Denver Medical Study Group
Leading through Learning----Healthcare Innovation and Reform
The Impact of COVID-19 on America’s Ongoing Opioid Epidemic By Luke McCabe-O’Donnell DMSG Student Intern University of Colorado-Denver Introduction: COVID-19 has contributed to an alarming rise in opioid overdose deaths in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report for the twelve-month period ending January 2021, there were 94,134 drug overdose …
By Atresha Singh, DMSG Student InternUniversity of Denver A Brief Summary of the Project As an aspiring healthcare professional, it is important to consider the needs and concerns of areas that are under-served, such as rural or frontier areas. Rural and frontier areas are quite vast in Colorado and being able to learn about what …
By Leah Giacomino, DMSG Student InternRegis University Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Housing Instability and Homelessness The Social Determinants of Health have a large impact on housing instability and homelessness. “The Social Determinants of Health are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, work, play, worship, and age that affect …
Healthcare and Learning in a COVID-19 Era By Luke McCabe-O’Donnell, DMSG Student Intern University of Colorado-Denver When the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a public health emergency January 30th, 2020 the American healthcare system changed overnight. The global pandemic has altered both the way patients are receiving care and the teaching platforms used to educate prospective healthcare professionals. Telemedicine Trends One of the biggest changes to the way patients …
