Alliance of Community Health Services Overview
{"Image DocumentName": "Alliance of Community Health Services Overview", "Image ImageDescription": "HRSA funded Health Center Controlled Network founded by 4 Federally funded Health Centers located on the Near North Side of Chicago. Aim is to provide infrastructure through which Centers can share services at higher quality and lower cost. Emphasis on shared Health information technology platform. Implementation and support of a common, centrally hosted EHR with integrated decision support and performance measures. The Alliance supports a centrally hosted EHRS shared by 24 Health Centers in 8 States. Recognizing that the model of promoting relatively small, community responsive Health Centers is at odds with Health System forces driving consolidation into large health care systems, the Health Resources Services Administration who funds the Health Centers created the Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCN) Initiative. HCCNs represent an infrastructure in which groups of Health Centers can share infrastructure while maintaining autonomy. The Alliance of Chicago Community Health Services represents a successful HCCN. In support of improving quality and access, the Alliance operates a common, centrally hosted EHR shared by a 24 Safety Net Health Center in 8 States. Emphasis is on incorporating all elements of Community Health Center services, and implementation of advanced functionality including clinical decision support and performance reporting on national performance measures. The Alliance is a vehicle not only to support the centrally hosted EMR, but to promote adoption of emerging health information technologies in ways to enhance care delivery and services for the Safety Net populations served.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}