Colorado Colorectal Screening Program to Exhibit at the Forum!!

The Colorado Colorectal Screening Program will exhibit at the Forum. 

The program, which began in January of 2006, sought to screen over 11,400 Coloradans by the end of 2010 for colorectal cancer, contributing substantially towards the state’s overall goal of screening 75 percent of the total eligible population. The program is accompanied by an awareness campaign to encourage all Coloradans, particularly those uninsured and income eligible,  to get colorectal screening exams.

The Program, coordinated through the University of Colorado Cancer Center, is currently based in 49 community clinics and partners with more than 250 screening, pathology, and treatment providers.  Through May 2012, the Program has completed more than 13,890 endoscopic screens and detected 118 cancers.

CoBiz Insurance to exhibit at the Forum!!

CoBiz Insurance is a full-service agency specializing in business insurance, personal lines, employee benefits and retirement plan services. Whether you're protecting your assets against the risk of loss, or creating an employee benefits package to retain valued employees, we'll take the time to understand your unique needs and challenges and design coverage that meets your needs and budget.

With our size and industry expertise, we can ensure your premium dollars go further and keep you up-to-date on new options. We work with many of the largest, most respected carriers to ensure you have the best coverage at a competitive price. And, we'll stay in touch with you to make sure your needs are being met.

Read more about their products and services:
Business Insurance Services
Personal Lines
Employee Benefits
Retirement Plan Services

Cyberscience to exhibit at the Forum!!!

Founded in 1977, Cyberscience Corporation is one of the world's leading business intelligence solution providers, with operations in North America, Europe and Australasia. Cyberquery is the result of more than thirty years experience delivering business intelligence excellence.

Cyberscience products

Cyberscience products provide your organization with the solution to fast, informed decision making. Our products empower your key decision makers with the critical information they need in seconds, not hours.

Cyberscience services

Cyberscience brings together innovative research and development with a comprehensive range of consulting, support and training services. This industry-leading combination delivers unsurpassed business benefits to our customers and partners.

Cyberscience solutions

We combine Cyberscience software and expertise, with world leading business applications. This adds power and flexibility to these systems that greatly enhances their value, leveraging an organization's entire investment in Information Technology. We provide business with the key to fast, informed decision making - information.  Our solutions support the full spectrum of users from major multi-national business organizations in the finance, insurance, manufacturing, petrochemical, medical and distribution sectors together with smaller organizations and public utilities and Government departments.

Click here to learn more about Cyberscience and what they can do for you!

Thanks to The Colorado Trust for their Sponsorship of this year's 2013 Forum!!

We would like to thank the Colorado Trust for their continued support and for sponsoring the 2013 Forum. The Colorado Trust is dedicated to achieving access to health for all Coloradans by 2018. They partner with individuals, organizations, agencies and communities across the state in shared efforts to expand health coverage and to improve the health care system. Through grant support for the development and implementation of policies, programs and services, they strive to realize comprehensive change that will mean:

• Every child will have a real opportunity to grow up healthy
• Colorado will have a healthy population that contributes to the prosperity of the state
• Affordable health care coverage will be available to all families and individuals
• Accessible, quality care will be the norm
• The health care system will deliver care that is responsive to the needs of all Coloradans.  

Click here to learn more about the Colorado Trust!

Doug Miller to join Sheila Tefertiller in a panel discussion facilitated by Courtnay Ryan

On Thursday April 4th from 1:45-2:45, Courtnay Ryan, CRHC's Programs Coordinator will faciliatate a discussion with Doug Miller, FNP at Rocky Ford Family Health Center and Sheila Tefertiller, RN at Prowers Medical Center. Over the past four years, clinics in Southeast Colorado have been engaged in the Improving Performance In Practice (IPIP) project. During this session you will hear about the work done through this project to improve diabetes processes and outcomes including lessons learned, best practices and see who wins the IPIP Super Bowl trophy!

