Category: CORHIO e-Newsletter
Mayfair Internal Medicine Improves Patient Care, Reimbursements with CORHIO Notifications
Date: November 18th, 2019Topics: Care Coordination, Transitions of Care, CORHIO NotificationsThis sophisticated small practice has long-embraced technology and innovation to benefit not only their patients but also to bolster their bottom line. CORHIO Notifications is the latest innovation to make a positive impact in their operations.
Read MoreDenver Indian Health Clinic Serves an Important Need in Colorado Healthcare Community
Date: October 28th, 2019Topics: HIE, PatientCare 360, Social Determinants of HealthAs the only clinic of its kind, Denver Indian Health and Family Services provides culturally appropriate care to patients who often come from difficult circumstances and have complex medical issues.
Read MoreUnique Residency Program Ensures Graduates Leave With HIE Experience
Date: October 28th, 2019Topics: HIE, PatientCare 360A coordinated effort including residents and attending physicians filling patient data gaps with health information exchange has increased their transitional care visits by 90%.
Read MoreArthritis Clinic Using HIE to Schedule Patients Faster, Complete Clinical Trials
Date: September 23rd, 2019Topics: HIE, PatientCare 360, Care Coordination, ReferralsDenver Arthritis Clinic, a busy two-location group of rheumatologists and support staff, uses PatientCare 360® for new referrals and clinical trial paperwork.
Read MoreExamining How Health Information Exchange Can Help in a Colorado Emergency
Date: September 23rd, 2019Topics: Emergency Services, Disaster PreparednessCORHIO recently completed an analysis for the North Central Region Healthcare Coalition, evaluating hospital evacuations, deploying ambulances to safely transport patients, and how HIE could help.
Read MoreColorado Is Ready!
Date: August 26th, 2019Topics: Primary Care, Behavioral HealthA new website and collaborative effort has launched to keep the Colorado State Innovation Model momentum going now that the program has ended.
Read MoreCelebrating Innovation and Gathering Inspiration at the Rocky Mountain Health IT Summit
Date: July 29th, 2019Topics: HIE, Interoperability, InnovationEarlier this month, healthcare leaders from Colorado and other states gathered for two days of updates, inspiration and celebration around our innovative state's healthcare improvements.
Read MoreCARES Program Tackling ED Over Utilization in a Unique Way
Date: June 24th, 2019Topics: Care Coordination, Hospital Readmissions, Behavioral Health, Accountable Care, Emergency Services, NotificationsMulti-agency collaboration in Colorado Springs is making big improvements in unnecessary emergency department visits – and in their community.
Read MoreCORHIO Announces New Chief Legal Officer
Date: May 21st, 2019Topics: CORHIO Governance & LeadershipAnnie Harrington, former Principal with Squire Patton Boggs, will assume the executive role with CORHIO on June 3rd.
Read MoreNotifications From CORHIO Can Help Skilled Nursing Facilities with New Star Rating Measures
Date: May 21st, 2019Topics: SNF, Value-Based Care, Hospital Readmissions, Long-Term Care, NotificationsWith recent changes released by CMS, skilled nursing facilities are faced with an increasing challenge to keep track of patients when they leave their care.
Read MoreCORHIO Partnering with Office of Behavioral Health to Connect Colorado Jails to HIE
Date: April 26th, 2019Topics: Care Coordination, criminal justice systemWith the goal of improving behavioral and physical health outcomes for individuals in the criminal justice system, the Office of Behavioral Health has engaged with CORHIO and Quality Health Network to improve data sharing.
Read MoreCoding for Risk Adjustments: What is it and how can your practice tackle it?
Date: April 26th, 2019Topics: risk management, Hierarchical Condition Category CodingSan Luis Valley Health and CORHIO are working together to improve the clinic’s coding to set them up for more successful payment model participation. Learn more about coding for risk adjustments and how one practice is tackling it.
