AURORA ~ Today, Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera toured the UCHealth Long COVID Multidisciplinary Clinic on the CU Anschutz campus and hosted a roundtable discussion on Long COVID, its impact, and ways to better address the impacts. The discussion focused on strategies to continue to build partnerships between the state, health care providers, advocates, academic institutions, and others that will advance research efforts and further position Colorado as a leader in this initiative.

The Office of Saving People Money on Health Care (OSPMHC), which is leading the state's efforts to research the long term effects of COVID-19, has been working since 2022 to research Long COVID. In January 2023, they released their first report on Long COVID. The OSPMHC is focused on researching the causes, symptoms, and effects this virus has on people, the healthcare system, and the state. Additionally, they are working to build partnerships between federal, state, and local governments; research organizations; educational institutions; health care providers; Tribal entities; patients; advocates; and more in order to comprehensively address this disease.

Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera stated: "Long COVID is not only negatively impacting people's health, it is also impacting their ability to work, support their families, and enjoy their lives. The Office of Saving People Money on Health Care is focused on advancing research on this virus to ensure that the state can provide resources to those impacted, better support the health care system, and save people money on health care."

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The UCHealth Multidisciplinary Long COVID Clinic was one of the nation's first Long COVID multidisciplinary clinics and one of three clinics in Colorado today. The clinic opened in 2020 to treat patients recovering from COVID-19 and has expanded its services to provide comprehensive treatment and recovery care for Long COVID patients. The clinic has consistently received an average of 15-20 new patient referrals every week.

Colorado's commitment to research and responding to the impacts of Long COVID was included in "Colorado's Next Chapter: Our Roadmap to Moving Forward," released in February 2022. For more resources and information about Long COVID visit: https://ltgovernor.colorado.gov/programs/office...

Today Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera toured UCHealth's Multidisciplinary Clinic at CU Anschutz campus for a roundtable discussion about Long Covid's impact as well as ways for better addressing it through building partnerships between various sectors such as state government agencies , healthcare providers , advocates , academic institutions etc .

The Office of Saving People Money On Health Care (OSPMHC) which is leading Colorado's efforts towards researching long term effects of Covid 19 has been actively researching since 2022 . In January 2023 , they released their first report regarding long covid . Their focus lies upon researching causes , symptoms & effects that this virus has upon people , healthcare system & state . To ensure comprehensive addressing of this virus , OSPMHC is working towards building partnerships between various sectors such as federal & local governments , research organizations , educational institutions , healthcare providers , tribal entities etc .

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Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera said "Long Covid not only negatively impacts people's health but also affects their ability for work & supporting families . OSPMHC is focused upon advancing research so that state can provide resources & better support healthcare system while saving money ."

UCHealth Multidisciplinary Clinic was one among nation's first multidisciplinary clinics for long covid & one among three clinics present in Colorado today . This clinic opened up in 2020 with an aim towards treating patients recovering from Covid 19 & later expanded its services for providing comprehensive treatment & recovery care for long covid patients . This clinic receives an average 15 - 20 new patient referrals every week which showcases need for multidisciplinary long covid clinics .

Colorado's commitment towards researching & responding impacts of long covid was included in "Colorado's Next Chapter : Our Roadmap To Moving Forward" released in February 2022 . For more resources & information regarding long covid visit : https://ltgovernor.colorado.gov/programs/office...

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