Oklahoma Primary Healthcare Extension System
All Oklahoma CHIOs belong to The Oklahoma Primary Healthcare Extension System (OPHES)
About OPHES
The Oklahoma Primary Healthcare Extension System (OPHES) is made up of the multiple independent certified County Health Improvement Organizations (CHIOs) across the state of Oklahoma. Membership in OPHES increases visibility, credibility, and access to a wide variety of resources beyond those traditionally available to Turning Point and other community partnerships and coalitions.
Visit our programs page to learn more about OPHES in action.
working together
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Provide technical support and guidance to 68 county health departments as well as guidance and consultation to the two independent city-county health departments in Oklahoma City and Tulsa
Oklahoma Clinical and Transitional Science Institute
The Oklahoma Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is the academic home of the Oklahoma Shared Clinical and Translational Resources.
Rural Health Projects is a community based non-profit funded by multiple grants and contracts. We connect and collaborate with our diverse communities to provide education and resources aimed at improving population health.
RHN’s purpose is to improve the health of rural Oklahoma by building a sustainable network of integrated services.
An independent statewide consortium focused on policy issues aimed at improving Oklahoma’s health.
The Certified Healthy Oklahoma Program is a free, voluntary statewide certification to showcase entities working to improve the health of Oklahomans by implementing elements, policies, and programs that will help Oklahomans eat better, move more, and be tobacco free
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Systems Innovation is transforming healthcare through creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. We focus specifically on rural health innovation, patient care innovation, and data analytics
If a law enforcement officer encounters a child during a call, that child’s name and three words, HANDLE WITH CARE, are forwarded to the school/child care agency before the school bell rings the next day so the school can implement individual, class and whole school trauma-sensitive curricula.
The Rural Health Innovation Challenge (RHIC) is sponsored by OSU’s Center for Health Systems Innovation, in collaboration with the Public Health Institute of Oklahoma, the University of Tulsa Institute for Healthcare Delivery Sciences and the Rural Health Association of Oklahoma.
The central hub for public health institutes working to improve public health in the United States.
CHIO
County Health Improvement Organizations (CHIO) are a central component of OPHES and are improving outcomes throughout Oklahoma. The CHIO certification process was established by the Public Health Institute of Oklahoma (PHIO) as a way to help community-based partnerships become even more sustainable and effective in their efforts to improve health and health care within their counties and across the state.
Population Health Transformation
Are you wondering why Oklahoma needs an entire network of change-makers, brought together by OPHES, to make a difference? Watch this example as a rural community in Southwest Minnesota, served by the New Ulm Medical Center, shifts to deliver proactive healthcare on a 10 year population health journey.