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Table EHR: Health Center Health Information Technology (HIT) Capabilities

Illinois Data

45 Awardees

Line Measures Number of Health Centers or Number of Patients % of Total
1. Does your health center currently have an electronic health record (EHR) system installed and in use, at minimum for medical care, by December 31?
a. Yes, installed at all service delivery sites and used by all providers 45 100.00%
b. Yes, but only installed at some service delivery sites or used by some providers 0 0.00%
c. No 0 0.00%
Total Health Centers with an EHR (Sum 1a + 1b) 45 100.00%
Total Health Centers reported (Sum 1a + 1b +1c) 45 100.00%
1a. System is certified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) Health IT Certification Program? 44 97.78%
1b. Health Center switched their current EHR from a previous system this year 3 6.67%
1c. Health Center uses more than one EHR, data collection, and/or data analytics system across their organization 17 37.78%
1c1. What is the reason your organization uses multiple EHR or data systems?
a. Additional EHR/data system(s) are used during transition from one primary EHR to another 2 11.76%
b. Additional EHR/data system(s) are specific to one service type (e.g., dental, behavioral health, care coordination) 13 76.47%
c. Additional EHR/data system(s) are used at specific service delivery sites with no plan to transition 0 0.00%
d. Additional EHR/data system(s) are used for analysis and reporting (such as for clinical quality measures or custom reporting) 4 23.53%
e. Other 2 11.76%
4. Which of the following key providers/health care settings does your health center electronically exchange clinical or patient information with? (Select all that apply.)
a. Hospitals/Emergency rooms 37 82.22%
b. Specialty providers 30 66.67%
c. Other primary care providers 24 53.33%
d. Labs or imaging 40 88.89%
e. Health information exchange (HIE) 25 55.56%
f. Community-based organizations/social service partners 6 13.33%
g. None of the above 0 0.00%
h. Others 4 8.89%
5. Does your health center engage patients through health IT in any of the following ways? (Select all that apply.)
a. Patient portals 44 97.78%
b. Kiosks 11 24.44%
c. Secure messaging between patient and provider 39 86.67%
d. Online or virtual scheduling 10 22.22%
e. Automated electronic outreach for care gap closure or preventive care reminders 17 37.78%
f. Application programming interface (API)-cased patient access to their health record through mHealth apps 4 8.89%
g. Others 2 4.44%
h. No, we DO NOT engage patients using HIT 1 2.22%
10. How does your health center utilize HIT and EHR data beyond direct patient care? (Select all that apply)
a. Quality improvement 44 97.78%
b. Population health management 40 88.89%
c. Program evaluation 35 77.78%
d. Research 18 40.00%
e. Other 0 0.00%
f. We DO NOT utilize HIT or EHR data beyond direct patient care 0 0.00%
11. Does your health center collect data on individual patients' social risk factors, outside of the data countable in the UDS?
a. Yes 28 62.22%
b. No, but we are in planning stages to collect this information 14 31.11%
c. No, we are not planning to collect this information 3 6.67%
11a. How many health center patients were screened for social risk factors using a standardized screener during the calendar year? (Only respond to this if the response to Question 11 is "a. Yes.") 318,309 32.08%
12. Which standardized screener(s) for social risk factors, if any, did you use during the calendar year?
a. Accountable Health Communities Screening Tools 0 0.00%
b. Upstream Risks Screening Tool and Guide 0 0.00%
c. iHELP 0 0.00%
d. Recommend Social and Behavioral Domains for EHRs 5 17.86%
e. Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients' Assets, Risks, and Experiences (PRAPARE) 18 64.29%
f. Well Child Care, Evaluation, Community Resources, Advocacy Referral, Education (WE CARE) 2 7.14%
g. WellRx 0 0.00%
h. Health Leads Screening Toolkit 1 3.57%
i. Other 8 28.57%
j. We DO NOT use a standardized screener 2 7.14%
12a. Of the total patients screened for social risk factors (Question 11a), please provide the total number of patients that screened positive for any of the following at any point during the calendar year. (A patient may experience multiple social risks and should be counted once for each risk factor they screened positive for, regardless of the number of times screened during the year.)
a. Food insecurity 31,679 9.95%
b. Housing insecurity 38,467 12.08%
c. Financial strain 80,617 25.33%
d. Lack of transportation/access to public transportation 9,550 3.00%
12b. If you DO NOT use a standardized assessment to collect this information, please indicate why. (Select all that apply.)
a. Have not considered/unfamiliar with standardized screeners 1 2.22%
b. Lack of funding for addressing these unmet social needs of patients 3 6.67%
c. Lack of training for personnel to discuss these issues with patients 4 8.89%
d. Inability to include with patient intake and clinical workflow 9 20.00%
e. Not needed 1 2.22%
f. Other 8 17.78%
13. Does your health center integrate a statewide Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) database into the health information systems, such as health information exchanges, EHRs, and/or pharmacy dispensing software (PDS) to streamline provider access to controlled substance prescriptions?
a. Yes 42 93.33%
b. No 2 4.44%
c. Not sure 1 2.22%

Footnotes

'-' Data cannot be calculated or has been suppressed for confidentiality purposes.

Cells that are shaded blue represent data that was not reported or null values.

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