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Pandemic accelerated remote health care amid crisis that triggered staffing shortages in Colorado
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When the coronavirus started sweeping through Colorado three years ago, protecting hospitals’ ability to care for the sickest patients was at the center of public life – a driving reason behind masks and limiting gatherings. Waves of the virus hammered hospital care workers for years, causing exhaustion, burnout and staffing shortages that they are still recovering from.…
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What’s next for Colorado hospitals, health care with staffing as COVID-19 pandemic ebbs?
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When the pandemic began two years ago, many policymakers and health officials worried over hospital capacity. Did hospitals – here and across the country – have enough beds to meet the expected flood of COVID-19 patients? As the pandemic wore on, the concern shifted away from beds themselves and toward the doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and…
