As a Beacon Community, the Colorado Beacon Consortium (CBC), with a partnership of local community leaders and organizations, aims to demonstrate how costs can be reduced and patient care and general health of population improved through the collection, analysis, and sharing of clinical data, and the redesign of primary care practices and clinics focusing on patients and their needs. Specifically, the CBC is working to achieve four objectives:

• Reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and hospital admissions
• Improve quality of care for patients with asthma, diabetes, and heart disease
• Reduce health risks associated with obesity and depression
• Strengthen secure health information exchange at the community level to ensure the meaningful use of electronic health records by physicians, nurses, and other providers