Category: Articles
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AAP Releases Evidence-Backed Immunization Schedule
Read More: AAP Releases Evidence-Backed Immunization ScheduleProvided by: David Higgins, MD, MPH, FAAPAAP-CO Vice President As respiratory virus season approaches, the American Academy of Pediatrics has published an evidence-based immunization schedule that includes updated guidance for influenza, RSV, and COVID-19 immunizations for children and adolescents from birth to age 18. The schedule, “Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule: United States, 2025,” was published…
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Colorado ensures access to updated COVID-19 vaccines
Read More: Colorado ensures access to updated COVID-19 vaccinesColorado Gov. Jared Polis and CDPHE are taking action to help ensure Coloradans can access the updated COVID-19 vaccine. CDPHE Executive Director Jill Hunsaker Ryan issued Public Health Order 25-01 and CDPHE Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ned Calonge issued a complementary statewide standing order to make COVID-19 vaccines available to Coloradans aged 6 months and older this fall…
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Feedback requested on communicable disease regulations
Read More: Feedback requested on communicable disease regulationsThe Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response and the Office of STI, HIV, and Viral Hepatitis at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment are proposing changes to 6 Code of Colorado Regulations 1009-1 (6 CCR 1009-1): Epidemic and Communicable Disease Control. 6 CCR 1009-1 names the communicable diseases that are reportable to…
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Colorado Medical Society Launches Your Care is at our Core
Read More: Colorado Medical Society Launches Your Care is at our CoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 15, 2025Contact: Kate Alfano, Director of Communications, Colorado Medical SocietyPhone: 720-859-1001Email: kate_alfano@cms.org Denver, Colo. – The Colorado Medical Society is proud to launch Your Care is at our Core, a new communications and advocacy strategy, in partnership with the American Medical Association (AMA). The goal of the campaign is to strengthen…
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Cover: My most difficult case
Read More: Cover: My most difficult caseJack L. Berry, MD In the end, it’s all about people’s lives. How to make them live better, how to make them live longer, and sometimes it’s about how to save them even though in doing so one can’t make their lives better. It had been the toughest night of my medical career when I…
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President’s Letter: Your Care is at our Core highlights sacred bond between patients and physicians
Read More: President’s Letter: Your Care is at our Core highlights sacred bond between patients and physiciansKim Warner, MD, CMS President This will be my last President’s letter as my term ends in September. It has truly been an honor to serve my fellow physicians over the past year, which has gone entirely too quickly. I recall just a few short months ago during my inauguration speech I talked about the…
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Private equity – impact on our health
Read More: Private equity – impact on our healthScott Humphreys, MD Historically, medicine and business were purposefully separated. The physician fulfilled their obligation to ethics and their community, and a fair reimbursement was expected. Advertising was not necessary – everyone knew where to find their local doctor or hospital. Much of medicine was supportive rather than curative and patients, for the most part,…
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The Colorado Medical Society invites you to the 2025 CMS Annual Meeting
Read More: The Colorado Medical Society invites you to the 2025 CMS Annual MeetingThis year’s meeting offers outstanding educational sessions, thought-provoking discussions, and valuable networking with fellow physicians. It’s also a chance to step away from the daily grind, recharge in the stunning Colorado mountains, and spend meaningful time with colleagues – friends, family, and your loved ones – before the busy fall season kicks into gear. All…
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You have a voice in the American Medical Association
Read More: You have a voice in the American Medical AssociationReport from the June 2025 AMA Annual Meeting Rachelle Klammer, MD Your elected delegation of Colorado physicians traveled to Chicago in June to represent you at the American Medical Association House of Delegates meeting and conduct other business on your behalf. We are grateful to these volunteer physician leaders for their time and dedication to…
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Investing in the future of medicine: CMS Foundation scholarships for medical students
Read More: Investing in the future of medicine: CMS Foundation scholarships for medical studentsCecilia Comerford-Ames,CMS Communications and Marketing Manager Every year, the Colorado Medical Society Foundation (CMSF) proudly awards scholarships to promising future physicians. CMSF offers two distinguished scholarships: the Rural Track Scholarship and the Gilchrist Student Leadership Scholarship. The Rural Track Scholarship financially supports students in good academic standing who are completing their first or second year…