April 10, 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact: Kelsey Butz
Email: butzk@ochin.org
Phone: (518) 256-7540
PORTLAND, ORE. (April 10, 2024) — Seven ambulatory community health care organizations and two rural hospitals went live in the first quarter of 2024 with OCHIN Epic, an electronic health record (EHR) platform offered by OCHIN to help care teams manage and connect patient care, streamline clinical workflows, and improve the health of rural and medically underserved communities nationwide.
This quarter, the OCHIN network expanded into Kansas for the first time with the addition of Citizens Medical Center in Colby.
“We had a great go-live … Our collaboration with OCHIN will help us continue to provide access to care in rural Kansas in a safe and quality manner,” said Jenny Niblock, MSN, MBA, chief clinical officer of Citizens Health, the parent organization of Citizens Medical Center.
OCHIN Epic Ambulatory go-lives last quarter:
- Family Health Center of Marshfield — Marshfield, WI
- People’s Community Clinic — Austin, TX
- Central City Concern — Portland, OR
- Indian Health Board of Minneapolis — Minneapolis, MN
- Sacramento County Public Health — Sacramento, CA
- Radiant Health Centers — Irvine, CA
- Wilmington Community Clinic — Wilmington, CA
OCHIN Epic Acute go-lives last quarter:
- Citizens Medical Center — Colby, KS
- Riverwood Healthcare Center — Aitkin, MN
OCHIN expanded into acute care in 2023 to address persistent gaps in rural health care access and delivery, welcoming its first member hospital last summer. The expansion leverages OCHIN’s distinct knowledge of rural health challenges and more than 20 years of experience enabling community care organizations to transform care delivery through tailored insights and expertise.
The new members join OCHIN’s rapidly growing national network, which now reaches more than 5.9 million patients through about 32,000 providers at over 2,000 health care delivery sites nationwide. These include rural hospitals, rural health clinics, community health centers, tribal health organizations, school-based clinics, correctional facilities, behavioral health providers, dental clinics, public health departments, and HIV/AIDS care organizations.
For more information on OCHIN Epic, which has received Epic Gold Stars Level 9 distinction for two consecutive years, visit ochin.org.
