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.

  • By Published On: February 8, 2023

    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 ...

  • By Published On: December 9, 2022

    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 ...

  • By Published On: August 11, 2022

    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 ...

  • By Published On: August 4, 2022

    Avoiding a patient blood draw and a duplicate lab test because your organization is connected to the Arizona health information exchange (HIE) portal is a good thing. If it means ...

  • By Published On: July 14, 2022

    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) ...

  • By Published On: July 11, 2022

    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 ...

  • By Published On: June 22, 2022

    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 ...

  • By Published On: June 15, 2022

    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 ...

  • By Published On: June 8, 2022

    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 ...

  • By Published On: June 1, 2022

    “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,” ...

  • By Published On: January 29, 2021

    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 ...

  • By Published On: January 15, 2021

    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 seat ...

  • By Published On: March 28, 2019

    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 ...

  • By Published On: December 13, 2018

    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 ...

  • By Published On: October 22, 2018

    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 ...

  • By Published On: August 9, 2018

    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) ...

  • By Published On: August 9, 2018

    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 ...

  • By Published On: May 3, 2018

    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) ...

  • By Published On: March 27, 2018

    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 ...

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    By Published On: January 10, 2018

    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 ...

  • By Published On: October 24, 2017

    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 ...

  • By Published On: July 28, 2017

    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 ...

  • By Published On: May 30, 2017

    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 ...

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