Health Care Legislation

	Martin testifies for HPF Enterprise Bill Apr 4, 2016 On Tuesday, March 29, 2016, Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst (D-Boulder) presented House Bill (HB) 16-1420, Colorado Hospital Affordability and Sustainability Enterprise (CHASE), to the House Committee on Appropriations. The bill proposes creating an enterprise in which the Hospital Affordability...
	Hardesty Selected as Hospital Trustee Delegate Oct 14, 2015 Karla Hardesty was recently selected for another three-year term as a hospital trustee delegate on the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Regional Policy Board for Region 8 (Mountain States). The Regional Policy Boards (RPBs) of the AHA assist in fostering and maintaining communication between...
	SLV Health Officially Declared a Level III Trauma Center Sep 30, 2015 San Luis Valley Health Regional Medical Center, previously a Level IV Trauma Center, recently received a letter from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) officially declaring them a Level III Trauma Center.Full Efforts for PatientsThe effort required to be considered for...
	Gallegos Testifies in Support of Senate Bill May 20, 2015 On March 23, 2015, SB15-197 was introduced into the House of the Colorado General Assembly. The bill would allow advanced practice nurses to obtain full prescriptive authority after 1,000 practice hours and would receive provisional prescriptive authority immediately. Earlier this week, Gov. John...
	CEO Konnie Martin Delivers Presentation on Community Conversations Apr 14, 2015 As part of the “Redefining the H” campaign that has been launched by the American Hospital Association, hospitals across the country are exploring ways to communicate changes to their communities. Recently, San Luis Valley Health CEO Konnie Martin delivered a presentation at an online AHA...
	Celebrating Patient Safety Awareness Week Mar 10, 2015 Written by Dr. Greg McAuliffe, Chief Medical OfficerThis week is Patient Safety Awareness Week, and San Luis Valley Health is providing resources on what we are doing to ensure all of our patients are safe while we care for them.The theme of this year’s Patient Safety Awareness Week is “United in...
	Culture of Safety Survey Mar 3, 2015 By Dr. Greg McAuliffe, Chief Medical Officer“Primum non nocere” . That is a Latin term that literally means “Above all do no harm”. It was, and remains, the fundamental medical precept of the delivery of healthcare as laid out by Hippocrates almost 2,500 years ago. The safe care of our patients...
	San Luis Valley Health Hospitals Help Reduce Costs and Harm Feb 11, 2015 Thirty-two acute care Colorado hospitals, including San Luis Valley Health’s Regional Medical Center and Conejos County Hospital, have participated in a quality improvement project led by the Colorado Hospital Association over the past three years.The project was created to reduce harm by 40...
	Dr. Pilapitiya Moves to Alamosa Family Medicine Feb 4, 2015 Dr. L. Nuwan Pilapitiya, who has been practicing in Family Medicine at the La Jara Medical Clinic for five years, will now be joining Dr. Sarah McAlpine, DO and Ed Kulp, PA-C in Family Medicine at the Stuart Ave. Clinic in Alamosa.Dr. Pilapitiya and his wife recently celebrated the birth of a baby...
	Patient and Advisory Council: A Key Part of San Luis Valley Health's Quality Improvement Jan 21, 2015 In May of 2014, the Family Practice and Internal Medicine Clinics of San Luis Valley Health began their own Patient & Family Advisory Council.This Council consists of 10 patient and/or family advisors, one R.N., one Clinic Manager, one Admission Representative, and one physician.Our VisionThe...