Colorado Network: Quality Agenda Drives Interoperability

Dick Thompson, President, Quality Health Network, Colorado, describes how hospitals, labs, physician groups and Rocky Mountain Health Plans have come together to deploy an Electronic Medical Record for physicians, a secure community-wide data repository, electronic lab ordering and prescribing, and the creation and maintenance of disease registries. The discussion will include environmental factors for success, quality improvement drivers, governance, leadership, status, and lessons learned at this Colorado RHIO.