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A recent report from Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) examining the impact of Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act highlighted 19 papers from OCHIN and Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU’s) shared Affordable Care Act portfolio, including projects such as ACCESS, ECHOES, PREVENT-D, and the OCHIN-led EVERYWOMAN study. Reviewing more than 600 studies in total,Read more

Portland, OR—OCHIN, a national nonprofit health IT organization that advances health equity by transforming health care delivery, announced a new technology partnership agreement with AristaMD that will expand virtual access to specialty health care services for nearly 6 million underserved patients across the country. Through AristaMD, an innovative telehealth platform that delivers timely and documentedRead more

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a disproportionate toll on people who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), with research showing that BIPOC patients test positive for COVID-19 at higher rates than white patients. As COVID-19 care and vaccine distribution continues, more research is needed to better understand these disparities and their effectsRead more

COVID-19 has exacerbated public health and economic crises, raising concerns about the unmitigated effects of pandemic-related stress on families and the potential for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to increase. ACEs are traumatic events that occur before the age of 18, including physical and emotional abuse, neglect, caregiver mental illness, and household violence, among other things,Read more

In the United States, community health centers (CHCs) provide essential care to 30 million people in many of the nation’s most marginalized and hard-to-reach communities. Due to the relationship between social risk factors and health, there is growing emphasis on using electronic health records (EHR) to help identify and address patients’ these factors, also knownRead more

With social distancing guidelines and widespread fear of infection, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased social isolation (defined as having few social relationships or infrequent social contact) for people across the country. Two thirds of U.S. adults report experiencing social isolation, according to a survey conducted by AARP Foundation and United Health Foundation. Even before theRead more

In his first few years working as a clinician in Clackamas County, Oregon, Dr. John Heintzman, MD, MPH, Lead Clinician Scientist at OCHIN and Affiliate Investigator at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), realized that many patients do not have equal access to lifelong, high-quality primary care. Curious to learn more about these health disparities, Dr. Heintzman pursuedRead more

OCHIN is pleased to announce that 24 health care organizations across six states in our network will receive customized support, through our COVID-19 Telehealth Program

Across the OCHIN network, hundreds of CHCs and other health care providers have relied on OCHIN’s integrated EHR and telehealth services to help them transform their practices in response to the pandemic.

OCHIN is excited to share that we’re selling our national headquarters in downtown Portland, OR and taking our growing staff and expanding health IT services fully virtual.