Category: CORHIO in the News
HIEs in Arizona, Colorado Plan to Merge
Date: September 30th, 2020Source: Healthcare InnovationTopics: Interoperability, CORHIO Network, Health Current, merger, Health Data UtilityThe urge to merge among health information exchanges continues with the announcement that the HIEs in Colorado and Arizona announce plans to form a regional health data utility in the West.
Read MoreCO, AZ Health Information Exchanges Propose to Form Regional HIE
Date: September 30th, 2020Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, Interoperability, CORHIO Network, Health Current, merger, Health Data UtilityThe two major health information exchanges will potentially connect roughly 1,320 healthcare organizations between Colorado and Arizona.
Read MoreArizona and Colorado HIEs to partner, form new regional exchange
Date: September 30th, 2020Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: Interoperability, CORHIO Network, Health Current, merger, Health Data UtilityPhoenix-based Health Current and Denver-based CORHIO, which together connect more than 1,300 healthcare organizations, said the new consolidated HIE could eventually be "the largest health data utility in the West."
Read MoreIntelligent Medical Objects Launches IMO Precision Normalize
Date: August 12th, 2020Source: Globe NewswireTopics: Data normalization“As a health information exchange (HIE), we support the healthcare community in Colorado’s diverse data needs and are excited about our opportunity to utilize IMO’s clinically validated terminology services to help us to fill in information gaps for our HIE participants,” said Deanna Towne, CORHIO Chief Information Officer.
Read MoreMeeting Interoperability Rule Deadlines ‘Incredibly Difficult’ for State Medicaid Agencies
Date: June 8th, 2020Source: Healthcare InnovationTopics: HIE, Interoperability, Colorado Department of Health Care, Policy and Financing (HCPF)Colorado Medicaid IT officials outline their approach to overcoming the obstacles they face, including a budget crisis related to the COVID pandemic
Read MoreColorado HIEs have improved outcomes, costs for jails via speedy information access
Date: June 5th, 2020Source: Healthcare FinanceTopics: HIE, Care Coordination, Medication Reconciliation, criminal justice systemThe goal was to improve outcomes, reduce the recidivism rate and send inmates back into the communities with coherent care plans.
Read MoreColorado Providers Now Have Access to Medical Images via HIE
Date: May 18th, 2020Source: Imaging Technology NewsTopics: HIE, Radiology, Image SharingAdvanced imaging data exchange is now live in Colorado due to the partnership of Health Images and the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization
Read MoreOne of the country’s top health information exchanges adds image-sharing capabilities
Date: May 18th, 2020Source: Health ImagingTopics: HIE, Care Coordination, Radiology, Image SharingOne of the largest health information exchanges in the country has expanded its offerings to allow healthcare providers across Colorado to share medical images, according to a May 14 announcement. As a result of the endeavor, CORHIO’s more than 19,000 users will be able to share high-quality images such as MRIs, CT scans, ultrasounds, mammograms, and x-rays, regardless of health system or electronic health record.
Read MoreCO Health Information Exchange Incorporates Medical Image Exchange
Date: May 15th, 2020Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, Radiology, Image SharingThe medical image exchange empowers the health information exchange to send and receive MRIs, CT scans, ultrasounds, mammograms, and x-rays.
Read MoreColorado providers now have access to medical images via health information exchange
Date: May 14th, 2020Source: Healthcare Business NewsTopics: HIE, Radiology, Image SharingCORHIO, a health information exchange in Colorado enabling data exchange for its 19,000+ users, announced today an important milestone with Health Images. The two companies have partnered to facilitate the exchange of medical images between healthcare providers, regardless of health system or electronic health record system. This marks the first time an imaging center has made images available in the CORHIO HIE.
Read MorePiecemeal testing flusters officials tracking coronavirus pandemic
Date: April 3rd, 2020Source: PoliticoTopics: Laboratories, COVID-19The exchanges say testing companies are refusing to provide information — a situation that prompted Polis to weigh an executive order after an informal request he made last month was turned down. “[The big lab companies have] said time and again, we’ll do what the law tells us to do,” said Morgan Honea, the CEO of the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, adding it will only take a state law or order to get results.
