May 2017 -- Onpoint Health Data, a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Maine, powering healthcare transformation with independent, innovative, and reliable data solutions, today announced the company has earned Certified status for information security by the Health Information Trust (HITRU...
May 2017 -- As healthcare spending continues to consume a substantial portion of public and private budgets, policymakers have searched for innovative ways to control unnecessary utilization and costs while enhancing quality and outcomes. The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model, which prom...
May 2017 -- Last month, Onpoint traveled to Louisville, Kentucky, to participate in a “HealthDoers Peer-to-Peer” event organized by the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI). The conference, which brought together NRHI’s “Getting to Affordability” (G2A) technical experts with a diver...
May 2017 -- Onpoint has welcomed two new health data analysts to our Data Operations and Analytics team to meet the expanding needs of clients. Meet analysts, Sam Chick and Brian McGuire, who are playing key analytic support roles in investigating, understanding, and addressing a diverse array of...
May 2017 -- This June, Onpoint’s cycling team – Onpoint REVOlution – will celebrate Father’s Day weekend by joining in the 2017 Trek Across Maine for our third consecutive ride. The Trek, a three-day, 180-mile cycling event that traverses the state of Maine – from the mountains of Bethel to the s...
March 2017 -- As the focus of healthcare transformation shifts from fee-for-service to value-based payments, the need for all-payer – “whole-population” – analyses of system and provider performance has become essential. Fundamental to a value-based payment strategy that supports proactive popula...
March 2017 -- The Onpoint Analytic Enclave (AE) is a secure environment where authorized data analysts, scientists, and researchers alike can store, access, and interpret timely and actionable information to help drive transformative and sustainable changes across local communities’ systems of he...
March 2017 -- Last year’s annual meeting of the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) took place at the Loews Hotel in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota – a building conveniently located next door to Target Center and Target Field (spectacular multi-purpose arenas) and within wa...
March 2017 -- As Onpoint continues to expand and innovate, we also continue to grow our staff and resources. Recently, we welcomed newcomers Katie Oberg and Scott Morin to the team. Katie Oberg – Health Data Analyst Katie Oberg, Onpoint’s newest Health Data Analyst, joins us as a recent graduate ...
October 2016 -- The State of Washington Office of Financial Management (OFM) announced in July 2016 that it has selected Onpoint and its partners – the Center for Health Systems Effectiveness (CHSE) at Oregon Health & Science University and Forum One – as the state’s new contractors to develo...
October 2016 -- Onpoint is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation (Q Corp) as the organization’s new data and analytics partner to support its voluntary Data Collaborative – a statewide multi-payer claims database used to produce a robust set o...
October 2016 -- At this year’s annual NAHDO meeting, Mary Kate Mohlman, PhD, MS, Health Services Researcher for the Vermont Blueprint for Health, participated in a panel presentation exploring innovations and new technologies being used to support the next generation of APCD solutions. In her pre...
October 2016 -- Onpoint is excited to participate again in the annual conference of the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), where we will be taking part in the conversation around the evolving information needs of health data stakeholders and the technical advances required...
October 2016 -- Onpoint is pleased to welcome the newest members of our team, Shuan Mahmoodi and Carolyne Conrad, two highly qualified healthcare professionals bringing great experience and skills to the work we perform for our clients. We continue to add new talent to our bench and look forward ...
October 2016 -- Onpoint is excited to announce the launch of our new website, which updates our web presence with a contemporary design that puts information in visitors’ hands even faster than before. Featuring a user-friendly interface, improved navigation, and enhanced functionality throughout...