The Government Accountability Office announced today that Abby Sears, president and chief executive officer of OCHIN, a national health technology nonprofit based in Portland, Oregon, has been appointed to the federal Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC).
December 18, 2012 – Portland based OCHIN, Inc. has assembled a powerful team of MDs, informaticists and medical healthcare improvement professionals to address the data and quality needs of Oregon healthcare providers. Scott Fields, MD has been hired as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and will lead the team. Dr. Fields is a nationally recognized family physician and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).
September 5, 2012 – Portland based OCHIN, Inc. will provide Public Health - Seattle & King County with the OCHIN Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR) to automate patient information and advance patient care and safety.
August 23, 2012 – Portland based OCHIN, Inc. has taken another step in fulfilling its mission to partner with communities to create the knowledge and information solutions to promote access, high quality and affordable healthcare for all. “By signing this agreement with Caradigm, a joint venture between Microsoft and GE Healthcare, we will be building a comprehensive repository of clinical and claims data that no one else in the country has,” said Abby Sears, OCHIN’s CEO.
August 3, 2012 -- Over the past two years, Oregon’s Health Information Technology Extension Center (O-HITEC) has been working with Oregon healthcare providers to overcome the challenges of adopting
and implementing electronic health records (EHRs).
This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that healthcare providers who partnered with Regional Extension Centers (O-HITEC) were more than twice as likely to receive an incentive payment under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.
