Pediatric Partners of the Southwest in the News
Pediatric Partners of the Southwest is an important resource for Durango and its surrounding communities. Listed below are news articles featuring services, opinions and advice beneficial to the communities we serve. Click on an orange article title to read.
Provider Insider Plus
November 17, 2021
By Cecile Fraley
Provider Perspective: Getting Upriver
Caring for Youth Mental Health with Fully Integrated Behavioral Health Teams
Durango Herald
Tuesday, May 30, 2019
By Mary Shinn
Former Bayfield primary school to fill up with nonprofits, clinic
Child care co-op to offer new services, meeting space for parents
Durango Herald
Tuesday, May 23, 2019
By Patrick Armijo
Pediatric Partners of the Southwest to oversee Durango High School health clinic
Florida Mesa Elementary health center to close
Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy and Financing
Includes a feature on Pediatric Partners' innovative care.
Silverton Standard
Thursday, February 9, 2017
The Doctor Is In (Durango)
Pediatricians in Durango and in Denver now examining kids at Silverton School via internet
Durango Herald
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017
By Shane Benjamin
Video linkup allows children with Down syndrome to visit Denver doctors
Family with 10 children, 5 who have Down syndrome, visit doctors online
Durango Herald
Monday, Jan. 16, 2017
by Heidi McMillan, MD
Teen suicide is real, it’s among us. Let’s talk and act!
Isolation. Bullying. Altitude. Hopelessness. Economic stress. Social media. Stigma. Whatever the cause, the fact remains that mountain towns, such as ours, have three times the rate of suicide than the national average.
Durango Herald
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
by Ann Butler
Donning red noses raises spirits, funds
With the goal of “getting funny for the money” or “seriously silly,” Pediatric Partners of the Southwest committed to the Red Nose Day theme for a fundraiser for kids in need, decorating the entire practice in crimson, garnet, cherry, berry, rose and every other tone of red.
The Durango Telegraph
December 22, 2016
by Jen Reeder
Creature comforts
Therapy dogs help ease kids' waiting room anxiety
Therapy dogs spend two hours each day at Pediatric Partners to help lower the stress levels of kids, parents and staff.
The Journal -- Cortez | Dolores | Mancos
Thursday, August 20, 2015
by Chase Olivarius-McAllister
A little magic never hurts
Sensitivity, humor put pediatric patients at ease
Durango Herald
Friday, Dec. 26, 2014
By Mary Shinn Herald Staff Writer
Mental-health counselors boost care for kids
Program supports pediatricians, families
Depression, anxiety, attention deficit disorder and temper tantrums are among issues that come to doctors at Pediatric Partners of the Southwest. But now they have on-site professional backup available.
Durango Herald
Thursday, June 12, 2014
By Dale Rodebaugh
Horse Gulch Health Campus opens
Facility will offer telemedicine connection to Denver physicians
Durango Herald
Saturday, May 18, 2013
By Dale Rodebaugh
Durango Derailers looking for another $50,000 year
More than 100 Durango Derailers bicycle club members are training for a July ride to raise money to cover the travel expenses of Southwest Colorado children who are treated at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora.
Durango Herald
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012
By Dale Rodebaugh