Health center controlled network - indiana primary health care association (iphca) is the primary care association (PCA) in indiana

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional association, iphca represents the health center program award recipients, health center look-alikes, and state-funded community health centers in indiana. The mission of iphca is to champion the development and delivery of accessible, community-driven quality health care. Within iphca, the indiana quality improvement network (iqin) is the health center controlled network (hccn) of 29 participating health centers (phcs), as of january 1, 2022, who work together to improve the quality and value of care provided to indiana's most vulnerable residents. As a current award recipient, iqin's hccn award number is H2QCS30268. Hccns are networks of health centers that work together to strengthen and leverage health IT to improve health centers' operational and clinical practices that result in better health outcomes for the communities the health centers serve. By using health information technology and data, health centers can change the way they deliver care to produce better health outcomes for their patients. Iqin's phcs learn from and share with each other in learning communities to escalate the speed of change. Since its creation in 2016, iqin has been continuing to grow as an hccn, adapting to the needs of phcs, while promoting promising practices in health IT, quality improvement, and value-based care. From august 1, 2022, to july 31, 2025, iqin will maintain and advance the accomplishments of previous objectives to support the FY 2022 award. Activities will have a specific focus on improvements in clinical quality, patient-centered care, and provider and staff well-being. The objectives include 1. Patient engagement 2. Patient privacy and cybersecurity 3. Social risk factor intervention 4. Disaggregated, patient-level data 5. Interoperable data exchange and integration 6. Data utilization 7. Leveraging digital health tools 8. Health IT usability and adoption 9. Health equity in behavioral health. 10. Improving digital health tools. Iqin will engage in developing an individualized workplan for each PHC within 90 days of award. Furthermore, iqin will engage all PHC in hccn activities throughout the entire project period. For this grant application, iqin will include 33 phcs. Of the 33 phcs, 22 are health center program award recipients (67%) and 11 are health center look-alikes (33%). All phcs are located within indiana. For project year 1, iqin will be requesting $1,000,000 in the annual award.