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- December 16, 2013
CRHC Receives $350,000 Grant from the Colorado Health Foundation
By Bridgette Olson on December 16, 2013Read moreThe Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC) announced that the Colorado Health Foundation has awarded a fourteen-month, $350,000 grant to support general operations. The grant continues effective services and programs offered by CRHC to rural healthcare providers and facilities throughout the state. Click here to read the full press release...
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The Life of a Healthcare CIO: Mt. San Rafael Hospital’s Michael John Archuleta
By Bridgette Olson on December 16, 2013Read moreIn collaboration with CHIME, Becker’s Hospital Review’s new “Life of a Healthcare CIO” series features leading hospital and health system CIOs from across the country who are sharing their experiences, best practices and challenges. An interview with Michael John Archuleta, director of IT at Mt. San Rafael Hospital in...
- December 16, 2013
Archived Health IT and Quality Webinars
By Bridgette Olson on December 16, 2013Read moreCheck out the HRSA HIT and Quality Improvement webpage for archived webinars available. Include the following categories… Quality Improvement and Reporting Health IT Due Diligence/Selecting a Health IT System Health IT Implementation/Operations/Workflow/Budgeting Meaningful Use Workforce and Safety Net Providers Health and Quality Programs/Topics
- December 16, 2013
Physician community webinar series “Delivering Value through Health Information Exchange”
By Bridgette Olson on December 16, 2013Read moreJanuary 16, 2014 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central TimeRegister Now!Source: HIMSS Physician Community WebinarMember Cost: $0 Non-Member Cost: $0 Health information exchange continues to be one of the greatest challenges in establishing the infrastructure required to support healthcare reform. This session examines the factors shaping health information exchange...
- December 16, 2013
Supply Chain: Untapped data mine for enhancing cost, quality and outcomes
By Bridgette Olson on December 16, 2013Read moreCritical to enhancing cost, quality, and outcomes, health IT professionals realize that the supply chain function can provide the kind of data necessary for hospitals and healthcare systems to drive the clinical and financial performance improvements required to meet the objectives of healthcare reform. With better alignment between supply...
- December 16, 2013
Physician Community Webinar Series “Medical Informatics Primer”
By Bridgette Olson on December 16, 2013Read moreDecember 20, 2013 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time Register Now! Source: HIMSS Physician Community Webinar Member Cost: $0 Non-Member Cost: $0 In this session, Ken Ong, MD, defines Informatics, examines how HIT is applied in provider settings and what innovations have been applied through Informatics. This session...
- December 16, 2013
Announcements from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
By Bridgette Olson on December 16, 2013Read moreThe Federal Office of Rural Health Policy is pleased to announce the release of the fiscal year 2014 Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program. The purpose of this program is to assist in the development of an integrated healthcare network. Applications must be submitted into grants.gov by January...
- December 16, 2013
Rural health care shortage needs better public policy
By Bridgette Olson on December 16, 2013Read moreMore than a third of rural Americans live in Health Professional Shortage Areas. Nearly 82 percent of rural counties are classified as Medically Underserved Areas. Fewer than 10 percent of America’s physicians practice in rural areas. Most rural areas in the nation have a shortage of all forms of...
- December 16, 2013
Senator wants rural health, telehealth included in SGR repeal
By Bridgette Olson on December 16, 2013Read moreDespite the progress made yesterday toward repealing the sustainable growth rate (SGR) and making changes to Medicare payments physicians, one member of Congress believes the measure are not doing enough for rural healthcare providers and patients. Only hours after the United States House of Representatives passed a temporary solution...
- December 16, 2013
Recap of 2013 DBJ stories about ACA rollout in CO
By Bridgette Olson on December 16, 2013Read more2013 brought a bumper crop of news stories with major impact on Colorado business, from real estate and energy to travel and technology. Here, as part of the Denver Business Journal’s Year in Review package of stories, we continue our look back at 13 of the most significant local...