Office of Health Information Technology

Better information to improve patient health

Oregon is transforming health care delivery to improve health outcomes and quality of care while reducing costs for all Oregonians. Health information technology is essential to these efforts. Timely access to health information allows for improved communications, coordination and efficiencies across care settings. Health information technology supports patient-centered care, ensuring that the right health information is available to health systems, providers and patients at the right time and place.

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Oregon's Strategic Plan for HIT and HIE (2017-2020)
HIT Oversight Council
Medicaid EHR Incentives
Common Credentialing
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Medicaid Meaningful Use Technical Assistance
HIE Onboarding Program
Clinical Quality Metrics Registry
Oregon HIT Program Updates

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CCO 2.0: Oregon’s Health Information Technology Oversight Council (HITOC) wants to hear your thoughts!

Oregon’s Health Information Technology Oversight Council (HITOC) wants to hear your thoughts!

OHA’s Office of Health Information Technology will be hosting a series of ad hoc HITOC-sponsored meetings about health information technology (HIT) policy options for CCO 2.0, the next phase for Oregon’s Medicaid Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs).

Please see the “Public Meetings” tab for meeting dates and times.

These meetings are an opportunity for organizations, providers, health care consumers, CCOs, and others across the state to learn about how the HIT policy options for CCOs are expected to improve the state’s coordinated care model and to provide input on those policy options.

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Contractor Selected for HIE Onboarding Program

OHA is pleased to announce that Reliance eHealth Collaborative was selected to provide onboarding services for the Health Information Exchange (HIE) Onboarding Program. The HIE Onboarding Program will provide financial support for certain initial costs of connecting (onboarding) priority Medicaid providers to a community-based HIE that provides meaningful HIE opportunities and that plays a vital role for Medicaid in that community. The Program will be funded by 90 percent federal funds and 10 percent state funds.

Call for Applications: Provider Directory Stakeholder Groups

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is seeking qualified candidates to fill vacancies on its Provider Directory Advisory Committee (PDAC) and Provider Directory Subject Matter Expert Workgroups (PD-SME). The groups consist of diverse health care professionals with backgrounds in provider data/directories and represent project stakeholders. Each group plays a unique role in providing OHA expertise and guidance on policy, program, and technical considerations for the design and implementation of Oregon’s Provider Directory. Both groups began meeting in Spring 2017.

This is a two-year commitment. Technology vendors are not eligible to serve on the advisory groups.

If you are interested in helping inform this work, please fill out the combined PDAC and PD-SME application and indicate your interest in serving on one or both advisory groups. Applications must be completed and submitted to ohit.info@state.or.us no later than November 30, 2017.

Additional details on each group and the members' role are outlined in the formal application. For both groups, we need stakeholders who represent the following organizations:

Behavioral Health
Hospitals (for PD-SME)
Health Information Exchanges
Dental
Clinics and Providers
Independent Physician Associations
Long-term Care

If you are interested in staying connected to the work on the Provider Directory, sign-up for our listserv.

Download the combined PDAC and PD-SME application.

Oregon's Strategic Plan for HIT and HIE Released

Oregon’s HIT efforts are guided by overarching priorities of OHA and the Oregon Health Policy Board (OHPB) within a constantly shifting health care environment. OHPB’s Action Plan for Health, created in 2010 and refreshed in 2017, sets a clear direction for advancing health in Oregon, and HIT plays a critical role in several key initiatives, including expanding the coordinated care model, integrating physical, behavioral and oral health, and moving upstream to address the social determinants of health. HIT is also an important enabler to broader health system transformation efforts, including improving health outcomes, lowering costs, and addressing health inequities across different populations and regions.

The Health Information Technology Oversight Council (HITOC) has completed the update to the Oregon Health Information Technology Strategic Plan. The plan sets the vision and strategic direction to advance the adoption and use of health IT in Oregon. This plan updates the 2014-2017 plan that has guided work to date.

Download Oregon’s Strategic Plan for Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange (2017-2020). Highlights include:

Progress in spreading health information exchange through HIE efforts, health care organizations investments, vendor-led networks and national approaches;
Planned work to address regional HIT and HIE gaps;
New opportunities for public/private partnerships; and
Oregon Health Information Technology Program’s work and key results.

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