Shaping the vision for the future of telehealth in Colorado. Together.

About the Regional Telehealth Learning Collaboratives

The COVID-19 pandemic not only increased the use of telehealth but also highlighted the need for an interoperable statewide telehealth infrastructure in Colorado. Developing a telehealth infrastructure that uplifts and supports every Coloradan presents a significant opportunity to establish a standard of care that sets a benchmark beyond our state lines and around the country.

Our state has a history of innovation and collaboration in the pursuit of progressive health care solutions for our communities. To that end, the Office of eHealth Innovation (OeHI), in partnership with Prime Health, established the Regional Telehealth Learning Collaboratives (RTLCs) to advance the statewide adoption and coordination of telehealth technologies.

 
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Goals

The goal of each RTLC is to convene a diverse group of cross-sector and industry stakeholders representing different and important perspectives relevant to the development of a statewide strategy for sustainable telehealth adoption.

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Implementation

OeHI and Prime Health coordinated three RTLCs in four Regional Accountable Entity (RAE) regions of Colorado that represent urban, rural, and frontier populations. Each of these regions is supported by the RAE encouraged community and local provider participation to gather collective and representative views on a regional level.

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Regions

 The three RAEs/regions that participated are: 

  • Region 1 (Western Slope): Rocky Mountain Health Plans

  • Region 2 (Northeast Colorado): Northeast Health Partners 

  • Region 3 and 5 (Denver and Aurora Metro): Colorado Access

 

Each RTLC completed three segments of work:

Convene

The first and primary objective of the RTLCs is to establish a forum for communication, coordination, and information sharing. This collaborative informs state telemedicine and broadband recommendations to maximize efforts, avoid duplication, promote accuracy, and increase the speed to solution.


Learn

Once established, participants of the RTLCs have the opportunity for peer learning, peer support, and knowledge sharing. This phase of the project aligns participants on the state of telehealth in Colorado today and creates a natural environment in which partners can identify opportunities for collaboration, partnership, program replication, and program scale.

Inform

Ultimately, each RTLC provides insight, information, and feedback based on its collective understanding of both state and regional needs to consider in the development of a telehealth infrastructure. The outcome of these inputs informs the development of a roadmap, conceptual framework, and action plan, that account for regional priorities and diverse perspectives.


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The RTLCs began convening in April 2021 to gather information, discuss and design models, collect feedback, and determine prioritization with the final phase concluding in June 2021 with the delivery of recommendations for an equitable, impactful, inclusive, and sustainable statewide telehealth infrastructure. View the final report here.

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Topics and Focus Areas

  • Mapping, aligning, and streamlining existing telehealth and health IT initiatives across the state

  • Advancing Colorado’s Health IT Roadmap

  • Financial sustainability

  • Funding opportunities 

  • Policy

  • Broadband and technology infrastructure

  • Security, privacy, and compliance

  • Data interoperability and ownership

  • Provider resources, workforce development, and workforce shortages

  • Targeted population health goals and priorities

  • Equity, accessibility, affordability, and experience for patients

  • Provider experience, pain points, and barriers

  • Behavioral health

  • Specialty care

  • eConsult

  • Chronic disease

  • Rural health