Friday, May 3, 2024
5/3/2024
CORHIO will have primary responsibility for coordinating, convening, and providing technical services to establish a new statewide health information network throughout the State, building on Colorado???s impressive array of local and regional HIE and quality improvement activities. This project represents the accumulated knowledge and experience throughout the State of Colorado that contribute to a distinct readiness for expanding health information technology (HIT) and health information exchange (HIE) across the state, as well as ambitious goals for achieving state-wide meaningful use of HIT and HIE by 2015. By aligning the numerous efforts already underway in Colorado and the opportunities presented by ARRA, Colorado is poised to effectively and successfully expand use of electronic capabilities to improve the health of all Coloradans. Our vision, goals, objectives, and strategies for Colorado???s statewide health information network, including how we support health care providers??? meaningful use of EHRs, are briefly described below. Vision: Colorado will have an effective statewide system for electronic health information exchange used to promote and protect Coloradans??? health and continuously improve the quality, cost-effectiveness and accessibility of health care services. Mission: To facilitate health information exchange to improve care for all Coloradans. Goals: The goals identified for the purposes of successfully implementing HIT and HIE across Colorado are the following: 1. 85% of all primary care providers/safety-net community will be meaningful users of EHRs by 2014; 2. 85% of all providers will be meaningful users of EHRs by 2015; 3. Achieve financial viability and sustainability for HIE by 2015; 4. Coordinate with Medicare, Medicaid and Other ARRA Funded Programs; and 5. Maintain capability to be flexible and adapt to developing environments. The project will achieve these goals by phasing in HIE two communities per year over a four-year period.
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