What is Care Coordination?
Unmet social needs such as housing, food, transportation, and safety, significantly affect the health of Coloradans, especially in communities of color and other historically marginalized communities. These unmet needs prevent folks from achieving their maximum health and well-being.
To address this gap, we are working on several projects that will coordinate care across physical, behavioral, and social health care providers to support whole person care. This will:
- Promote affordability
- Increase access
- Improve equity
Strengthening care coordination by quickly connecting people to the services they need will result in a healthier, more equitable Colorado for all.
Click below to learn more about the State's care coordination strategy.
Care Coordination Workgroup Meetings
OeHI’s Care Coordination Workgroup is on hiatus beginning in early 2023 as we develop a data governance strategy for our social-health information exchange.
This workgroup seeks to strengthen community connections to develop meaningful insights in support of equitable access to quality care and services for all Coloradans.
eHealth Commissioner Sponsor: Toni Baruti
Past Meeting Documents:
Social Health Information Exchange (SHIE)
Check out our new SHIE page for the latest updates and resources about this exciting initiative!
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Care Coordination-Related Initiatives at OeHI
A centralized method of gathering consent from clients for sharing sensitive health data.
Learn more here!
A centralized database of services and supports available in communities across the state.
To learn more about Community Resource Inventory (CRI), check out CU School of Public Affairs' research brief on Colorado's CRI landscape and its impacts on social health information exchange:
View CRI Research Brief
A program to link a person’s health data from various sources to that individual.
Learn more here!
A network to share physical, behavioral, and social health information between providers involved in whole-person care, composed of both a statewide unifying architecture and regional hubs.
Learn more here!
A centralized database to ensure there is “no wrong door” in Colorado for patients seeking accurate provider data and for providers seeking to update their own information.
To learn more about the State of Colorado's Provider Directory Strategy, check out the one-pager below:
View Provider Directory One-Pager
Colorado Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Vendor Guide
The SDoH Vendor Guide is a noncomprehensive list of SDoH services and tools available in Colorado. This guide was compiled by OeHI. SDoH service organizations provided the information below via an open Request for Information.
This guide is meant to be a helpful resource and is not an official endorsement of vendors, products, or services by OeHI or the State of Colorado. This guide was last updated in November 2023 and will be updated periodically.
View the SDoH Vendor Guide
Additional Resources
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Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)- Social Determinants of Health Information Exchange Toolkit (2023)
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National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Social Determinants of Health Resource Guide (September 2020)
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National 211 Steering Committee - 211 and the Social Determinants of Health (April 2022)
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The Gravity Project, A National Collaborative to Advance Interoperable Social Risk and Protective Factors Documentation
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SIREN – Social Interventions Research & Evaluation Network - Screening Tool Comparison Table
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AMA In Full Health - Equitable Health Innovation Solution Development Toolkit (Accessed 2022)
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SHIE White Paper (Jan. 2021)
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Implementation Guidance for Screening for Social Determinants of Health in an Electronic Health Record (Jan. 2021)
Get Engaged
If you're interested in getting engaged, please reach out to our Ask OeHI email address at gov_ask_oehi@state.co.us.