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Colorado Health IT Roadmap Outlines HIE, Interoperability Goals

An updated health IT roadmap outlines several initiatives that aim to boost interoperability across the state for improved care coordination.

Colorado Health IT Roadmap Outlines HIE, Interoperability Goals

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By Hannah Nelson

- Colorado’s Office of eHealth Innovation (OeHI) has released an updated health IT roadmap which outlines the state’s data sharing approach that aims to enhance interoperability and improve care coordination.

The roadmap, which was a collaborative effort between over 50 individuals and organizations across the state, outlined the state’s overarching interoperability goals: supporting better data sharing infrastructure, increasing access to in-person and virtual care through coordinated systems, and improving health equity.

While most hospitals in the state are connected to health information exchanges (HIEs), many healthcare organizations, in particular rural safety net and behavioral health providers, are not able to share information broadly through HIEs due to affordability and outdated EHR systems.