Tag: Chase Falk
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Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo re-accredited despite scoring poorly on quality measures
Surveyors found Colorado’s primary psychiatric hospital in Pueblo scored poorly on quality measures in comparison to other psychiatric hospitals in the nation but re-accredited the facility for the next three years. The Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care, last month notified Jill Marshall, the chief executive officer…
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Whistleblower: False diagnosis kept patient unconstitutionally confined at Colorado mental hospital
Colorado officials unnecessarily and illegally blocked the release of a patient at the state’s primary mental hospital who had recovered from a psychotic episode, and those officials then tried to fire staff at the hospital who fought his continued confinement, claims an insider at the hospital who has turned whistleblower. The accusations from Erica Palmer,…
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Problems at Colorado’s primary mental hospital so severe that it faces potential loss of Medicare
Officials at Colorado’s primary mental hospital failed to protect a 20-year-old patient who suffered loss of brain function when he attempted to kill himself at the facility nearly three months ago, allowing violations in protocols meant to prevent such tragedies, state regulators determined. Backlog of people waiting for treatment at Colorado’s mental hospital could lead…
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Backlog of people waiting for treatment at Colorado’s mental hospital could lead to more death: Report
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More criminal defendants with untreated psychosis languishing in Colorado jails will maim and kill themselves if the state doesn’t reduce a growing backlog of nearly 350 people waiting for treatment at the state’s primary mental hospital, court-ordered monitoring reports predict. And court documents and budget…