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Health Center Connections

Description

The Health Center Connections HCCN is organized and supported by the Community Care Network of Kansas, the federally designated Primary Care Association for Kansas.

Connections provides member health centers with a population health and analytics system, licenses to health IT tools, technical assistance, educational resources, training, and the opportunity to learn from and support each other through the successes and failures of individual experiences.

Community Care is a statewide association made up of a network of community care clinics striving to make sure all Kansans have access to high-quality, community-based, whole-person health care close to home.

Year Founded:

2012

# of Member Centers:

16

Stand-alone or PCA:

Program of PCA

PHC Locations:

KS

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Primary Contact

Terri Kennedy, PMP
Director of the HCCN Program
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Office: 785-861-7864
Cell: 785-806-3325

Secondary Contact

Heather Hicks, RN
Quality Improvement Specialist
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Office: 785-861-7856
Cell: 785-438-9223

Electronic Health Record Systems

EHR Contact

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Trisha Harkness
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Office: 785-640-9530
Cell: 785-640-9530

Moderate
(Used by less than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following EHR-related services:

  • Custom Report Development
  • Data Integration
  • Data Interface Development
  • Data Interface Implementation
  • End User Training
  • Helpdesk / Troubleshooting Support
  • System Optimization
  • Template Development
  • Template Implementation
  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following EHR-related services:

  • None offered at this time

Widespread
(Used by more than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following EHR-related services:

  • Custom Report Development
  • Data Integration
  • Data Interface Development
  • End User Training
  • Helpdesk / Troubleshooting Support
  • Super User Training
  • System Implementation
  • System Optimization
  • Template Development
  • Template Implementation
  • Upgrade Technical Assistance
  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following EHR-related services:

  • None offered at this time

Moderate
(Used by less than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following EHR-related services:

  • Data Integration
  • Data Interface Development
  • Data Interface Implementation
  • Helpdesk / Troubleshooting Support
  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following EHR-related services:

  • None offered at this time

Population Health Management Systems

PHM Contact

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Heather Hicks
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Office: 785-861-7856
Cell: 785-438-9223

Widespread
(Used by more than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following PHM-related services:

  • General Support
  • Analytics and Dashboarding
  • Custom Report Development
  • Custom Report Implementation
  • Data Mapping Technical Assistance
  • End User Training
  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following PHM-related services:

  • General Support
  • None offered at this time

Widespread
(Used by more than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following PHM-related services:

  • Analytics and Dashboarding
  • Custom Report Development
  • Data Mapping Technical Assistance
  • End User Training
  • Super User Training
  • System Optimization
  • Upgrade Technical Assistance
  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following PHM-related services:

  • None offered at this time

Moderate
(Used by less than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following PHM-related services:

  • Analytics and Dashboarding
  • Data Mapping Technical Assistance
  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following PHM-related services:

  • None offered at this time

Moderate
(Used by less than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following PHM-related services:

  • Analytics and Dashboarding
  • Data Mapping Technical Assistance
  • System Optimization
  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following PHM-related services:

  • None offered at this time

Electronic Dental Record Systems

EDR Contact

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None listed.

Dentrix Enterprise

Moderate
(Used by less than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following EDR-related services:

  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following EDR-related services:

  • None offered at this time

MediaDent

Moderate
(Used by less than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following EDR-related services:

  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following EDR-related services:

  • None offered at this time

Open Dental

Moderate
(Used by less than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following EDR-related services:

  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following EDR-related services:

  • None offered at this time

Other - QSIDental (NextGen)

Moderate
(Used by less than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following EDR-related services:

  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following EDR-related services:

  • None offered at this time

eClinicalWorks

Widespread
(Used by more than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following EDR-related services:

  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following EDR-related services:

  • None offered at this time

NextGen

Moderate
(Used by less than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following EDR-related services:

  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following EDR-related services:

  • None offered at this time

Electronic Behavioral Health Record Systems

EBHR Contact

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Trish Harkness
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Office: 785-640-9530

None offered at this time

IT Services

IT Contact

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Trisha Harkness
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To change support (to remove or add from PHC or External Support), DELETE the service and re-add it with the correct support option(s).

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for IT-related services

  • Privacy/Security Software
  • Productivity Software
  • Cyber Security Risk Management Services
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for IT-related services

None offered at this time

Other Support Services

Contact

Add Other Support Services

None listed

To change support (to remove or add from PHC or External Support), DELETE the service and re-add it with the correct support option(s).

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following services:

None offered at this time

External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following services:

None offered at this time

Virtual Healthcare

VH Contact

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Heather Hicks
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Office: 785-861-7856
Cell: 785-438-9923

Reimbursement

The majority of our health centers are currently reimbursed for:
  • Virtual visits via video technology
  • Virtual visits via phone

Telemedicine

The practice of medicine using technology to deliver care at a distance. A physician in one location uses a telecommunications infrastructure to deliver care to a patient at a distant site.

Moderate
(Used by less than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following Virtual Healthcare-related services:

  • General Support
  • Behavioral Health
  • Chronic Care
  • Primary Care
  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following Virtual Healthcare-related services:

  • None offered at this time

Telehealth

Refers broadly to electronic and telecommunications technologies and services used to provide care and services at a distance. For example, Zoom, telephone, and other remote technologies.

Widespread
(Used by more than half of the member centers)

PHC Support

Support offered to member clinics for the following Virtual Healthcare-related services:

  • Behavioral Health
  • Chronic Care
  • Primary Care
  • None offered at this time
External Support

Support offered to other HCCNs for the following Virtual Healthcare-related services:

  • None offered at this time

Practice Transformation and Quality Improvement Services

Contact

Add PTQI

Heather Hicks
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Office: 785-861-7856
Cell: 785-438-9223
Moderate Experience

We have moderate experience in training, technical assistance, support and/or resources for these services:

None offered at this time

Advanced Experience

We have advanced experience in training, technical assistance, support and/or resources for these services:

  • Performance Analysis & Improvement

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This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,375,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.