OCHIN Data Exchange.
The OCHIN network is one of the largest and most successful health center-controlled networks in the country, providing unparalleled capabilities to securely exchange patient information. Our network’s diverse patient population includes patients who are uninsured or publicly-insured and have limited access to health care – making us the most comprehensive database on the health care and outcomes of these patients.
Through our data exchange capabilities, we are driving our health care system towards interoperability by connecting community-based health centers to each other, as well as the broader delivery system, to ensure that underserved communities have access to the highest quality health care.
Nationwide Reach
200+ million
Clinical summaries securely exchanged since 2010
44+ million
Total clinical summaries exchanged in 2020
6 million
Active patients
46,000+
Hospitals, emergency rooms and clinics that have exchanged data with OCHIN members
29%
Annual growth in clinical summaries securely exchanged by all OCHIN members in 2020
48%
Annual growth in non-Epic clinical summaries securely exchanged in 2020
Our Affiliations
OCHIN member clinics are connected to the most robust interoperability frameworks nationally:
eHealth Exchange — Connects our members to Federal Agencies.
Carequality — Connects our members to Non-Epic Partners.
Care Everywhere — Connects our members to Epic Partners.
Surescripts — Connects our members to Direct Secure Messaging.
OCHIN has fully enabled public facing FHIR API functionality such that any application chosen by a patient can gain access to their individual health information.
Our Team
Our technology team includes leaders in the national discussion on interoperability to connect smaller practices and community health centers to each other as well as the broader delivery system.
OCHIN executives serve on the board of The Sequoia Project, which leads the eHealth Exchange and Carequality initiatives. They also serve on the Care Connectivity Consortium board and Epic’s Care Everywhere network.
OCHIN leads with a National Framework approach because interoperability must scale to provide communities with connections locally, across state lines, and even international borders.
