Our Partners

The UC Center for Health Informatics works in alignment with the CCTST, the home for clinical and translational scientists and trainees for the University of Cincinnati and its regional partners.

The CCTST is a CTSA center leading a transformative effort to coordinate and deliver support and innovation across the biomedical and health sciences with the goal of advancing clinical and translational science across the Cincinnati region and beyond.

The UC Center for Health Informatics partners with the CCTST on a variety of Biomedical Informatics efforts.

Academic Partners:

UC Health
Member institutions, such as the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC), make up the UC Health organization. UCMC has provided the region, nation and even the world with high-quality, compassionate care, cutting-edge research and education for over 180 years. UC Health continues this tradition today with innovations in informatics including implementation projects including CPOE.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Researchers at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) work in domains related to health informatics. The Division of Biomedical Informatics located at CCHMC houses faculty with expertise in Bioinformatics and CCHMC's research informatics operational efforts. CCHMC biostatisticians, epidemiologists, and outcomes researchers and IT specialists work at the intersections of health care and health IT to improve the health of children.

Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center
The Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center hosts resources including the leading CPRS electronic health record system. Researchers at VA Medical Center have excelled in their work on patient safety, optimization of health information technology at the point of care, and healthcare quality improvement.

UC Physicians
UC Physicians, part of UC Health, is the private-practice group for clinical faculty at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. More than 500 physicians provide clinical services in all major specialties and sub-specialties of medicine. UC Physicians is currently implementing a state-of-the-art EHR in its multiple locations across the greater Cincinnati region.

UC Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
The UC Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, within the UC Department of Environmental Health, houses nationally renowned experts in Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Bioinformatics. In addition to being the home to some of our Center's affiliated experts, the division hosts the NIH supported MS in Clinical Research training program within which CHI faculty provide education in Biomedical Informatics.

Center for Clinical & Translational Science & Training
The Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST) is the home for clinical and translational scientists and trainees for the University of Cincinnati and its regional partners. The CCTST is leading a transformative effort to coordinate and deliver support and innovation across the biomedical and health sciences with the goal of advancing clinical and translational science across the Cincinnati region and beyond. The CHI partners with the CCTST on a variety of Biomedical Informatics efforts.

HealthBridge
HealthBridge is greater Cincinnati's regional health information organization (RHIO). One of the first in the country, HealthBridge was developed to facilitate exchange of health information between the region's distinct healthcare systems and providers.

UC Center for Surgical Innovation
The Center for Surgical Innovation at the University of Cincinnati was established to develop, assess, and disseminate new technologies in biomedical and surgical care.