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EVERYWOMAN – Reproductive care in the safety net: Women’s health after Affordable Care Act implementation
Last updated 11/03/2021 Although evidence-based women’s reproductive care improves health, reduces disparities, and saves money, many women do not receive needed care. Women who are poor and from racial and ethnic minorities are least likely to receive needed...
read moreADVANCE Update: July 2020
The past quarter has been a uniquely challenging time. Concerns for the health and safety of our loved ones, our neighbors, our nation, and ourselves are at an all-time high. Now, more than ever, it feels important to use our skills and resources to contribute to the...
read moreADVANCE NOW PARTICIPATING IN THE HERO REGISTRY
The OCHIN-led ADVANCE Clinical Research Network is proud to announce our participation in the Healthcare Worker Exposure Response & Outcomes (HERO) Registry. The HERO Registry is a national community of healthcare workers interested in participating in future...
read moreADVANCE Update: March 2020
Hello, everyone! It has been a busy quarter and we are excited to share an update regarding ADVANCE activities from the past few months. RECENTLY SUBMITTED ADVANCE PROPOSALS This past quarter, we submitted two ADVANCE proposals: Equity in Treatment for Asthma Between...
read moreADVANCE Update: January 2020
Welcome to 2020, everyone! We greatly appreciate your continued support and are excited to share an update regarding ADVANCE activities from the past few months. NEWLY FUNDED ADVANCE PROJECTS We are excited to share that we have two newly funded ADVANCE studies as...
read moreEVERYWOMAN: A Cervical Health Awareness Month Study Update
EVERYWOMAN (Reproductive Care in the Safety-Net: Women’s Health Care after Affordable Care Act Implementation) is a women’s reproductive health study currently underway at OCHIN. This project looks at differences in health care utilization and outcomes...
read moreADVANCE Engagement: A Year in Review
ADVANCE hosts many engagement opportunities for patients, caregivers, clinicians, and researchers. In 2019, ADVANCE supported the OCHIN Patient Engagement Panel (PEP), the OCHIN Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN), and kicked off a fourth season of Grand Rounds...
read moreADVANCE Update: November 2019
Happy November! We greatly appreciate your continued support and are excited to share an update on the latest ADVANCE activities. ADVANCE RETREAT As you know, last month we held our fourth annual ADVANCE Retreat in the beautiful downtown Portland, Oregon. Thank you to...
read moreThe ADVANCE Update: September 2019
Welcome to September, everyone! We greatly appreciate your continued support for the ADVANCE Collaborative and are excited to share some of our most notable achievements from the last several months. ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS In April, Erika Cottrell, PhD MPP, OCHIN...
read moreInfectious Disease Projects: An Update from OCHIN & ADVANCE
By Jonathan Todd, PhD, MSPH - Senior Research Associate Happy March, everyone!My name is Jonathan Todd, and I’m an infectious disease epidemiologist at OCHIN. I’m excited to share an update about ongoing infectious disease studies at OCHIN, and give a sneak peek...
read morePost Affordable Care Act: Evaluation of Community Health Centers – A Research Study Overview
Written by Heather Holderness, MPH of OHSU Department of Family Medicine Since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, tens of millions of US citizens gained heath insurance. The ACA was the largest overhaul of the US healthcare...
read moreHaving the Talk: Best Practices for Discussing Cervical Cancer Screening with Transgender Patients
As Cervical Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, ADVANCE partner Fenway Health from Boston shares best practices from their clinical and research experience providing cervical cancer screening for gender diverse patients. By Bren Cole of Fenway Health When caring...
read moreUniversity of Miami and Health Choice Network Partner to Improve Cervical Cancer Screening
By Ludmilla Paul, MPH - Research Program Coordinator at Health Choice Network Cervical cancer is a disease of major public health importance. Although screening and immunization against human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, provide highly...
read moreEVERYWOMAN Study Update
Written by The EVERYWOMAN Study Team: Jee Oakley Anna Templeton, Erika Cottrell, Brigit Hatch, and Megan Hoopes EVERYWOMAN (Reproductive Care in the Safety-Net: Women’s Health Care after Affordable Care Act Implementation) is a reproductive health study currently...
read moreADVANCE Monthly Update: December 2018
Happy December, everyone! I, for one, am enjoying the winter holiday season and am looking forward to ringing in the New Year. Here are a few updates from ADVANCE: Earlier this month, University of Washington’s School of Public Health graciously hosted Drs. Rebecca...
