Telemedicine. Distance Education. Health Information Technology.

Early adopters of telehealth/medicine and health information technology (HIT) are paving the way for access to the future of health care delivery. And Oregon is leading the pack. By using an OHN connection to support the health care of tomorrow, participants are able to reduce costs and save time today—all while improving the lives of the patients they serve.

The reliable, robust connection to OHN offers many valuable resources, including network connection to providers at large health care and education institutions with world class technology and staff, and health-based education programs. OHN is transforming health care by helping to create one Oregon—delivering  the technology needed to strengthen the connections between providers of all times and location across Oregon and beyond. With the full support of the entire Oregon delegation of elected officials, OHN has a vision of working toward the best possible access to care.

With your one OHN network connection, you have immediate access to the OHN participating hospitals, community colleges with health care education, urban/rural/radiology/FQHC/Mental health/tribal clinics across the state.

Vision. Connectivity. Collaboration. 

But the value of OHN goes far above and beyond the access to this high quality broadband connectivity infrastructure.

OHN HELPS YOU PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE

• The health IT of today and that of the future cannot be fully utilized without reliable, high-speed, high-quality broadband. OHN is working with state agencies and private entities to lay the strongest possible foundation for Oregon’s telehealth network
• Many OHN provider sites are implementing Triple Aim best practices and are working to lead or participate in federal Accountable Care Organization (ACO) models or Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs); your connection provides network access, or means by which, to effectively support these sophisticated coordinated care and health IT initiatives and mandates
• Within a short period of time, health care delivery will be totally reliant on strong broadband. OHN is forecasting future needs and building toward the future today.

OHN PROVIDED LOCAL BENEFITS

• OHN keeps health care and education local by increasing confidence of both providers and patients and keeping revenue earned in the community
• Strong health information technology is the number one incentive to attract higher-wage earning primary care physicians and allied health professionals to a community
• Increased physician confidence from access to providers statewide to answer and diagnose—regardless of geographic location
• A strong telehealth network helps train, retain and recruit doctors in some of Oregon’s historically underserved rural communities, helping to stimulate local economies
• Active use of telehealth and distance education, such as continued medical education (CME), reduces health care and education costs while at the same time saving lives and improving patient outcomes

OHN HELPS TO EXPAND REFERRAL PATTERNS

• The moment your one connection to OHN goes live, you are connected to up to 200+ provider sites (and growing) throughout Oregon; and in the future, other state and national networks
• Regardless of size and location, OHN levels the playing field for all types of health care and education providers by providing you with the opportunity to increase revenue through expanded referral patterns and strategic partnerships
• With the one connection to OHN, participants can reduce costs associated with unneeded point-to-point connections. It also expands the number of referral providers services and specialists you need to run your business and provide the best quality of care available
• OHN supports the developing patient-centered care models ensuring that a patient’s information has the ability to easily and securely travel between provider-to-provider across the network
• Experience equal access to peers, resources, information and areas around the state to improve business/operational practices, delivery and access of care and education models
• OHN’s scalable, managed and high-quality network (connectivity) of providers supports the benefits and growing advancements of telemedicine, distance education and health information technology. These are all necessary to address soaring health care costs, quality care and the looming provider workforce shortage in an efficient and cost effective manner

To learn more about the value and benefits of joining OHN, download our brochure here.