Idaho Primary Care Association, Incorporated

Health Center Controlled Network - 1087 W. River Street, Suite 160, Boise, Idaho 83702 David Garrett, Chief Executive Officer Dgarrett@idahopca.org (208) 898-3828 Fax: (208) 345-2336 Www.idahopca.org Funds Requested: $625,000 the Idaho Primary Care Association (IPCA) Represents a Network of Community Health Centers (PHCS) Located in 60 Communities and 102 Clinic Sites in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. the Ipca’s Purpose in Applying for Health Center Controlled Network (HCCN) Grant Funds Is to Assist Its Network of 15 Idaho Health Center Program Grantees to Leverage Health Information Technology (IT) and Data to Deliver Comprehensive Primary Health Care With a Specific Focus on Improvements in: Clinical Quality, Patient-centered Care, and Provider and Staff Well-being. Our Members Include Every Idaho Based PHC and Span the Entire Spectrum of Health It Products.. Our HCCN Provides Crucial Hit Infrastructure Support, Especially to Our Small Rural/frontier Health Centers, to Help Them Overcome Health It Challenges and Meet Their Quality Improvement Goals. Needs to Be Addressed: Idaho Ranks 50TH in the Nation for the Ratio of Primary Care Physicians to Population. 95% of Idaho Is Designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area in Primary Care. Idaho Health Centers Have Difficulty Recruiting Qualified Primary Care Providers and Health It Technical Positions, So It Is Essential for PHCS to Support Provider and Staff Well-being. Health It Is Essential to the Delivery of High-quality, Equitable Health Care and Poor Broadband Access, Language Barriers, and Low Income Makes Adoption of Telehealth, Ehr Portals and Digital Health Tools Challenging. PHCS Need Assistance in Reducing Operational Barriers to Health It Usability and Adoption and There Is a Need for Ongoing Evaluation of Tools, Training, Networking, Workflow Optimization and Sharing Promising Practices to Advance Utilization. Proposed Services: Ipca HCCN Will Provide Direct Support and T/ta to Our Member Health Centers to Ensure That All Idahoans Have Access to Comprehensive Primary Care, Regardless of Income, Sdoh or Insurance Status. Activities in Support of This Goal Include: Assisting Health Centers in Use Digital Health Tools, Providing Training and Tools to Increase Cybersecurity and Protect Patient Privacy, Capture of Social Risk Factors and Facilitation of Referrals, and Use of Data Analytics to Support Performance Improvement and Value-based Care. Our HCCN Will Provide Funding and Training for Our Network Population Health Tool and Will Utilize Data Provided to Improve Care and Health Equity. Our HCCN Will Support the Cultural and Clinical Competence of Our Members and Increase Their Ability to Reduce Barriers to Care. Ipca Will Also Coordinate and Collaborate With State, Regional, and National Partners Like Hiteq to Bring Innovative Health It Training and Services to Idaho’s Health Centers. Populations to Be Served: Idaho Health Centers Served 1 in 10 Idahoans (196,000 Patients; 2020). Ipca HCCN Assists All Health Centers and the 60 Communities They Serve, With a Focus Particularly on Vulnerable Populations, by Providing Comprehensive, Culturally Competent, High-quality Primary Care Services. Award Recipient: H2Q30377 Proposed Number of PHCS: 15