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South Metro Primary Care, an Independent Practice Association in South Metro Denver, is Linking its Providers' Electronic Health Records Systems to the CORHIO HIE Network DENVER, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- South Metro Primary Care (SMPC), one of the largest primary care independent practice associations in the Denver metro area, along with their medical management company Physician Health Partners (PHP), have announced plans to connect the electronic health records systems...

DENVER, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CORHIO, the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, announced today that University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) has signed an agreement to connect to its health information exchange (HIE). By connecting its Epic electronic health record (EHR) system with CORHIO's HIE, University Hospital is ensuring that its patients will receive more efficient follow-up care with their primary care doctors and any other community-based health care...

DENVER, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CORHIO, the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, announced today that HealthONE has signed an agreement to participate in its secure health information exchange (HIE) network. The seven HealthONE hospitals join 28 other hospitals around the state already connected to CORHIO, including Centura Health which operates 13 hospitals connected to the HIE network, of which seven are located in Metro Denver. HealthONE is a subsidiary of the...

DENVER, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CORHIO, the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, announced today that Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) has successfully connected to its health information exchange (HIE). By connecting its electronic health record (EHR) system with CORHIO's HIE, Children's Colorado is ensuring that its patients will receive better follow-up care with their regular pediatricians, family doctors and any other Colorado health care...

DENVER, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Primary Physician Partners (PPP), the largest primary care independent practice association in the Denver metro area, along with their medical management company, Physician Health Partners (PHP), has connected their first of many practices to the CORHIO health information exchange (HIE). PHP is one of 32 Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) chosen to provide high-quality, coordinated care to more than 24,000 Medicare beneficiaries in the...

DENVER, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CORHIO, the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, announced today that all six northern Colorado hospitals are connected to the health information exchange (HIE). By connecting to CORHIO's secure network, hospitals in the region operated by University of Colorado Health (UCHealth) and Banner Health are electronically sharing vital patient information with community-based providers across the region and the state. Health care...

DENVER, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CORHIO, the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, announced today that the Integrated Physician Network (iPN), a large, multi-specialty association of physicians and medical practices, has signed a contract to join its health information exchange (HIE) network. The iPN operates as a quality improvement collaborative and focuses on improving the health of Colorado residents across the Front Range through electronic health records...

DENVER, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CORHIO, the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, announced today that its Policy Director, Liza Fox-Wylie, has been selected to become Colorado's State Health Information Technology Director. In the role of State HIT Director, Fox-Wylie will provide strategic leadership for Colorado's health information technology (HIT) initiatives across state agencies and lead coordination between the state, non-state HIT initiatives and...

DENVER, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- CORHIO, the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, announced today that it will use a technology platform developed by Salt Lake City-based Medicity to build the state's health information exchange. "The selection of Medicity is a first step towards building a statewide information network, which is vital to improving today's health care system," said Joan Henneberry, the executive director of Colorado's Department of Health Care Policy and...