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

California Look-Alike Data

43 Look-Alikes

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 a minimum for medical care, by December 31st?
a. Yes, installed at all service delivery sites and used by all providers 42 97.67%
b. Yes, but only installed at some service delivery sites or used by some providers 1 2.33%
c. No 0 0.00%
Total Health Centers with an EHR (Sum 1a + 1b) 43 100.00%
Total Health Centers reported (Sum 1a + 1b +1c) 43 100.00%
1a. Is your system certified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Health IT Certification Program? 40 93.02%
1b. Health Center switched their current EHR from a previous system this year 5 11.63%
1c. Do you use more than one EHR, data collection, and/or data analytics system across your organization? Select "Yes" if the health center has more than one EHR that flows into one central health IT/EHR or practice management system. 5 11.63%
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 1 20.00%
b. Additional EHR/data system(s) are specific to one service type (e.g., dental, behavioral health, care coordination) 1 20.00%
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 80.00%
e. Other 1 20.00%
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 18 41.86%
b. Specialty providers 14 32.56%
c. Other primary care providers 13 30.23%
d. Labs or imaging 35 81.40%
e. Health information exchange (HIE) 14 32.56%
f. Community-based organizations/social service partners 3 6.98%
g. None of the above 4 9.30%
h. Others 4 9.30%
5. Does your health center engage patients through health IT in any of the following ways? (Select all that apply.)
a. Patient portals 34 79.07%
b. Kiosks 10 23.26%
c. Secure messaging between patient and provider 19 44.19%
d. Online or virtual scheduling 11 25.58%
e. Automated electronic outreach for care gap closure or preventive care reminders 16 37.21%
f. Application programming interface (API)-cased patient access to their health record through mHealth apps 5 11.63%
g. Others 2 4.65%
h. No, we DO NOT engage patients using health IT 5 11.63%
10. How does your health center utilize health IT and EHR data beyond direct patient care? (Select all that apply.)
a. Quality improvement 42 97.67%
b. Population health management 25 58.14%
c. Program evaluation 23 53.49%
d. Research 6 13.95%
e. Other 0 0.00%
f. We DO NOT utilize health IT 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 11 25.58%
b. No, but we are in planning stages to collect this information 26 60.47%
c. No, we are not planning to collect this information 6 13.95%
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.") 19,077 18.41%
12. Which standardized screener(s) for social risk factors, if any, did you use during the calendar year? (Select all that apply)
a. Accountable Health Communities Screening Tools 1 9.09%
b. Upstream Risks Screening Tool and Guide 0 0.00%
c. iHELLP 0 0.00%
d. Recommend Social and Behavioral Domains for EHRs 1 9.09%
e. Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients' Assets, Risks, and Experiences (PRAPARE) 8 72.73%
f. Well Child Care, Evaluation, Community Resources, Advocacy Referral, Education (WE CARE) 2 18.18%
g. WellRx 1 9.09%
h. Health Leads Screening Toolkit 2 18.18%
i. Other 3 27.27%
j. We DO NOT use a standardized screener 0 0.00%
12a. Please provide the total number of patients that screened positive for the following at any point during the calendar year.
a. Food insecurity 3,189 16.72%
b. Housing insecurity 2,612 13.69%
c. Financial strain 5,947 31.17%
d. Lack of transportation/access to public transportation 1,691 8.86%
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 2 4.65%
b. Lack of funding for addressing these unmet social needs of patients 22 51.16%
c. Lack of training for personnel to discuss these issues with patients 11 25.58%
d. Inability to include with patient intake and clinical workflow 4 9.30%
e. Not needed 2 4.65%
f. Other 4 9.30%
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 22 51.16%
b. No 21 48.84%
c. Not sure 0 0.00%

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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