Contexture and Quality Health Network Announce Affiliation
02 Mayo 2024 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
Western U.S.’s Largest Health Information Exchange Continues
Growth
Contexture and Quality Health Network (QHN) are
excited to announce their affiliation to unify health information
exchange (HIE) in Colorado. This affiliation will result in the
integration of staff, technology and operations as part of
Contexture, enabling the combined organization to bring extensive
expertise to communities across Colorado and Arizona.
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Contexture and QHN enable HIE in different regions of Colorado,
in addition to Contexture’s HIE in Arizona. Both organizations have
partnered well in the past, advancing HIE in areas such as data
sharing between networks, program partnerships and solutions. The
affiliation will more efficiently build upon and expand these
successes. “When Contexture and QHN began the affiliation process,
we realized just how vital this coming together would be for the
state of Colorado and beyond,” said Melissa Kotrys, CEO of
Contexture. “Our participants desire more than standard HIE
services to meet their organizational objectives, and by
affiliating with QHN, Contexture will continue to enhance our
solution offerings to keep up with essential community health
needs.
Kotrys continued, “Contexture strives to be the health data and
exchange infrastructure of the future, and by affiliating with QHN,
our organizations will continue to build upon our shared successes
in providing health information to providers and the people they
care for across Colorado, Arizona, and other regions. We’re eager
to continue this journey towards a more unified health data
utility.”
“Affiliating with Contexture is an important step forward for
QHN’s participants as we work to provide the best possible HIE
services, putting data into the hands of care providers when they
need it,” said Marc Lassaux, QHN Executive Director and CEO. “Our
team is excited to provide enhanced services tailored to the needs
of the medical, behavioral and social service providers we
serve.”
As the largest HIE in the western U.S., Contexture drives health
data interoperability for Arizona and Colorado. QHN, as a
Contexture affiliate, brings strong expertise in serving rural
providers and care teams with unique challenges in complex
healthcare landscapes. The combined organization is better
positioned to serve its participants, compete for national
opportunities and meet federal policy changes. This includes
leveraging and expanding work by Contexture and QHN, enabling new
solutions that include analytics, reporting functions and social
determinants of health.
Looking forward, Contexture and QHN are committed to continuing
their shared mission of serving local communities.
The exploration of an affiliation was announced in August
2023, and after completing the exploratory and due diligence
process, the boards of directors from both organizations approved
the affiliation in late April. The organizations will continue to
keep participants and other stakeholders informed as the
affiliation and related integration process advances.
Contexture is a nonprofit, regional organization that provides
strategic, technical and administrative support to communities
committed to advancing health through information sharing. With
headquarters in Denver and Phoenix, Contexture is the largest
health information organization in the western United States. Its
mission is to advance individual and community health and wellness
through the delivery of actionable information and analysis. Learn
more at contexture.org. Follow us on X,
LinkedIn and Facebook.
QHN is an award-winning, not-for-profit community partnership
established in 2004 to facilitate the availability of information
to optimize the health of our communities. Our unique technologies
help our network participants securely exchange information to
enhance care coordination and identify those at risk so that
efforts can be focused where they’re needed most.
www.qualityhealthnetwork.org
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