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Projects
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Community Needs Assessment: Northeast Oregon Network (NEON)
Summary: With the modifications to the 2010 Census, gathering important socioeconomic and health status data has never been more challenging. The NE Oregon Needs Assessment was designed in partnership with NEON, collected by NEON and analyzed and reported by HPRN. Approximately 1200 individuals responded to questions about their demographics, health status and social determinants of health.
Funded by: Northeast Oregon Network
Funding period: 2010
Utilization of Inpatient, Outpatient and Emergency Department Services: Northeast Oregon Network (NEON)
Summary: Critical access hospitals (CAHs) provide first-line health access to rural and frontier communities. HPRN worked with three CAH’s in NE Oregon to collect administrative billing data that could be combined and evaluated. The goal of the study is to establish population health measures that can be benchmarked over time to identify health status changes, gaps and delivery system successes across the region served by NEON.
Funded by: Northeast Oregon Network
Funding period: 2010
Radiology Data Cleaning & Analysis
Summary: Aggregate administrative claims data from seven participating Medicaid states to examine differences in utilization between state-administered programs. Present findings at the October 2010 MED Project conference in Chicago, IL.
Funded by: Medicaid Evidence-based Decisions (MED) Project, Center for Evidence-based Policy at Oregon Health & Science University
Funding period: 2010
Project Access NOW: Evaluation of a healthcare collaborative’s volunteer physician model
Summary: Combine screening and enrollment data, administrative claims and client surveys to create evaluable metrics that can be used to benchmark PANOW’s progress toward achieving strategic goals.
Funded by: Project Access NOW
Funding period: 2008 – 2010 (complete), 2010 – 2012
NEW! Executive Summary – 2008 – 2010 Program Evaluation
LaneCare and Lipa combined data analysis: Identification of collaborative projects under the Four Quadrants for Integrated
Care Model
Summary: Identify shared members from medical, mental health, prescription and carved-out mental health prescription administrative data sets. Work collaboratively with health plans to categorize patients according to the proposed model (four quadrants for integrated care).
Funded by: Agate Healthcare and the Lane County Department of Health and Human Services on behalf of LaneCare.
Funding period: 2008 – 2010 (complete), 2010 – 2012
Medical Access Program (MAP): A two-year program evaluation
Summary: The MAP connects low-income, uninsured individuals who do not qualify for government-sponsored health insurance to a limited community healthcare benefit. HPRN will independently evaluate the 2009 – 2010 MAP in January 2011.
Funded by: 100% Access Healthcare Initiative
Funding period: 2009 – 2010
VIEW the Executive Summary from the MAP Pilot Evaluation (2007 – 2008)
Data integrity and reporting: Steps toward building a quality metrics system within a Medicaid managed care health plan
Summary: Assess data integrity, improve data systems, analyze data streams and provide technical support to stakeholders in the implementation of data management and reporting processes.
Funded by: Agate Healthcare
Funding period: 2009-2011
Improving Dental Health in the South Willamette Valley (SWV): A Community Resources Scan and Needs Assessment
Summary: In 2008, The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) launched the Regional Action Initiative (RAI) to engage citizens in a process of developing solutions to a regional problem. After a thorough research phase, members of the Southern Willamette Valley Leadership Council who serve on the RAI Committee identified children's dental health as a significant problem for the region. HPRN bid on a competitive contract to conduct a resources scan and needs assessment in Linn, Benton, Lane and Douglas counties (Oregon).
Funded by: The Oregon Community Foundation
Funding period: 2010
NEW! Read the Executive Summary – 2010 SWV Needs Assessment
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Increasing Mental Health Access for Low-Income, Pregnant and Post-partum Women
Summary: HPRN will integrate medical and mental health care for prenatal Medicaid clients in Lane County; initiate screening, referral and communication with the client’s care team at the health plan level; and establish a new system for ongoing monitoring and/or treatment following termination of Medicaid benefits by an innovative partnering with the local community health collaborative.
Partners: HPRN, University of Oregon, Lipa, LaneCare
Principle Investigator: Jessica Greene, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management,
University of Oregon
Funded by: Northwest Health Foundation
Funding period: 2009 – 2013
Utilization of Specialty Care Medical Services among the Uninsured: Lane County, Oregon.
Summary: HPRN will perform analysis of billing data for 9 specialty care clinics in Lane County, Oregon to determine administrative and care coordination opportunities to improve efficiency at the local level; recent utilization patterns; diagnosis and disease burden; as well as the cost and/or value of uncompensated care. In addition, HPRN will explore technologies that provide opportunities for health information exchange among the disparate clinics.
