Population Health Tools Help Unite California FQHC Network

Integrated Health Partners of Southern California helps clinicians from nine community health center organizations gain insights into network’s data.  Integrated Health Partners of Southern California (IHP), a clinically integrated network of nine community health center organizations with 81 clinical sites, has begun gathering network-level data to help clinicians understand population health trends and see more complete longitudinal records for their patients.

Three IHP executives recently met (virtually) with Healthcare Innovation to describe some of the challenges involved in implementing a population health platform in a community health center setting as well as some of the benefits they are already seeing. Located in the San Diego-Riverside area, the network is five years old, although Amanda Simmons, executive vice president, described IHP as still in its infancy because 18 months ago it launched a new three-year strategic plan that includes moving even further into value-based contracts.