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Another trend that continued to gain steam in 2021 was consolidation among HIE organizations. In April 2021, the boards of directors of HIEs in Colorado and Arizona approved a merger to form a regional nonprofit interoperability organization. Read More

Heather Culwell, State Health Initiatives Director began by introducing CORHIO, which turned 10 years old this year––and recently joined with Arizona-based Health Current to form a regional organization, Contexture. As Culwell said, “The merger allows us to continue the level of focus and dedication that’s already in place, while also working to identify best practices and info sharing across state lines. We all know... Read More

One of the world’s highly respected neurorehabilitation hospitals, Englewood, Colo.-based Craig Hospital, recently went live with their admission, discharge and transfer (ADT) data through the CORHIO network. The data is now available through CORHIO’s PatientCare 360® service. Read More

Denver-based CORHIO (@CORHIO) and Phoenix-based Health Current (@AZHealthCurrent), both health information exchanges (HIEs) that operate independently under the regional organization Contexture (@ContextureHIT), recently earned separate Certified statuses for information security by HITRUST. Together, CORHIO and Health Current serve 1,800 healthcare organizations across Colorado and Arizona. Read More

The Denver- and Phoenix-based HIEs passed 19 health IT security assessment categories for HITRUST Common Security Framework (CSF) certification. Read More

The ONC has added health IT specifications for ePrescribing and public health reporting to its Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) Reference Edition. Read More

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on Friday released the final version of Project US@, a technical specification designed as an industrywide data standard for patient addresses. ONC has been working on Project US@ with standards development and health IT organizations since launching the effort in early 2021. Read More

Patient and provider experiences have to be top-of-mind in the year ahead, with special attention to stressed hospital workers and underserved populations, healthcare vendor leaders say. Read More

In this article, the CEO of Intermountain Healthcare describes five priorities to fix the system. They include: focus on prevention, not just treating sickness; tackle racial disparities; expand telehealth and in-home services; build integrated systems; and adopt value-based care. Read More

An updated health IT roadmap outlines several initiatives that aim to boost interoperability across the state for improved care coordination. Read More