read moreSexual and Gender Minority Health Research in the ADVANCE Collaborative
The ADVANCE collaborative and OCHIN's Research Team are committed to improving health equity among vulnerable and underserved communities. Through our community health center focused research, we are working to improve outcomes, policy, and primary care delivery for...
read moreADVANCE Monthly Update: November 2018
Happy November, everyone! I hope you are staying cozy as the weather gets a bit cooler. We have had a busy and exciting fall thus far. Here are a few updates for you all: October brought us great news as we have entered Phase 3 of ADVANCE! We are excited to continue...
read more2018 PCORI Annual Meeting Recap
This year, over 1,000 people, including ADVANCE Project Director, Rebecca Block, PhD, MSW, and OCHIN Research Associate, Michelle Hendricks, PhD, met in Washington D.C. for The 2018 PCORI Annual Meeting. The event surely delivered providing a star-studded agenda and...
read moreADVANCE Monthly Update: October 2018
Happy October, everyone! After such a hot summer, I for one, am grateful for the cooler days of Autumn here in Portland and the busy fall season ahead. Here are a few updates for you all: September brought us great news as we learned Dr. John Heintzman’s “Prevention...
read moreADVANCE Monthly Update: September 2018
Welcome to September, everyone! August was another busy month, and we greatly appreciate your continued support for the ADVANCE Collaborative. As you know, last month we held our third annual ADVANCE Retreat in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge. Thank you to everyone...
read moreADVANCE Monthly Update: August 2018
Happy August, everyone! We hope that you are enjoying these last few weeks of summer. It’s been a busy season and we’re eager to share another month of updates. ADVANCE is very excited to be part of the next phase of PCORnet: the launching of PCORnet 2.0 under the...
read more10 Ways Community Health Centers are Saving the Day: Recognizing OCHIN’s Research Superheroes
Written by Bren Cole (Fenway Health), Anna Templeton (OCHIN), and Tiffany Prescott (OCHIN) Everyone loves a good superhero – and for National Health Center Week 2018 we enthusiastically join our members in “Celebrating Health Centers: Home of America’s Health Care...
read moreCommunity Health Roundup: Jul 29 – Aug 3
Hello and welcome to Community Health Roundup: your source for the latest in health news and information. It's been quite a while since I've posted and I apologize for the delay, but now I'm back and with three very interesting articles in hand. This week I've found...
read moreADVANCE Monthly Update: July 2018
Welcome to July, everyone! June was another busy month for ADVANCE, especially for our engagement team. OCHIN Research Associate, Nate Warren, Research Coordinator, Nikki Stover, and Patient Investigator, Deirdre Baker presented at the Institute for Patient and...
read moreCommunity Health Roundup: June 17 – 22
Hello and welcome back to Community Health Roundup: your source for the latest in healthcare news and information. It's been quite a while since I've posted and I apologize for the delay, but I think the articles I found this week will make up for my absence. This...
read moreADVANCE Monthly Update: June 2018
Welcome to June, everyone! It’s almost summer here in the Rose City, and we’re right in the midst of the annual Portland Rose Festival. That means it’s now cool and rainy, but we’re looking forward to warmer weather once the Rose Festival is over and summer...
read moreCommunity Health Roundup: May 13 – 18
Hello and welcome back (or welcome for the first time) to Community Health Roundup: your source for the latest in health news and information. There has been a lot of interesting news this week and I am really excited to share what I have found with you! We have...
read moreCommunity Health Roundup: May 6 – 11
Hello and welcome back to Community Health Roundup: your source for the latest in health news and information! This week we are going to pack our bags and travel to North Carolina to check in on an ACO that is addressing social determinants of health, next we will...
read moreCommunity Health Roundup: Apr 29 – May 4
Hello and welcome back to Community Health Roundup: your source for the latest in health news and information. This week we have a short but informative CHR where we look at two articles concerning the ACA and a third about opioid prescribing rates in the US. Let's...
read moreADVANCE Monthly Update: May 2018
Happy May, everyone, and thank you for your continued involvement and support of ADVANCE. April was another busy month and we are excited to share a few updates. Notably, Version 4.0 of the PCORnet CDM was released on 1/2/2018, the official implementation date set by...
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