Read MoreCORHIO Announces New Chief Information Officer
Date: March 25th, 2019Topics: CORHIO Governance & LeadershipDeanna Towne, former IT Director and Acting Deputy Chief Customer Officer of the Governor’s Office of Information Technology, assumed the executive role with CORHIO on March 18th.
Read MoreTwo Pivotal HIE Studies Released This Year
Date: March 25th, 2019Topics: HIE, Hospital Readmissions, Emergency ServicesHealth Information Exchanges linked to shorter emergency stays and lower hospital readmission rates.
Read MoreDelta Dental and CORHIO Partner to Identify Opportunities to Improve Oral Health
Date: February 19th, 2019Topics: HIE, Data Analytics, DentalNonprofit dental insurer joins forces with health information exchange to analyze emergency room data to find intervention opportunities for oral health issues.
Read MoreSpeeding Up the Death Certificate Process
Date: February 19th, 2019Topics: HIE, CORHIO Network, CORHIO Governance & LeadershipWhen coroner’s office investigators have access to a deceased person’s medical records in the CORHIO health information exchange, they can more quickly issue death certificates.
Read MoreCORHIO Welcomes Five New Board Members
Date: January 18th, 2019Topics: CORHIO Governance & LeadershipFive new CORHIO Board of Director members begin their terms of service to help guide our organization’s mission to improve health information exchange in Colorado.
Read MoreACO Practices Utilizing Notifications from CORHIO to Improve Care
Date: January 18th, 2019Topics: Care Coordination, Population Health, Accountable Care, CORHIO NotificationsColorado medical practices participating in ACOs and other value-based models are relying on Notifications of patient encounters from CORHIO to fill information gaps and provide more informed, proactive care.
Read MoreHIE 2.0: CORHIO’s Leaders Map a Pathway to Advanced Data-Sharing Success in Colorado
Date: November 19th, 2018Topics: HIE, Patient MatchingCORHIO’s leaders have been involved in intensive work to improve data quality, while expanding data-sharing more broadly.
Read MoreCORHIO and New West Physicians Partner to Improve Patient Care and Efficiency
Date: November 19th, 2018Topics: HIE, Care Coordination, CORHIO NetworkPrimary care medical group’s 125 physicians to join Health Information Exchange network.
Read MoreHealth-e-MedRecord and CORHIO Partner on Statewide Platform to Ensure Patient Wishes are Respected
Date: October 22nd, 2018Topics: HIE, Advance Care PlanningHealth-e-MedRecord (HEMR), a software solution designed to enhance electronic health records and CORHIO have announced their partnership, which will allow CORHIO to implement HEMR’s Medcordance Advance Care Planning platform, designed to ensure patients’ treatment wishes are honored during medical emergencies.
Read MoreCORHIO and Office of eHealth Innovation Selected for HIMSS Conference
Date: October 22nd, 2018Topics: Colorado Healthcare LeadersCORHIO and the Colorado Office of eHealth Innovation are honored to be selected to speak at the 2019 HIMSS conference, which is the largest educational event for health information and technology in the world.
Read MoreAttention SIM Practices (All Cohorts)
Date: September 25th, 2018Topics: State Innovation Model, Quality MeasuresThe State Innovation Model (SIM) wants to invest in practices that are interested in learning how to submit electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) for use within Medicaid, Medicare or any other payer’s advance payment model. SIM practices can apply to join a free program and have measures automatically reported.
Read MoreCORHIO Collaborates with Wolters Kluwer to Drive Smarter Data Analytics Insights
Date: September 25th, 2018Topics: Laboratories, LOINCThe two healthcare leaders collaborated to further refine and normalize lab data in the CORHIO health information exchange to set the stage for population health and quality reporting offerings.
Read MoreState Innovation Model Funds First Blockchain-Enabled Data Aggregation and Reporting Collaboration in Colorado
Date: August 27th, 2018Topics: SIM, Blockchain, Quality MeasuresThree leading health data organizations, CORHIO, QHN and CCMCN, partner with BurstIQ to pilot a blockchain-based health data platform to enable the statewide aggregation of clinical quality measures for the Colorado State Innovation Model.
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