Category: CORHIO in the News
Hospital Joins Data-Sharing Exchange
Date: April 29th, 2011Source: Sterling Journal Advocate Topics: CORHIO Network, Colorado Hospitals & Health SystemsSterling Regional MedCenter (SRM) will join a network that links physicians and other medical care providers throughout Colorado. "This is great news for Sterling Regional MedCenter and the other three Banner hospitals in Colorado," said Michelle Joy, CEO of SRM. "As a rural facility we are fortunate to have the support of Banner to be able to participate in this network. It will improve patient care for our community to be able to access/share patient information across the state. In addition, this positions us well for being prepared for health care reform."
Read MoreCompeting Hospitals Joining Together Is a Good Plan
Date: April 28th, 2011Source: Greeley TribuneTopics: CORHIO Network, Colorado Hospitals & Health SystemsIt’s nice to see that even the fiercest of competitors can cooperate sometimes. Last week it was announced that several regional hospitals, most of which are owned either by Banner Health or Poudre Valley Health System, will begin sharing patient data through a system called Health Information Exchange.
Read MoreColorado Flips the Switch on Health Information Exchange
Date: April 28th, 2011Source: Colorado Public RadioTopics: HIE, CORHIO Network, CORHIO Governance & LeadershipColorado's statewide health information exchange (HIE) is up and running, with one hospital already giving patients the opportunity to have records on the HIE and more than 20 hospitals and hundreds of physicians expected to follow this year.
Read MoreRegional Hospitals to Share Comprehensive Patient Information
Date: April 21st, 2011Source: Greeley TribuneTopics: CORHIO Network, Colorado Hospitals & Health SystemsNorthern Colorado’s two hospital operators will share patient data through a Health Information Exchange, according to an announcement Thursday by the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization. Linked in the system will be Banner Health, which operates North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, East Morgan County Hospital, McKee Medical Center in Loveland and Sterling Regional Medical Center, and Poudre Valley Health System, which operates Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins and the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland.
Read MoreCORHIO Exceeding Its Initial HIE Goals
Date: April 13th, 2011Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: HIE, CORHIO NetworkBy early summer, four communities in Colorado will be able to securely share patient information through the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization's (CORHIO) network. The signed agreements for the seven hospitals, nine medical practices and four community mental health centers represent an acceleration of the nonprofit's health information exchange (HIE) goals.
Read MoreSharing for Caring: Medical Agencies Work Toward Free Flow of Patient Data
Date: April 9th, 2011Source: Boulder Daily CameraTopics: CORHIO Network, Colorado Hospitals & Health SystemsColorado -- like the rest of the country -- is making a push to get all hospitals and physicians sharing health records electronically, and Boulder Community Hospital is the state's first to "go live" with a new system that aims to link as many local doctors as possible. Five of the 22 health care organizations that have signed agreements to share patient data electronically through the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization's Health Information Exchange are in Boulder County. And Boulder Community Hospital is the first to start sending data to the state-designated agency.
Read MoreColorado HIE Goes Live
Date: April 4th, 2011Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: CORHIO Network, Colorado Hospitals & Health SystemsBoulder Community Hospital is the first provider in Colorado to go live on CORHIO, the designated state health information exchange funded in part through grants from the HITECH Act.
Read MoreMaking EHRs Work for HIEs
Date: April 1st, 2011Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: HIE, CORHIO NetworkProviders in the Integrated Physician Network (iPN) Avista, a Louisville, Colo.-based delivery system which comprises 20 clinics, a community health center and hospital, are participating in a private HIE that's a set-up for exchanging clinical information with providers across the state in the near future. Avista iPN is looking toward participating in the Colorado HIE, an exchange that will connect providers across the state.
Read MoreNeed Help Selecting an EHR?
Date: February 28th, 2011Source: Colorado Medicine, a publication of the Colorado Medical SocietyTopics: EHRs, Regional Extension CenterRecently, Colorado’s leading advocate of electronic health records (EHRs) released its list of approved integration products. By so doing, the Colorado Regional Extension Center (CO-REC) hopes to help physicians who are considering buying an EHR system, just as a federal payment program for their use takes flight. “There are hundreds of EHR systems to choose from,” said CO-REC Director Robyn Leone. “We wanted to reduce the options to a manageable number, while leading a selection process that holds product-makers accountable, lowers costs and provides doctors with good technical support.”
