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Center for Health Promotion
The Center for Health Promotion at the University of Colorado uses advanced information technology to:
- track patients through the process of determining eligibility for outreach for primary and secondary preventive services
- generate letters and postcards inviting patients to discuss and arrange for receipt of these services by phone
- log telephone contacts
- record referral/scheduling activities
- posts test results
- generate reports for the electronic medical record
The system is designed to facilitate receipt of guideline-based therapy for:
- diabetes mellitus
- hypertension
- cardiovascular disease
- cancer screening
- immunizations
- bone densitometry
- other types of primary and chronic disease services
In addition to improving quality and access in primary care, the system supports improvements in pay-for-performance benchmarks, accurate and up-to-date disease registries, patient satisfaction and convenience, and it provides powerful opportunities for health care organizations to market a highly unique service and establish competitive contracts with medical payers.