NAME OF NETWORK

Name of Grantee       
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences 
 
Principal Investigator/Project Manager   
Jason W. Bray

Address 2345 SW Blvd.Tulsa, OK. 74107    
Phone 918-269-1065                      
Organizational Website http://www.healthsciences.okstate.edu/index.cfm
E-mail Jason.bray@okstate.edu   

Project Purpose-The project will create a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Electronic Health Record
(EHR) Network in Northeastern Oklahoma (the “Northeastern Oklahoma CAH EHR Network”
or the “Network”). The Network will consist of the following partners:
• Saint Francis Hospital South (urban tertiary hospital);
• Cleveland Area Hospital (Cleveland) (CAH);
• Drumright Regional Hospital (Drumright) (CAH);
• Holdenville General Hospital (Holdenville) (CAH)
• The private practice physicians who staff at each hospital and are responsible for the bulk
of the hospital’s referrals

The Network members’ vision for the EHR network is to ensure that patient clinical information
is easily accessible to providers within a healthcare organization and to other providers as
patients migrate from ambulatory care to acute service delivery sites within the region. This
improved access to patient information that is integrated into a coordinated system of care will
result in more effective and efficient health care delivery that will ultimately lead to improved
safety and quality of care for patients.  Based on this vision, CAHs are including licenses for their physician staff that most often refer patients to their hospital.

Outcome Measures/Expectations

Through this effort, the Network will improve patient:

• Safety thru reducing adverse drug events by knowing more quickly patient allergies
• Quality by having patient information accessible more quicker
• Paperwork because the patient will only have to fill out patient information one time

The Network will also make the CAH more effective and efficient in operational expense, which can be directly returned back to improving patient quality of care.

 All of these hospitals are currently reporting quality data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) Hospital Compare. As a result, they have demonstrated a commitment to
improving quality and reporting data that will be used to measure the projects impact.

Vision for Developing and Implementing HIT

The Network members’ vision for the EHR network is to ensure that patient clinical information
is easily accessible to providers within a healthcare organization and to other providers as
patients migrate from ambulatory care to acute service delivery sites within the region.
Improved access to patient information integrated into a coordinated system of care will result in
more effective and efficient health care delivery that will ultimately lead to improved safety and
quality of care for patients.

Service Area
The Network will provide electronic health records to three critical access hospitals and their
regional tertiary center to which they typically make referrals. The functionality of the EHR
system will likely include:
• Health data and record management;
• Results management;
• Order management;
• Electronic communication and connectivity; and
• Administrative processes and reporting.

Holdenville General Hospital is located in southeast Oklahoma.  The hospital services rural Oklahoman and around Hughes County.

Drumright Regional Hospital is also located in central/northeastern Oklahoma.  The hospital serves Creek County and is the only medical center servicing that county.

Cleveland Area Hospital is located in southern Oklahoma.  The hospital services over a 20 mile radius for rural healthcare patients. 

Network Members

Physicians Participating:

Drumright will be extending their EMR to Drumright Medical Clinic:
Dr. Brant
500 Lou Allard Dr.
Drumright, OK 74030
918-352-2555

Holdenville will be extending their EMR to (All employed by Holdenville General Hospital):
RHC - 100 McDougal Drive, Holdenville, OK  74848
Dr. Tom Osborn
Earl Dunkleberger
Dr. Preston Hucks
405-379-4201

Physician Health Clinc - 100 McDougal Drive, Holdenville, OK  74848
Dr. Fred Sanders
Mike Gibson, PA (to start July 1 pending board approval)
405-379-4202

Allen Health Clinic - 200 West Broadway, Allen, OK  74825
Dr. Michelle Barlow
580-857-2424

Equipment/Vendors or Collaborative Partners

1. Chosen EMR System for Drumright- Cerner:   Cerner Healthcare Systems.
2. Chosen Electronic Medical Record Systems for Cleveland:  Meditech
3.  Chosen Electronic Medical System for Holdenville:  HMS Health Information Exchange- Covisent’s HIE system

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