Category: CORHIO in the News
Summit 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.
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