Read MoreHealth Information Exchange
Date: February 14th, 2011Source: CHI Letter, Quarterly Newsletter from the Colorado Health Institute Topics: CORHIO Network, CORHIO Governance & LeadershipThe CORHIO health information exchange (HIE) is moving ahead on several fronts. Although HIEs were not included in the 2010 federal health care reform bill (because many were already under way), they nonetheless will be an integral part of achieving reform goals related to cost-efficiency and improved quality of health care. CORHIO expects to have more than 20 hospitals and a number of physician practices online and sharing patient information by the end of 2011.
Read More$80 Million More for RECs, HIEs and Workforce Programs
Date: January 28th, 2011Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: EHRs, Regional Extension CenterThe Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has awarded a total of $80 million more to boost regional extension centers, state health information exchanges and community college workforce programs. The programs, launched last year, are designed to support the uptake and meaningful user of electronic health records.
Read MoreBetter Records, Better Health Care
Date: January 13th, 2011Source: Denver PostTopics: HIEHealth information exchange and electronic health records are not only more secure than our ages-old system of paper records, they contribute to higher-quality, more cost-efficient care.
Read MoreRegional Extension Centers Start to Roll
Date: December 1st, 2010Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: EHRs, Regional Extension CenterThe government is spending $677 million to create centers whose mission is to help physicians and hospitals adopt electronic health records. How's it going?
Read MoreRegional Extension Centers: Worth Another Look
Date: November 8th, 2010Source: American Medical News, a publication of the AMATopics: EHRs, Regional Extension CenterEarly success of some regional extension centers indicates that physicians may be more willing to work with people they already know and trust, or ones who offer their services for free.
Read More800 Providers Sign with Colorado REC
Date: October 18th, 2010Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: EHRs, Regional Extension CenterThe Colorado Regional Extension Center announced receipt of the 800th signed letter of agreement from a provider. CO-REC, which operates within the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, had a goal of signing 600 providers within six months and reached it in less than three.
Read MoreHealth care: going digital
Date: October 1st, 2010Source: Colorado BizTopics: HIE, EHRs, Health ITReplacing paper with electronic records is helping the health care industry improve patient care. Read about Colorado health care providers' efforts to utilize electronic medical records and health information exchange, and why Colorado is a leader in using Health IT to improve patient care.
Read MoreColorado in a Good Position for Health Care Reform
Date: July 5th, 2010Source: Denver PostTopics: HIE, EHRs, Health IT, Healthcare PolicyAs national health care reform makes its way to Colorado, innumerable questions, excitement and anxiety, political maneuvering, intense media scrutiny, and a constitutional challenge from the state attorney general's office will greet its arrival. The one thing on which we can all agree is that these reforms will reshape what, how and to whom health care is delivered — and at what cost — for generations to come.
Read MoreSummit Medical Providers May Collaborate and Share Electronic Medical Records
Date: June 21st, 2010Source: Summit Daily NewsTopics: HIE, EHRsWith Colorado's health care entities hoping to build a network of electronic medical records across the state, Summit County's own providers joined together to collaborate and connect.
Read MoreBuilding Colorado's Health Information Highway
Date: June 20th, 2010Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: HIE, Health ITLess than 18 months after the federal government announced a $19 billion initiative to jump-start the use of health information technology (HIT), Colorado is poised to flip the switch on a plan that could transform how health care is delivered in the Centennial State.
Read MoreColorado Building Electronic Network for Medical Records
Date: June 15th, 2010Source: Denver PostTopics: HIE, Health ITColorado is racing a five-year deadline to build a network of electronic medical records linking doctors' offices and hospitals across the state — a massive challenge given that about 70 percent of physicians still use the print-fax-phone method to share data.
Read MoreObservations in Health: Organization Tackles HIT's 'Tower of Babel'
Date: March 31st, 2010Source: Health ElevationsTopics: HIE, Health ITThe United Nations' translators and interpreters have nothing on Phyllis Albritton and her team at the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization. The U.N. works in a mere six official languages. CORHIO, as it facilitates electronic exchange of health information among providers and consumers, deals with scores. Health information sits in diverse and often incompatible software products, making it difficult for one to "talk" to another.
Read MoreColorado to Expand Health Data Network
Date: January 6th, 2009Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: HIE, Health ITOver the past month, Colorado has successfully demonstrated its ability to share patient data securely among four health and hospital systems across the state.
Read More