Community Health Center Information Systems Assessment:
Issues and Opportunities
Final Report

Contents

Executive Summary

Chapters:

• Introduction
  • Importance of the Current Study
  • Overall Approach ion
• Study Methods
  • Environmental Scan
  • Case Studies of Leading Edge Health Center Networks
  • Data Analysis
• Background
  • Overview of the Health Center Program
  • Health Center Funding
  • Special Issues and Challenges for Health Centers
  • Health Center Investment in Health IT: Preliminary Findings
  • Organization into Health Center Networks
• Health Center Network Findings
  • Health Center Network Background and Objectives
  • Basic Network Characteristics
  • Core Network Functions
  • Variation and Network Types
  • Networks as Drivers for Health Center IT Adoption
• Health Center Level Findings
  • Overall Approach to IT
  • Technology Infrastructure
  • Health Center Experience with Practice Management
  • Health Center Experience with EHR
  • Data Warehouses and Other Applications
• Conclusions
  • Network Benefits and Challenges
  • Electronic Health Record-Specific Lessons Learned
  • Critical Factors for Success
  • Key Issues for Future Study
• Appendix A: Environmental Scan
• Appendix B: Case Study Reports

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Last updated: 1/5/07