Lt. Governor Primavera and Colorado Office of eHealth Innovation Launch eHealth Solutions Challenge with Colorado Smart Cities Alliance

DENVER - Today, Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera, the Colorado Office of eHealth Innovation (OeHI), and the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance (CSCA) launched the eHealth Solutions Challenge (eHSC), a statewide innovation initiative designed to help identify, vet, and pilot emerging technology solutions to improve health-related data sharing across systems and sectors.

The eHealth Solutions Challenge connects participating governmental and intergovernmental agencies with innovative solution providers and offers up to $150,000 in seed funding to demonstrate promising technologies. Selected projects may receive up to $50,000 per project, with funding available for up to six projects, to test solutions in real-world environments.

"The eHealth Solutions Challenge not only encourages innovation but also invites collaboration between agencies across our great state," said Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera. "Improving health care access, quality, and affordability, combined with health care innovation, has been a top priority of our administration over the last seven years, and we are excited to work with the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance (CSCA) to continue this priority."

The eHealth Solutions Challenge addresses this gap by sourcing technologies that can responsibly unite different data systems while maintaining data security, privacy, and data sovereignty. The core challenge question is:

How do we increase interoperability and analysis of health and health-related data across multiple agencies, organizations, and jurisdictions while preserving security, privacy, and sovereignty?

Interested participants can learn more on the eHSC website.

About the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance (CSCA)

The Colorado Smart Cities Alliance is the first state-wide alliance of its kind in the nation, bringing together public, private, federal research, and academic sector leaders committed to advancing smarter communities. The organization aims to enhance quality of life in Colorado by fostering sustainability, equity, resilience, and humanism in urban environments. Through partnership development, education, and capacity-building, the Alliance has facilitated some of the most innovative government technology projects in the state.

About the Colorado Office of eHealth Innovation (OeHI)

The Colorado Office of eHealth Innovation was established in 2015 to address the need for health information technology (IT) governance within the state. OeHI serves as the State-Designated Entity, responsible for managing and coordinating all Health IT strategy, policy, and funding across Colorado's public and private sectors. The core mission of OeHI is to advance health parity and reduce health disparities in Colorado by coordinating health information technology, policies, and funding initiatives.

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