OCR Releases Cybersecurity Video: How the HIPAA Security Rule Can Help Defend Against Cyber-Attacks
In recognition of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, OCR has produced a new video this October for organizations covered under the HIPAA Rules on how the HIPAA Security Rule can help regulated entities defend against cyber-attacks. This presentation is intended to educate the health care industry on real world cyber-attack trends from OCR breach reports and […]
Contexture and QHN Explore Affiliation and Unified Health Information Exchange
Contexture and QHN are excited to announce that the two organizations have entered into a Letter of Intent to explore an affiliation to unify health information exchange in Colorado. This affiliation would result in the integration of staff, technology, and operations and enable both organizations to bring our extensive expertise serving our respective communities to […]
Save the Date! The 2024 Healthier Together Summit is in the Works!
Mark your calendars for the 2024 Spring Summit! We are looking forward to connecting to discuss the latest innovations in healthcare and heath IT, SDoH topics, state health initiatives, and important local program highlights. We will return to beautiful Colorado Mesa University in the Meyer Ballroom for a full day of networking and resource fair. […]
Why Screeners?
Screeners and assessments are crucial in medical, social, and behavioral settings. They can help you: Identify needs They can provide a structured way to gather information about your client’s conditions, symptoms, or challenges, enabling you to understand their unique requirements. Apply early interventions They can help detect potential problems at an early stage, allowing you […]
2023 QHN Survey Winner!
Congratulations to our 2023 Survey Winner, Susan Short of MindSprings! We “spun the wheel” with nearly 300 QHN and CRN survey participants and the needle landed on Susan. Enjoy your new iPad, Susan! We made a little video –> Thanks to all <300 participants for your valuable feedback. We will use the data to serve […]
Top Tips for Safeguarding Patient Data – It’s a Big Deal
QHN’s Privacy/Compliance Officer, Janet Terry, recently joined us to discuss best practices to keep health data safe and secure. Janet has worked at QHN since 2010 and has been the Privacy/Compliance Officer at QHN for the past 10 years. Q: A host of recent news stories from around the country about security breaches brings up […]
Recognized by the ONC!
Quality Health Network’s Community Resource Network (CRN) was recently highlighted in the ONC’s SDoH Toolkit. As a nationally-recognized trailblazer in the SDoH information exchange space, our CRN platform was called-out as a crucial resource for other health organizations interested in developing similar initiatives in their communities. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information […]
Marc Lassaux selected to serve as Executive Director and CEO of Quality Health Network
Marc has served QHN in various roles since 2008— previously as the Chief Technology Officer and most recently as the interim CEO. Marc Lassaux, CEO, QHN QHN continues to advance innovation across western Colorado, and I am proud to lead our team, building on the incredible foundation we created jointly with our partners,” said Marc […]
QHN Achieves HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification
QHN Achieves HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification to Further Mitigate Risk in Third-Party Privacy, Security, and Compliance Quality Health Network (QHN) is proud to announce that our Health Information Exchange (HIE) Network has earned Certified status for information security by HITRUST. HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year (r2) Certified status demonstrates that QHN’s HIE has met key regulations and […]
Expanding Peer Support and Recovery Visibility in Mesa County
Jackie Sievers In Mesa County, a powerful collaboration is changing the landscape and visibility of recovery efforts to support people with behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD) issues. Jackie Sievers (RHC and Director of Community Recourse Network Implementation, Region 19) and Angie Bertrand (Executive Director, Peer 180 RCO (Recovery Community Organization)) have partnered to […]
