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When River Hills implemented OCHIN Epic, they became the first of 11 health centers in Iowa who joined OCHIN as part of a nearly statewide collaboration to help connect and increase access to care for Iowa’s more than 245,000 health center patients.

Minidoka Memorial Hospital’s pioneering efforts helped them successfully adopt a new EHR platform. In June 2023, they went live with OCHIN Epic and became the first acute care member to join the OCHIN network, which has seamlessly supported federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and other ambulatory community clinics for more than 20 years.

As Lummi Tribal Health Center’s medical director, Dakotah Lane led the search for an electronic health record system that would manage patient care, streamline workflows, and securely share digital information with patients and other clinicians. He considers joining the OCHIN network a critical part of completing the circle of care in the Lummi community.

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.

By talking with patients about their contextual factors influencing health outcomes, primary care providers are in a stronger position to help by making referrals or connecting their patients with other types of community services and support.

Bay Area Community Health (BACH) in Fremont, California began to screen patients for toxic stress in an effort to provide more holistic care.