NOTE: The NICH Referral form is no longer useable due to the hospital no longer allowing PHI on this platform. To make a referral to the NICH Program please contact our Referral Coordinator Samareh Shadbeh at shadbeh@ohsu.edu. We apologize for the inconvenience and have a great day.

NICH serves youth, ages birth to age 18+, with complex and/or chronic health conditions. NICH specifically targets the top 5% of patients with the highest risk (medical and psychosocial complexity) once less intensive interventions have been unsuccessful at impacting the child’s health, medication management, medical care and utilization trends.

As an intensive home- and community-based program, NICH assigns participating youth and their families an Interventionist who provides 24/7 real-time access to (1) strategic family and systems interventions, (2) health systems integration and patient needs alignment, and (3) resource access for family and patient optimization. NICH Interventionists engage families via weekly home visits, daily phone/text communications, attending appointments and can provide real-time updates to medical and community providers allowing for coordinated interventions across settings and improved management of medical regimens.