Case Studies
Health information exchange has the ability to help healthcare communities achieve the quadruple aim: reduce costs, improve population health, improve patient experience and improve team well-being and productivity.
Not long ago, a woman arrived at the hospital with her husband, who was experiencing a medical emergency. All she wanted was to stay by his side and ...
Mariposa Community Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving Santa Cruz County in Southern Arizona, provides comprehensive support including medical, dental, behavioral health, disease prevention, and ...
When Dr. Traci Kimball embarked on the journey of setting up her new practice in Arvada, Colorado named The WISH Clinic, she encountered a significant challenge that many healthcare providers ...
When an individual chooses to find help for behavioral health needs, timing is everything. Long wait times make it more likely the patient will experience increased stress and worsening health ...
Serving over 110 square miles of Douglas County in Colorado, the Larkspur Fire Protection District (LFPD) has successfully protected residents and visitors since its inception as the Larkspur Volunteer Fire ...
Wellspring is a small company with big goals. Founded in 2021 as a subsidiary of High Priority Inc., its mission is to be the premier home healthcare agency in Colorado ...
CareMore and Aspire Health, an integrated care delivery system, serves approximately 3,000 high-risk Medicare patients with complex needs in Metro Denver and surrounding areas. They also act as an extension ...
Avoiding a patient blood draw and a duplicate lab test because your organization is connected to the HIE portal is a good thing. If it means avoiding blood draws for ...
Mayfair Internal Medicine is a medical group that has served the Denver area since 1996. The practice, which serves 3,000 patients, was an early adopter of electronic health records (EHR) ...
Managing epileptic and other high-needs patients across a broad rural area brings significant challenges, but Dr. Michael Stitzer along with other medical professionals of the Winslow Indian Health Care Center ...
For more than 40 years, Kids First Health Care has brought low-cost, high-quality pediatric healthcare straight to schools across Colorado to reach children who need their services most. The non-profit ...
When a new patient presented in March at a local HonorHealth emergency department in Phoenix, they told staff they had taken a COVID-19 test at a different hospital but still ...
Hopelight Medical Clinic of Longmont, Colorado, provides family medicine care for all members of the family, with the goal of developing ongoing relationships with their patients. Hopelight Medical Clinic’s aim ...
“Beyond knowledgeable,” is how one loyal parent describes the team at Pendleton Pediatrics. “I wouldn’t trust anyone else but Dr. Pendleton and her office staff to care for my kids,” ...
When a new patient arrived at a local HonorHealth emergency department (ED) in March, they told staff they had taken a COVID-19 test at a different hospital but still hadn't ...
Under normal circumstances, the following are all true: Hospitals and health systems within a given geographic area compete with one another. The migration to digital processes takes a back ...
It’s hard to argue with $2.1 million in savings. In the first two years that ACO Partner connected to and began receiving data from Contexture, the physician-centric organization saw $2.1 ...
When North Country HealthCare started receiving Alerts in 2016, it had little idea of the impact it would have, much less that it could help intervene with life-saving care, according ...
The journey can be difficult for someone returning from time in jail, time in active military service or time on the street. It's even more difficult when facing serious health ...
Community Health Associates (CHA) wasn’t surprised with how quickly it was able to use Contexture Alerts, but CHA was surprised at how often an Alert indicated an emergency department (ED) ...
Improving daily staff scheduling through Contexture Alerts? While it’s not the primary benefit, Jason Smidt — Chief Information Officer for Arizona Home Care — says that improving staff scheduling is ...
After the first week of gaining access to the Contexture portal, Dr. Fred Karst, Chief Operations Officer at Horizon Health and Wellness, knew that the Arizona health information exchange (HIE) ...
Some of the most difficult decisions for patients, families and their providers involve end-of-life care, especially the decision to forego aggressive medical treatment and focus on palliative care. Patients with ...
As the largest pediatric practice in northern Arizona, Mountain View Pediatrics must operate efficiently to keep its patients healthy. And that operation became more efficient when Mountain View Pediatrics joined ...
Karen Critchley, Care Coordination Supervisor for El Rio Community Health Center, often refers to the work of her team as studying “the migratory patterns of El Rio patients.” That can ...
HIE is part of innovative approach to reduce avoidable 911 calls and hospital transports. Traditionally, first responder organizations such as fire departments have been in the business of treating and ...
Perhaps the best way to describe Dr. Lee and his St. Vincent de Paul Virginia G. Piper Medical and Dental Clinic is to describe what he does not have. He ...
The Independence Center provides home health care for people with disabilities in the Colorado Springs area. The agency offers skilled medical care and personal care support that enables their clients ...
Longmont Community Health Network is a small but determined organization that focuses on helping patients who have “fallen through the cracks” in the healthcare system. Christa Peacock is ...
Dr. Jeanine Compesi, physician at Kaiser Permanente, practices hospital medicine always outside the “walls” of Kaiser Permanente, as the health plan does not have its own hospital. Patients are ...
The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment is using data from Contexture to complete important disease reporting. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is now ...
Mt. San Rafael Hospital in Trinidad is sending important clinical data into the Community Health Record to improve care in their community and statewide. Mt. San Rafael Hospital is ...
Urology Surgery Center of Colorado, formerly, The Urology Center of Colorado (TUCC), receives pathology test results, radiology reports, and transcription notes from Contexture to help with patient care coordination. With ...
Penrose Hospital, located in the heart of Colorado Springs and part of Centura Health, has participated in the Contexture’s health information exchange (HIE) since 2011. The hospital has a real-time, ...
Elevate Specialty Care with HIE Since 1976, Colorado Springs Pulmonary Consultants (CSPC) has been serving patients across southern Colorado. Located on the Penrose Hospital campus, the practice is ...
Since 1975, Estes Park Health, formerly known as Estes Park Medical Center, has been serving their community. They’ve survived the area’s worst flooding in decades, weathered endless regulatory ...
It’s not easy to survive in today’s healthcare economy as an independent physician practice. But Hilltop Family Physicians in Parker, Colorado has found ways to make it work. ...
Every Child Pediatrics (ECP) formerly, Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics, is a nonprofit organization that provides healthcare to more than 24,000 children in schools, hospitals, clinics and mobile units across ...
South Metro Fire Rescue Authority is using Contexture for more timely – and more relevant quality improvement training after emergency calls. South Metro Fire Rescue Authority (SMFRA) is ...
True North Health Navigation providers access Contexture via iPads to deliver better patient care and reduce costs associated with unnecessary ambulance rides to hospital ERs. The first mobile emergency ...
Long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) providers face challenges when coordinating patient care, especially when transitioning patients from a hospital. The patient and their family members are often struggling ...
