January 1, 1998

Hospitals hold line on nurses; aides help fill the gap

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Managed-health maintenance organizations are increasing reliance on poorly trained health-care workers to save money and putting the health care of patients at risk.

That’s the opinion of Alison Biggs, executive director of the Colorado Nurses Association. It’s a trend, she claims, that has her worried.

“The substitution of skilled personnel with minimally trained individuals has a tremendous potential for lowering the standards of care,” Biggs said recently. Hospitals especially are using health-care professionals who lack the training of licensed nurses, Biggs said.…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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