This nonprofit organization is composed of physicians, residents and medical students.
It was founded in 1871 to promote the art and science of medicine and to improve public health.
Recent initiatives and resolutions have created electronic health projects such as COEKG.
[citation needed] In 1871 the Dr. Henry King Steele of the Denver Medical Association led an initiative to establish a state medical society.
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