DDFEEF1FC7C9D99F872588DF006B2ACE Hearing Summary

The following individuals
provided a presentation on an overview of health care IT systems:

Stephanie Pugliese,
Office of eHealth Innovation (OeHI);

Parrish Steinbrecher,
Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF);

Cristen Lara,
Behavioral Health Administration (BHA);

Sarah Dawson,
Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS);

Misgana Tesfaye,
CHDS;

Mollie Bradlee,
CHDS; and

JP Sleeger, CDHS.

The presentation
can be found here: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/7._health_care_it_systems_presentation_slides.pdf.

OeHI started the presentation with information on the Health IT Roadmap, rural connectivity, rural connectivity project achievements, and next steps for the project. HCPF continued the presentation with an overview of their major initiatives and partnership overview, HCPF partnership with OeHI, Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS) and Public Health Emergency (PHE) streamlined processes and operational improvements, Medicaid Health Technology Systems, proposed BHA integration, and a chart that lays out the modules involved in the system.

The committee asked questions regarding overlap within the systems and interoperability with counties.

The presentation continued with the BHA, giving information about the BHA background and purpose, their technology ecosystem, behavioral health technology initiative updates, care coordination infrastructure, OwnPath, behavioral health modernization, and workforce learning management system.

The presentation continued with CDHS giving information on their Business Information Technology and security (BITS), their joint agency interoperability project, the Trails system, operational funding for Trails, improvements being made to Trails, agile development of Trails, and the Trails roadmap.