On April 18, the team at Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency will share their story of tackling the ongoing opioid crisis in a county health system on an upcoming national webinar through Health Information Technology, Evaluation, and Quality Center (HITEQ), a national cooperative agreement with HRSA.
Read MoreOCHIN CEO Abigail Sears was featured in an online article by Portland Business Journal, detailing the history and future of the nonprofit health care technology company.
Read MoreIn preparation for our upcoming 20th Anniversary in 2020, OCHIN is collecting stories featuring some of the great work taking place at member clinics around the country. Beyond sharing your successes with peers, your learnings may help other members make improvements in their own clinics. They can also influence policymakers to support health care legislation that benefits community health centers and your patients, or provide context for research partners or clinics considering working with or joining the OCHIN Collaborative.
Read MoreOCHIN and Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Northwest are collaborating to understand how social determinants of health impact measures of health care quality. One of the study's aims is to to ensure that findings can help health care leaders improve health care delivery and policy, in order to positively impact health outcomes and health care utilization.
Read MoreOCHIN is working with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) on a new project, Prevention and Social Determinants: Disparities and Utilization in Latino Elders (PAST-DUE). The aim of the study is to shed light on how individual and community-level social determinants of health impact patients receiving preventive health care services, providing important contextual information for public health professionals developing targeted interventions, and health care providers serving elder Latino populations.
Read MoreA study released in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved examines the impact of the ACA Medicaid expansion on visit rates for patients with diabetes, seen by community health centers.
Read MoreIn honor of March’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness month, we bring you three highlights related to Colorectal Cancer Screening.
Read MoreMarch is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. OCHIN offers a suite of resources to help members increase screening rates, prevent patients from falling through the cracks, and save lives.
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. for both men and women. However, screening is an effective preventive measure. If signs of pre-cancer are found during screening, colorectal cancer can be completely prevented. More than a third of adults over the age of 50 are not screened appropriately. Many of the vulnerable patient populations OCHIN members serve are at elevated risk for colorectal cancer.
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