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M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S C L E V E L A N D /A K R O N / C A N T O N n J A N / F E B 2 016 1 5 + Nor thern Ohio Medica l Specia lists Hea lthca re. This multispecia lty physician group includes about 90 providers in o³ces in Bellevue, Clyde, Fremont, Huron, Norwalk, Oberlin, Port Clinton, Sandusky, She³eld, Ti³n and Willard. + Pioneer Physicia ns Network . Pioneer includes 32 board-certified primary care physicians with specia lties in family practice, pediatrics and interna l medicine, who provide care at 11 locations throughout the Greater Akron/ Canton area. + Premier Physicians. Located in Westla ke, this multi- specialty physician group includes 103 providers and ožers family and interna l medicine ser vices, 25 medica l and surgica l specia lties, a long with diagnostic lab ser vices and rehab therapies. + The Toledo Clinic. This multispecia lty group includes 165 physicians in primary care and more than 35 specialty areas at 70 o³ce locations in Ohio and Michigan. It records over 1 million patient visits a year. + Unity Health Network. Unity ožers primary care and specia lty care in 15 dižerent areas with 117 providers at 31 locations in five Nor theast Ohio counties, including Summit, Stark, Medina, Portage and Cuya hoga. "OIC ha s a ver y la rge prima r y ca re component," says Dr. Pinta. "Unity has both PCPs and specia lists, and so does NOMS, Premier and The Toledo Clinic. Pioneer is all primary care. Central Ohio Primary Care is 95 percent primary care." A ll together, the six groups provide ca re to more tha n 900,000 patients. That's one of every 17 patients in the state of Ohio. And that, according to Dr. Kent, is what ma kes the OIC unique. "Our collective patient population gives us the breadth of the data needed to make sure we're doing things as e³ciently as possible and as clinically appropriate as possible to ensure we give each patient the best ca re at the most a žordable prices," he says. " We're sha ring resources a nd data to be more ežective and more e³cient, so our qua lity outcomes a re better. The OIC ožers a great oppor tunity across the state to do this — and to change the dynamics of hea lthcare in a dramatic fashion." IMPROVING CARE AND ECONOMIES Ever y OIC group uses the same cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) system. And this makes it easy, according to Dr. Hohman, to gather data from each group and eva luate PHOTO COURTESY OF OIC " We believe that independent physicians … deliver a particular brand of care which needs to be preserved and protected." GARY PINTA, MD, PRESIDENT OF THE OHIO INDEPENDENT COLLABORATIVE