and explore fascinating communities that are creating innovative solutions to health problems.
Colorado’s safety net clinics have an innovation imperative: use scarce resources to provide needed services for rural and underserved Coloradans. The safety net is often at the forefront of creative and technologic solutions. Back by popular demand, CHI’s master thespians will leave you with a real-world understanding of these important innovations. Four vignettes explore how these advances address Colorado’s access to care challenges.
We know that helping our families thrive means meeting the needs of parents and children with a coordinated approach. In this session, we’ll talk about why a two-generation approach is a bipartisan opportunity to make a real impact on the health of our families.
There’s great news for all Coloradans — we are living longer, healthier lives. At the same time, there’s some not-so-great news: Affordable housing in the state is getting harder to find. Join us for a discussion of how these trends intersect and what communities, legislators, and other policymakers can do to help Coloradans age in place.
Our world is not driven by evidence alone. If it were, chronic substance use disorders would be treated like diabetes, everyone would have a primary care provider, and a Flat Earth Truth Twitter handle would not have 8,000 followers. Policymakers should anticipate the politics, context, and values that influence policymaking — especially when it comes to substance use disorders. This session presents a framework to guide the discussions coming in 2019.
It takes money to save money. Legislators who have tried to bring down health care costs for their constituents know there are trade-offs and upfront costs. This session compares several options for controlling costs to see if the price is right.
The 2018 election left Democrats firmly in charge of state government for the first time in four years. With a new governor and four years of pent-up ideas, 2019 could be a watershed year for health policy. CHI’s legislative team will lay out the new political landscape and examine bills that are already percolating.
Ann Loeffler, CHI's newest director, writes about her journey to the Colorado Health Institute.
An Analysis of Affordable Care Act Individual Mandate Data
This past Sunday, November 11, marked the 100th anniversary of the armistice ending hostilities in World War I.