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Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) focuses on the opportunities offered by blockchain technology for medical device companies with insights from Colorado thought leaders focused on blockchain adoption in healthcare, including BurstIQ and CORHIO, at its annual Medical Device Symposium. The event will be held at the Westin Westminster on March 7. Read More

A survey of Colorado home health care clinicians (HHCs) revealed that 60 percent said they had not received enough information to guide patient treatment while 52 percent said patients often had unrealistic expectations of the kind of care they would receive Read More

They were able to electronically access notes, orders, lab and radiology results and referrals. Some 12 percent of respondents reported positive experiences when accessing the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO, www.corhio.org) about hospital admissions. Read More

6 respondents (12%) favorably described accessing a regional information health exchange, the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO, www.corhio.org), to acquire clinical information. Within free-text responses, participants described being able to access CORHIO for information about hospital admissions to any participating hospital. One participant elaborated in free text about CORHIO: “The cost... Read More

One serendipitous encounter at Catalyst has led to a new collaboration between Delta Dental of Colorado and CORHIO (Colorado Regional Health Information Organization). Read More

The Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC) has released the 2019 edition of its Snapshot of Rural Health. The annual publication highlights rural health data such as demographic trends, population health, education levels, opioid use, and the economy through the use of infographic data visualization, text, and maps. This year's edition features expanded information on the impact that rural healthcare providers and facilities... Read More

Hospitals that adopt health information exchanges can reduce the amount of time patients stay in emergency departments, according to a new study from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas Read More

Health information exchange (HIE) participation in Florida was associated with readmission reduction, meaning hospitals should be encouraged to integrate HIE into their quality improvement initiatives, according to new research published in Health Affairs. Read More

In its 2019 Rural Advocacy Agenda, the American Hospital Association (AHA) called for more opportunities for rural hospitals to successfully participate in bundled payment models, the Quality Payment Program, and other alternative payment models. Read More

A new study in Health Affairs lends weight to the value of health information exchanges (HIE) in improving patient outcomes. Read More