Colorado Business Group on Health

National organizations will have a key role in building a healthier nation as part of the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced a funding opportunity for national public or private non-profit organizations to apply for $10 million in cooperative agreements to help communities decrease smoking and obesity, increase physical activity and improve nutrition.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released 2007 data for its Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), the largest emergency department (ED) database in the United States. It can be used for many purposes. For example, it can be used to generate statistics on hospital ED visits by patients with various types of coverage as well as the uninsured.

Finding suggests new health policies could make a dent in the problem, researcher says

Children whose body mass indexes (BMIs) are in the 99th percentile for their age and gender are considered severely obese, which can lead to chronic health conditions, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. A new study finds that an estimated 2.7 million U.S. children are severely obese. This number jumped more than 300 percent since 1976 and 70 percent since 1994.

A proposal to combine Poudre School District's two expeditionary learning schools could create a K-12 expeditionary school as early as next fall, housed at the Moore Core Knowledge School building.

Roger Ferguson, president and CEO of TIAA-CREF is one of the possible candidates for President Obama to choose from to fill vacant seats on the Federal Reserve board.

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services announced today that is has been named a HealthGrades America's 50 Best Hospital for 2010.

 Students from 43 Colorado elementary, middle and high schools have "harvested" 5.3 Million pennies to benefit local charities.