Clinically-Focused? CHCA is Your Solutions Partner.

Through centralized technology, member health centers leverage resources to enhance patient care while maintaining independent management structures. The primary focus of CHCA and its member organizations is the elimination of health disparities, using technological tools that support evidence-based medicine. CHCA member health centers provide care in high-need areas, both rural and urban, identified by the federal government as "medically underserved." Virtually nothing is more critical to vulnerable populations in these areas than the network of community health centers that provide linguistically and culturally appropriate primary and preventive care.

 

With federal funding assistance, CHCA members are able to reduce the initial investment cost to implement electronic health records, health information exchanges efforts, and electronic oral health records.  Clinical measures for these project will demonstrate their effectiveness as the projects roll out in the coming three years.  CHCA members are tracking the following clinical measures and will demonstrate improved health outcomes at the end of these exciting projects: 

• Measure #1: Child Immunization: % by age 2 years, with 4DTaP, 3OPV/IPV, 1XMMR, 3X Hep B, 3XHib (and Varicella)

• Measure #2: Diabetes Control: % of patients with either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes whose HBA 1c is > 9%

• Measure #3: Hypertension: % of patients with Blood Pressure at or below 140/90 (130/80 for co-morbidic patients)

• Measure #4: Adolescent Immunization: % females aged 11 – 18 administered Human papillomavirus vaccine 3X

• Measure #5: Safety: Compliance with Joint Commission medication reconciliation standards

For those members participating in the Electronic Oral Health Project, these additional clinical measures are being tracked:

• Measure #1: Improved Health Outcome - Childhood Oral Health Management: % of pediatric patients referred for an initial dental exam by age one year.

• Measure #2: Improved Health Outcome - Diabetes Management: % of patients with either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes who are referred for oral health screening at least annually.

• Measure #3: Improved Health Outcome - HIV Management: % of patients with symptomatic or measurable HIV who are referred for oral health screening at least annually.

• Measure #4: Effectiveness: % treatment plans completed within time frame identified.

• Measure #5: Efficiency: % of scheduled preventive care oral health appointments kept.