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2020 Rescue Fund supports expanded COVID-19 testing at AVH
July 2, 2020 |
Community
COVID-19
2020 Rescue Fund supports expanded COVID-19 testing at Aspen Valley Hospital with $470,000 grant As communities across the country work to safely reopen their economies, one critical element of nearly every plan involves readily available testing for COVID-19. Pitkin County is no exception. The 2020
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A “Cautious” Message from AVH CEO and Chief of Staff
by
Dave Ressler |
July 2, 2020 |
Community
COVID-19
To Our Community, As healthcare professionals and leaders at Aspen Valley Hospital (AVH), we are writing to both raise the “yellow flag” that COVID-19 is a serious threat to our lives and well-being, and to offer encouragement that our community’s fate rests firmly within our
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AVH laboratory shines in COVID response as new director comes on board
June 30, 2020 |
Community
News
Aspen Valley Hospital’s new Director of Laboratory Services, Mary Poskus-Fell (pictured), joins the AVH staff at a critical time. She is replacing Julie Mathias, who is retiring after 15 years at the lab, including the last five as director. “I’ve been in a lot of
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An Open Letter To Our Community
by
Dave Ressler |
Catherine Bernard, MD |
June 26, 2020 |
Community
COVID-19
Spanish Translation Available Here To Our Community, As healthcare professionals and leaders at Aspen Valley Hospital (AVH), we are writing to both sound the alarm that COVID-19 is an immediate threat to our lives and well-being, and to offer encouragement that our community’s fate rests
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Carta abierta a la comunidad
by
Dave Ressler |
Catherine Bernard, MD |
June 26, 2020 |
Community
COVID-19
English translation available here A nuestra comunidad, Como profesionales de la salud y líderes en Aspen Valley Hospital (AVH), estamos escribiendo por dos razones: para hacer sonar la alarma de que el COVID-19 es una amenaza inmediata para nuestras vidas y nuestro bienestar, y para
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COVID Q&A with Dr. Brad Holmes
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Brad Holmes, MD |
June 1, 2020 |
Community
COVID-19
At Aspen Valley Hospital, Dr. Brad Holmes is one of three hospitalists, the physicians who provide care at the bedside, managing patients who have been admitted to the hospital. Dr. Holmes is also a member of the Medical Advisory Team to Pitkin County Public Health,
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COVID Update & Five Commitments | A Message from CEO Dave Ressler
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Dave Ressler |
June 1, 2020 |
Community
COVID-19
This is a pivotal time for our community. In our continued battle against COVID-19, together we have gained ground recently as many of our local services are carefully reopening, including our restaurants and our hotels at 50% capacity, in keeping with the Pitkin County Roadmap
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Spotlight: Virtual Visits at After-Hours Medical Care in Basalt
April 30, 2020 |
Community
Comprehensive Care
COVID-19
The advent of COVID-19 has resulted in a decline in visits to the After-Hours Medical Care clinic as well as Aspen Valley Hospital’s Emergency Department, and that worries Dr. Joshua Seymour, Medical Director at After-Hours Medical Care. “I want people to know that we are
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COVID-19 Community Update: A Message from CEO Dave Ressler
by
Dave Ressler |
April 30, 2020 |
Community
COVID-19
Dear Community, Since initiating community testing last Friday, April 24, Aspen Valley Hospital has had less than 30 patients referred to our Respiratory Evaluation Tent for a COVID test by their primary care physician. This is very good news, for all of us, that the
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Q&A with AVH’s First Telemedicine Patient
April 29, 2020 |
Community
Comprehensive Care
COVID-19
For Lucinda Westerlind, Aspen Valley Primary Care’s new telemedicine option worked out to be just what she needed. She and her family live on five acres in Rifle, while her primary care physician, Dr. Karen Locke, has her office in Basalt. Lucinda is one of
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