Health providers sign e-records pact

BOULDER – Five Boulder County health-care providers have signed agreements to share electronic medical records through a Colorado Regional Health Information Organization program.

Alpine Urology, Boulder Community Hospital, Gastroenterology of the Rockies, Longmont United Hospital and Spruce Street Internal Medicine have signed agreements, CORHIO said in a press statement. The nonprofit group is supported by state and federal grants.

Boulder Community Hospital is the first health-care provider affiliated with a state nonprofit group to go “live” in the program, CORHIO said. The other four Boulder County health providers are expected to start sharing medical data electronically early this summer.

“Boulder Community Hospital is…