Read MoreHow HIE can improve mental healthcare in prison
Date: February 28th, 2020Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: HIE, Care Coordination, criminal justice system, opioidsHow an inmate in Colorado receives mental health treatment while in custody directly affects both the quality and the cost of their care once released. This is true in all states, but in Colorado recent legislation has spurred a pilot connecting county hospitals and jails vie HIE.
Read MoreGA Providers Now Capable to Share Patient Lab Results Under HIE
Date: February 20th, 2020Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, Care Coordination, LaboratoriesGeorgia’s health information exchange (HIE) added a lab results exchange to improve care quality and lower costs for providers
Read MoreLt. Governor tours Arapahoe County Jail, gets firsthand look at challenges Jail touts health information exchange program
Date: January 3rd, 2020Source: Denver Channel 7 NewsTopics: HIE, Care Coordination, criminal justice system, opioidsKate 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 MoreHealth information organizations expand data exchange
Date: December 19th, 2019Source: The Business TimesTopics: Care Coordination, Interoperability, CORHIO NetworkHealth information organizations based in Grand Junction and Denver have expanded their exchange of patient records to better coordinate care across Colorado.
Read MoreCO Health Information Exchange Partnership Expands Data Access
Date: December 19th, 2019Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, Care Coordination, Interoperability, CORHIO NetworkOver 7,600 medical providers are now linked between two Colorado health information exchanges, Quality Health Network and the Colorado Regional health Information Organization.
Read MoreWith health data sharing, the more reach, the better
Date: December 19th, 2019Source: The Daily SentinelTopics: HIE, Interoperability, CORHIO Network, SHIECNow 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 MoreHealth information exchanges team up to improve connectivity
Date: December 18th, 2019Source: Grand Junction Daily SentinelTopics: HIE, Interoperability, CORHIO NetworkTwo Colorado health information exchanges have teamed up to share information in hopes of better coordinating care when patients travel around the state for treatment.
Read MoreColorado HIEs Begin Exchanging Clinical Documents
Date: December 18th, 2019Source: Healthcare InnovationTopics: HIE, Interoperability, CORHIO Network, SHIECTwo large Colorado health information exchanges have expanded the extent of their data sharing. Quality Health Network (QHN), based in Grand Junction on the Western Slope, and Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO), based in Denver, said the exchange of clinical documents will enable better care coordination for millions of Colorado patients.
Read MoreColorado HIEs pool data-sharing services, expand reach to millions of patients
Date: December 18th, 2019Source: Becker's Hospital ReviewTopics: Care Coordination, Interoperability, CORHIO NetworkTwo 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 MoreHealth Information Exchange Can Play a Big Role in Delivering Integrated Care
Date: October 31st, 2019Source: AHIMA JournalTopics: HIE, Patient Engagementor example, Colorado uses the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO) to provide real-time access to clinical data from EHRs, secure web portals, and electronic reports.
Read MoreExamining How Health Information Exchange Can Help in a Colorado Emergency
Date: September 29th, 2019Source: The Health Informatics DailyTopics: HIE, Emergency ServicesCORHIO 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 MoreInteroperability Has a Long Way to Go, Experts Say
Date: August 21st, 2019Source: MedPage TodayTopics: HIE, Interoperability, Healthcare Policy, API, FHIRFor healthcare interoperability to be improved, four things have to happen, Patrick Getzen, senior vice president, chief data and analytics officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina in Durham, said here Wednesday.
Read MoreDespite large investments in technology, healthcare still early in interoperability journey, BCBSNC executive says
Date: August 21st, 2019Source: Fierce HealthcareTopics: HIE, Interoperability, Value-Based Care, APIGetzen, along with HIE leader Morgan Honea, CEO of the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, both said the move toward alternative payment models was critical to pushing interoperability forward. Payment reform would push healthcare providers to use interoperability tools to do things like identify diabetics and rising-risk patients, Honea said.
Read MoreOrganizations Face Several Health Data Interoperability Hurdles
Date: August 21st, 2019Source: HealthIT InfrastructureTopics: HIE, Interoperability, API, FHIRThere are four main hurdles regarding health data interoperability, Patrick Getzen, senior vice president and chief data and analytics officer at BCBSNC, told an August 21 HHS panel.
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