In 2005, the Oregon Business Council created a work group to address rising health care costs, including both health care and non-health care companies. We met for a couple of years, but the chair of our group, PGE’s Peggy Fowler, saw that we weren’t making much progress. She said to us in the industry, “You know what needs to be done, so you guys get together and start getting things done.” Hence the Health Leadership Task Force was created, which eventually turned into OHLC.
A collaboration between the business and healthcare sectors, working to enhance healthcare affordability for individuals and employers in Oregon.
The OHLC Best Practice Committee (BPC) implements community and statewide clinical best practices to enhance quality, value, utilization, and provider satisfaction, focusing on areas of high variation for improved healthcare outcomes.
The EDIE Utility supports statewide efforts on the PointClickCare Network–a web-based and EHR-integrated technology that provides real time information to reduce ED utilization, improve transitions of care and enhance care coordination.
Founded in 2018, HIT Commons is a public/private partnership model building on collaborative success. The model, inspired by the EDIE governance model, coordinates, standardizes, and supports statewide HIT efforts in Oregon.
Authorized prescribers and pharmacists accessed controlled substance prescription data within their electronic workflow. This initiative aligned with state and federal efforts to increase PDMP use, reducing inappropriate prescriptions and promoting informed prescribing practices.
Launched by OHLC, CCOs, 211info, and technology partner Unite Us, Connect Oregon is an effort to connect health care, human, and social services partners to improve the health and well-being of communities.
The Oregon Value-based Payment Compact represents a collaborative partnership to advance the adoption of value-based payment across the state.
