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Kate Horle is the Chief Operating Officer at CORHIO (Colorado Regional Health Information Organization,) an organization that connects digital health record systems so that regardless of where a patient goes for care, their medical history is accessible, in real time, to physicians and healthcare professionals who need it. Read More

Now the two health information exchanges are sharing information in a bid to better coordinate care when patients travel around the state. On Tuesday, they announced an agreement to exchange secure patient data. The collaboration connects 89 Colorado hospitals and more than 7,600 providers. Read More

Health information organizations based in Grand Junction and Denver have expanded their exchange of patient records to better coordinate care across Colorado. Read More

Over 7,600 medical providers are now linked between two Colorado health information exchanges, Quality Health Network and the Colorado Regional health Information Organization. Read More

Two health information exchanges in Colorado, Quality Health Network and Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, are teaming up to expand the exchange of patient medical records across the state, according to a Dec. 17 news release. Read More

Blockchain is beginning to make waves in industries outside of digital cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, and could be the next big disruptor in radiology. Read More

Research published in the January issue of Health Affairs found that both Medicaid coverage disruptions and coverage loss declined by 4.3% in states that expanded the program under the ACA. Read More

Long-term ED frequent users use emergency rooms on a chronic basis and have relatively high costs, researchers find. Read More

But that divide is beginning to erode, thanks to a movement called integrated mental health care. Integrated care places mental health clinicians side by side with physical health clinicians in other specialties, like primary care and oncology. Read More

Electronic health records (EHRs) could improve care by making clinical data easily accessible to all of a patient’s providers. That would improve the quality of treatment while also saving time and money Read More