Using Electronic Health Records and Data Warehouse Collaboratively in Community Health Centers

The organization Community Partners HealthNet (CPH), Inc. is a so-called Health-Center-Controlled Networks (HCCNs) that provide health information technologies, in particular Electronic Health Records and Data Warehouse, to participating community health centers (CHC) and rural health clinics (RHC)....

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Published in:Journal of cases on information technology 2013-10, Vol.15 (4), p.45-62
Main Authors: Zeng, Xiaoming, Forrestal, Elizabeth J, Cellucci, Leigh W, Kennedy, Michael H, Smith, Doug
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Big Data
Charitable foundations
Communities
Community health services
Community participation
Computer programs
Data warehouses
Data warehousing
Electronic health records
Health care
Health care facilities
Health facilities
Information technology
Medical informatics
Medical records
Methods
Organizations
Technology application
Upgrading
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Summary:The organization Community Partners HealthNet (CPH), Inc. is a so-called Health-Center-Controlled Networks (HCCNs) that provide health information technologies, in particular Electronic Health Records and Data Warehouse, to participating community health centers (CHC) and rural health clinics (RHC). All 16 member organizations (CHCs and RHCs) in CPH are non-profit health care organizations providing primary health care to individuals in medically underserved areas. To provide quality and accessible health care to those medically needed, CPH and member organization rely heavily on funding from federal and state governments as well as charitable foundations. The investment in system-wide Health Information Technologies has been financially limited given the nature of the organizations. CPH and member organizations, through visionary leadership and cost-effective execution, have been able to adopt and implement advanced information technologies like EHR and data warehouse since early 1990s. There has been software updates and EHR upgrades, but the original design of the system still serve the information needs of the organization. This case study describes CPH in the health care environment, discusses the collaboration of six original individual CHCs to create CPH, the EHR and Data Warehouse projects at CPH, and then explains CPH’s on-going operations and new challenges in the context of meaningful use and big data movement.
ISSN:1548-7717
1548-7725
DOI:10.4018/jcit.2013100104