Portland, Ore.-based OCHIN and Cincinnati-based OSIS, two nonprofit organizations with mixed well being IT operations that assist greater than 39,000 suppliers serving over 9.3 million sufferers at group well being facilities nationwide, have entered into a proper partnership. 

Though OSIS will turn into a completely owned subsidiary of OCHIN, the organizations harassed that their manufacturers, operations, governance buildings, and nonprofit statuses will proceed to be unbiased. OCHIN will stay centered on Epic operations and collaborative members, and OSIS will proceed to assist NextGen for its members and collaborating well being facilities.  

Each established almost 25 years in the past, OCHIN and OSIS mentioned they’re dedicated to assembly members the place they’re, on their respective EHR platform of selection. 

OCHIN’s Epic-based community now reaches greater than 6.3 million sufferers by way of greater than 34,000 suppliers at over 2,000 healthcare supply websites nationwide. These embody rural hospitals, rural well being clinics, group well being facilities, tribal well being organizations, school-based clinics, correctional amenities, behavioral well being suppliers, dental clinics, public well being departments, and HIV/AIDS care organizations. 

Certainly one of NextGen Healthcare’s largest prospects, OSIS handle over 136 well being facilities, the place its options and analytics instruments assist medical, dental, and behavioral well being providers.

Whereas some present OSIS members might have curiosity in transitioning from their NextGen EHR to OCHIN Epic, others will stay on OSIS NextGen or will likely be free to pick a distinct platform and vendor in the event that they select primarily based on their particular wants. By means of this partnership, OSIS members may have entry to further service choices not at present obtainable, similar to workforce assist.

One other aim of the partnership is producing operational financial savings and manufacturing efficiencies by way of improved third-party contract pricing negotiations and price benefits derived from economies of scale. Harnessing this collective power is crucial to optimize and advocate for group well being facilities that at this time are tasked with delivering each high-quality and high-volume care regardless of insufficient funding, OCHIN mentioned. 

The partnership additionally affords the chance to carry higher group well being heart illustration to nationwide well being fairness analysis and advocacy by augmenting the OCHIN-led ADVANCE Scientific Analysis Community and voluntarily contributing to practice-based analysis and innovation powered by the biggest assortment of de-identified group well being information within the nation.  

“On the coronary heart of the brand new OCHIN and OSIS partnership is a shared perception that at this time’s healthcare system requires modern approaches to connecting and remodeling entry to care,” mentioned Abby Sears, president and CEO of OCHIN, in a press release. “By standing collectively and becoming a member of forces, OCHIN and OSIS could make a good higher and extra enduring impression for the suppliers, sufferers, and communities we serve.”

OCHIN will proceed to assist rural hospitals following its 2023 growth  into acute care.
“OSIS and OCHIN have concurrently been working to sort out the identical points that impression our Neighborhood Well being Middle Neighborhood. This new partnership permits us to stay unbiased however share assets for extra environment friendly drawback fixing throughout the nation,” mentioned Jeff Lowrance, CEO of OSIS, in a press release. “I sit up for continued progress for each our organizations and the flexibility to strengthen our mission in assuaging the burden that IT initiatives can add to safety-net organizations. We’ll proceed to make a distinction for individuals who want it probably the most.”