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

New York Data

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63 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 a minimum for medical care, by December 31st?
a. Yes, installed at all service delivery sites and used by all providers 63 100.00%
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) 63 100.00%
Total Health Centers reported (Sum 1a + 1b +1c) 63 100.00%
1a. Is your system certified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Health IT Certification Program? 63 100.00%
1b. Health Center switched their current EHR from a previous system this year 1 1.59%
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. 23 36.51%
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 4.35%
b. Additional EHR/data system(s) are specific to one service type (e.g., dental, behavioral health, care coordination) 13 56.52%
c. Additional EHR/data system(s) are used at specific service delivery sites with no plan to transition 1 4.35%
d. Additional EHR/data system(s) are used for analysis and reporting (such as for clinical quality measures or custom reporting) 14 60.87%
e. Other 2 8.70%
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 47 74.60%
b. Specialty providers 42 66.67%
c. Other primary care providers 32 50.79%
d. Labs or imaging 59 93.65%
e. Health information exchange (HIE) 59 93.65%
f. Community-based organizations/social service partners 17 26.98%
g. None of the above 0 0.00%
h. Others 6 9.52%
5. Does your health center engage patients through health IT in any of the following ways? (Select all that apply.)
a. Patient portals 61 96.83%
b. Kiosks 29 46.03%
c. Secure messaging between patient and provider 52 82.54%
d. Online or virtual scheduling 33 52.38%
e. Automated electronic outreach for care gap closure or preventive care reminders 44 69.84%
f. Application programming interface (API)-cased patient access to their health record through mHealth apps 18 28.57%
g. Others 2 3.17%
h. No, we DO NOT engage patients using health IT 0 0.00%
10. How does your health center utilize health IT and EHR data beyond direct patient care? (Select all that apply.)
a. Quality improvement 63 100.00%
b. Population health management 60 95.24%
c. Program evaluation 52 82.54%
d. Research 23 36.51%
e. Other 1 1.59%
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 53 84.13%
b. No, but we are in planning stages to collect this information 8 12.70%
c. No, we are not planning to collect this information 2 3.17%
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.") 455,435 22.64%
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 11 20.75%
b. Upstream Risks Screening Tool and Guide 1 1.89%
c. iHELLP 0 0.00%
d. Recommend Social and Behavioral Domains for EHRs 3 5.66%
e. Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients' Assets, Risks, and Experiences (PRAPARE) 35 66.04%
f. Well Child Care, Evaluation, Community Resources, Advocacy Referral, Education (WE CARE) 0 0.00%
g. WellRx 0 0.00%
h. Health Leads Screening Toolkit 2 3.77%
i. Other 9 16.98%
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 47,333 10.39%
b. Housing insecurity 47,700 10.47%
c. Financial strain 85,561 18.79%
d. Lack of transportation/access to public transportation 34,838 7.65%
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 1.59%
b. Lack of funding for addressing these unmet social needs of patients 4 6.35%
c. Lack of training for personnel to discuss these issues with patients 2 3.17%
d. Inability to include with patient intake and clinical workflow 3 4.76%
e. Not needed 2 3.17%
f. Other 3 4.76%
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 40 63.49%
b. No 22 34.92%
c. Not sure 1 1.59%

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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