Matt Guy to join Beth Katzenberg and others on a breakout session panel!

Matt Guy will join Beth Katzenberg and a panel of clinic professionals to discuss Improving Communication in Transitions of Care and Reducing Readmissions. This panel is scheduled for Thursday April 4th from 11:00-12:00. Improving Communication and Readmissions (iCARE), a CRHC initiative, began two years ago with Colorado’s Critical Access Hospitals looking at improving communication in transitions of care, reducing avoidable readmissions, and improving clinical processes that contribute to readmissions – all important state and national topics. Now in its 3rd year, the program has expanded to include hospital’s provider-based rural clinics as we broaden the spectrum of these goals and examine the important role clinics play and the impact clinic/hospital communication and processes can have in these areas. This session will provide a brief overview of the iCARE project, the work done to-date, lessons learned, as well as experiences of participants.

Matt Guy is the Executive Director of the Southeastern Colorado Area Health Education Center (SECAHEC). SECAHEC serves 16 counties in southeastern Colorado providing health education resources and support for current and future medical professionals.



Matt Guy, 2012 Annual
Rural Health Conference
Photo Booth Picture

Matt has also worked for the Colorado Rural Health Center working with safety net and rural health clinics in Southeastern Colorado to improve the quality and effectiveness of their practices, including offering assistance with National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition program.

Istonish to exhibit at the Forum!

Istonish helps organizations successfully leverage technology. We are dedicated to becoming the best provider of high-quality IT talent, managed services and consulting. We take the time to learn about your organization, your challenges, and your goals, and then pair them with our customized, targeted solutions. Working with you, we can strengthen your business practices, manage projects, add technical staff, manage IT infrastructure, create software applications, and tap specialized phone and computing solutions.

Healthcare IT Consulting, Managed Services, and Staffing

Healthcare providers demand technology that supports their patients in real time.  Istonish understands these unique pressures and is passionate that IT support is urgent, capable and service-focused.  Istonish can ensure your implementation of IT meets your needs, including providing ongoing infrastructure and application support, and supplying the personnel needed for key projects. Additional services include aligning IT strategy with key business priorities and ensuring that major technology investments are procured in a manner that directly reflects technical, functional and regulatory requirements. 

Click here to learn more about Istonish! 

Thanks to The Colorado Health Foundation for their Sponsorship!!

The Colorado Health Foundation continues their generous support by sponsoring the 2013 Forum!  The Colorado Health Foundation's vision is to make Colorado the healthiest state in the nation.  To achieve this vision, they invest in grants and initiatives to health related nonprofits that encourage healthy living and increase the number of Coloradans with health insurance. They also work to ensure that Coloradans have access to quality, coordinated care as well as operating medical education programs to increase the health care workforce.

You can learn more about their Grantmaking policies.  Join their mailing list for updates on news and events and to subscribe to their quarterly journal, Health Elevations , and their monthly e-newsletter, The Progress Report.

Sue Hansen to discuss Culture Change

Getting into the Groove: positioning an organization for positive change

Transforming the culture of an organization is akin to herding cats. It’s hard enough to succeed at changing anything in an organization, much less trying to change the entire “spirit” of the place! Culture is so palpable in an organization that a new applicant can see it soon after being hired and sometimes on the very same day! Culture reflects the shared attitudes, the values, goals and practices of a group of people. Culture reflects the customary beliefs, social contracts, rules of behaving, how we speak, how we interact. Culture is a mirror-if you want to see the culture of your organization, one just needs to look in the mirror. Discover how to position your organization for change, lead the change and most importantly have a sense of humor during the change!

Thursday April 4th

12:30-1:30 - General Session

Sue consults with the profit and nonprofit sectors; shaping and training boards, teaching principles that build better teams and develop influential leaders. Sue’s areas of special interest and expertise include communication, conflict and confrontation, team dynamics and leadership development. She guides leaders through the strategic planning process to reinforce the importance of the plan, the vision and implementation.