By now most of us have probably learned about the outcomes of yesterday’s election. In Washington, the House of Representatives will be Republican-controlled beginning January 2011 and Democrats will have a narrower margin in the U.S. Senate. Colorado voters will send Michael Bennett (D) back to the Senate for...

THE Consortium webinar scheduled for October 21st has been canceled due to the EHR Vendor Symposium educational event, but please join us for the November webinar scheduled for Wednesday, November 17th, from 12:00pm-1:15pm. November’s topic is a continuation of our Diving Deep into Meaningful Use series where we will...

Find out what your hospital and physicians need to do to qualify as meaningful EHR users, how to take advantage of incentive dollars and hear the latest news about EHR certification with a joint presentation from Healthland and Eide Bailly. This live webinar held Wednesday, November 17 at 10:30...

In the midst of election activities (more to come on that later), Governor Ritter released his proposed budget plan for fiscal year 2011-2012.  Addressing a shortfall of over $714 million, the proposal includes targeted reductions in Medicaid and Children’s Basic Health Plan (CHP+), payment delays for Medicaid providers, and...

A new report by the Colorado Health Institute provides case studies of clinics throughout Colorado that utilize interdisciplinary collaborative models for the provision of primary care. Working under physician supervision or independently (depending on their training and practice setting), nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, and physician assistants are providing a...

Key members of the HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (HIT) joined NRHA’s Rural HIT Task Force’s second annual meeting today in Arlington, Va. “They were specifically interested in hearing from our members serving on the frontlines of rural health,” said Alan Morgan, NRHA...

A survey of U.S. family medicine residency programs found that 33 rural programs account for over 80% of family medicine training occurring in rural sites. Published by the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, the report includes responses from family medicine residency programs about their rural training programs and provides...

The Denver Post published Colorado Rural Health Center CEO Lou Ann Wilroy’s letter “Other health clinics need support, too” in response to an article on the state’s rural safety-net clinics.

The Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC) is now available to provide your hospital with no-cost Health Information Technology consultation as one of the Colorado Regional Extension Center (CO-REC) providers! Our REC services will help you assess, implement and adopt certified Electronic Health Records (EHR) and are intended to help...