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OCHIN has received a nearly $3 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to support a community health workers training program in collaboration with five partners in Oregon. The program is designed to improve and sustain access to whole-patient care for rural and medically underserved communities, while creating new career paths thatRead more

OCHIN’s monthly Leadership Lab event aims to connect executives across the OCHIN network through collaborative peer-to-peer engagement.

The unprecedented challenges of the past two years continue to have a devastating impact on the health care workforce across the U.S. Providers and clinicians are overwhelmed, exhausted, and rapidly exiting the industry. According to monthly OCHIN Epic satisfaction surveys, the percentage of providers who report feeling burned out has held steady for the pastRead more

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has declared the U.S. monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. Building on lessons learned during the COVID pandemic, OCHIN is providing community health care providers with the tools and resources they need to respond.

OCHIN’s learning and workforce development portfolio, OCHIN+, is partnering with Public Health AmeriCorps to recruit and train 25 applicants looking for a career in health care technology. The new program will expand economic opportunity and support access to quality care in rural areas and among underrepresented communities. In April, OCHIN announced that we received fundingRead more

This week OCHIN joins health centers from around the country at the National Association of Community Health Centers’ Community Health Institute (NACHC CHI) August 28-30 in Chicago. If you’re attending NACHC CHI, please stop by booth #118 to connect with us and explore how OCHIN’s practice-based research and solutions expertise can help your care teamRead more

OCHIN has achieved Epic Gold Stars Level 9, which recognizes the consistent and innovative application of the OCHIN Epic electronic health record (EHR) system to help our growing national network of community health organizations improve their organizational efficiency, reduce clinician burden, and advance health equity. Only a small number of industry organizations achieve Level 9Read more

OCHIN participated in a Twitter chat about the 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B) on Tuesday, June 14. During the real-time conversation hosted by National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Health Center Advocacy Network, OCHIN provided our policy perspective on 340B, including how it helps community health centers expand services and the importance of protectingRead more

OCHIN is extremely disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, rolling back a generation of progress to advance national health equity through federally protected access to safe and affordable abortion services.

Since joining the OCHIN network, TrueCare has screened more than 3,600 patients and imported 70,000 past ACEs/Pediatric ACEs and Related Life-events Screeners into Epic. They consider this work to be a critical part of offering comprehensive, connected care.