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A Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Roadmap for Evaluating COVID-19 in Community Health Centers: A Report From the OCHIN PBRN

Jennifer E. DeVoe, Sonja M. Likumahuwa-Ackman, Heather E. Angier, Nathalie Huguet, Deborah J. Cohen, Susan A. Flocke, Miguel Marino and Rachel Gold
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2020, 33 (5) 774-778; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.05.200053
Jennifer E. DeVoe
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Sonja M. Likumahuwa-Ackman
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Heather E. Angier
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Nathalie Huguet
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Deborah J. Cohen
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Susan A. Flocke
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Miguel Marino
From the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (JED, SLA, HEA, NH, DJC, SAF, MM); OCHIN, Inc., Portland, OR (JED, RG); Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research, Portland, OR (RG).
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Rachel Gold
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    OCHIN PBRN's COVID-19 Evaluation Building Blocks. Abbreviation: CHCs, community health centers.

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    Table 1.

    Characteristics of the OCHIN PBRN, Serving as the BRIDGE-C2 Center Implementation Laboratory

    CharacteristicNo.
    Total number of practices672
    Rural practices75
    Patients seen ever9,274,050
    Patients seen in 20191,394,488
    Practice type/services provided*
        Primary care/FQHC/FQHC look-alike541
        School-based health center118
        Dental197
        Behavioral health314
        Specialty127
    Total providers3,720
    Provider training
        Physicians (MD/DO)2,214
        Nurse practitioners1,144
        Certified nurse midwives70
        Physician's assistants292
    • FQHC, Federally-Qualified Health Center; BRIDGE-C2, Building Research in Implementation and Dissemination to close Gaps and achieve Equity in Cancer Control.

    • ↵* If a practice site provides more than one type of service it is counted in each category.

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    Table 2.

    Total Number of Encounters by Type in >500 Community Health Centers in the OCHIN Practice-Based Research Network between November 2019 and April 2020

    Nov 2019Dec 2019Jan 2020Feb 2020Mar 2020Apr 2020
    Lab and imaging30,17228,70232,86230,39125,0217421
    Telemedicine visit199019342070192250,13554,817
    Office visit374,650384,313451,714442,156349,55670,640
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Jennifer E. DeVoe, Sonja M. Likumahuwa-Ackman, Heather E. Angier, Nathalie Huguet, Deborah J. Cohen, Susan A. Flocke, Miguel Marino, Rachel Gold
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2020, 33 (5) 774-778; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.05.200053

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2020, 33 (5) 774-778; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.05.200053
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