Partners: HPRN, Oregon Urology Foundation, Slocum Orthopedics, Radiology Associates, PC, Medical and Surgical Specialists (MASS)
Principle Investigator: Gary P. Young, MD; President, HPRN Board of Directors
Funded by: Oregon Urology Foundation, Slocum Orthopedics and Radiology Associates, PC.
Funding period: 2009 - 2010
Increasing Fitness in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment
Summary: Recently, there has been tremendous interest in the development of non-pharmacological interventions, such as physical fitness programs, to alleviate the negative effect of treatment in cancer patients. Recent publications report such programs to be beneficial to patients both physiologically and psychologically, yet there are challenges in developing of a universal program that works effectively for all cancer types. We propose a randomized, controlled trial enrolling diverse cancer diagnoses to test our hypothesis.
Partners: Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California – Irvine Medical Center
Funded by: Being sought
Funding period: N/A
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Obesity Prevention Toolkit (OPT) for Healthy Neighborhoods
Partners: Trainsong Neighborhood Association, LCHAY (Lane Coalition for Healthy Active Youth), Lane County Public Health, City of Eugene City Council, City of Eugene Police Department, City of Eugene Neighborhood Services, American Red Cross
Summary: Our environment, specifically our physical or built environment, influences our health decisions and can make it easier or more difficult to engage in physical activity or eat a healthy diet. Changes to the built environment can affect population health in multiple ways -- negatively, such as increasing traffic noise and pollutants, and positively, such as providing spaces for healthy activity and making it easier to access healthy food. The primary goal of the OPT program was to create a step-by-step process that is driven by neighborhood values and
decision-making.
Funded by: Northwest Health Foundation (hyperlink: www.nwhf.org) & the Union Pacific Railroad Foundation
Funding period: 2008 – 2010
NEW! Download the OPT for Healthy Neighborhoods Toolkit
Development of an Enhanced Care Coordination Program for Lane County Women Receiving Oregon Health Plan
(Lipa, Medicaid) Benefits
Summary: Create a partnership between Lipa's Medical Management Department, community agencies that serve low-income women, Lipa members and community obstetrician(s) in defining key components of a meaningful care coordination program. HPRN will work with Lipa information technology staff to create the technology infrastructure to support the new program and create a risk-tiering system from administrative claims data that may be used as a guide to prioritizing member outreach work lists.
Facilitation: Grant Seeking Priorities of the Idaho Simulation Network (ISN)
Summary: Facilitate the development of grant-seeking goals and priorities for the Idaho
Simulation Network.
Partners: ISN members
Funded by: ISN
Funding period: 2009
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Tracking and care coordination for the uninsured: A web-based solution
Summary: The Medical Access Program in Lane County (MAP) connects low-income, uninsured individuals who do not qualify for government-sponsored health insurance to a limited community healthcare benefit. HPRN developed, designed and created a web-based health information system for MAP workers and participating providers and their office staff. The MAP website tracks client demographics, eligibility, and care coordination activities and allows for claims submission and instant messaging, while providing MAP with utilization data needed to inform future program development. www.mapcard.org
Partners: 100% Access Healthcare Initiative
Funded by: Agate Healthcare and the 100% Access Healthcare Initiative.
Funding period: 2007 – 2010
A Community Approach to Reducing Perinatal Disparities through Web-based Screening, Referral and Home Visit Tracking
Summary: Connecting low-income pregnant women to community resources that address the social determinants of health can be challenging – especially for medical providers with busy practices. This project aims to work collaboratively with community agencies, providers and stakeholders to redesign a perinatal risk factor screening tool and systematize an automated, active referral process that connects women to needed resources.
Partners: Lane County Public Health, University of Oregon FEAT (Family Early Advocacy and Treatment)
Funded by: Being sought
Funding period: N/A
The Advisor: Evidence-based Benefit Management
Summary: HPRN partners with Apropo Benefits Management to provide research and risk analysis for the development of evidence-based coverage policy guides. The algorithmic guides aid payors and benefits administrators by ensuring clients receive high-quality Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) and by providing the evidence base to facilitate appropriate clinical outcomes.
Partners: Apropo Benefits Management
Funded by: HPRN and Apropo Benefits Management
Funding period: 2009 – 2011
• Advancing the Community Links and Referral Association (CLARA) Read More »
CLARA's objective is to help organizations do more with their time and resources so they can reach their goals for improved community care.
In partnership with Project Access NOW, the Northeast Oregon Network and Vistalogic, Inc. HPRN is helping to configure CLARA for newly joined community partners. For information about CLARA’s capabilities, please visit the CLARA website (www.clarahelps.com).
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