At the end of 2018 NYeC honored Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling at our 2018 Gala & Awards. As a part of his award acceptance speech, Mr. Dowling shared an inspiring and optimistic vision of the future of healthcare with our attendees. “The future is something we can look forward to with major progress,” […]
Read More2018 Gala & Awards Recap
On Tuesday, November 27th, over 250 leaders from New York’s healthcare community attended our 2018 Gala & Awards at the Edison Ballroom.
Read MoreHealtheConnections Expands Clinical-Community Referrals
In 2016, HealtheConnections set out to improve the referral process by leveraging the power of the HIE and its large pool of participants and created a mechanism for healthcare providers to make perinatal referrals to the Healthy Families Program for Onondaga County residents. Now, the organization is about to launch its expanded referral platform that provides healthcare professionals with the tools they need to refer patients to evidence-based community programs.
Read MoreThe SHIN-NY Answers the Call for Social Determinants of Health
We recently submitted the SHIN-NY as an innovation and a creative way to improve patient outcomes through social determinants of health as a part of the New York State Department of Health’s Social Determinants of Health “Call for Innovations’ Initiative”.
Read MoreFor this Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counselor, HealthlinkNY is Key
As an outpatient provider, Tom Rue of Choices Mental Health Counseling of Monticello, NY values HealthlinkNY’s ability to provide him with “…immediate access to information…” and the chance it gives him to provide more quality care. In fact, when first meeting with a patient, the first thing he does is ask them to sign a HealthlinkNY consent form, allowing him to view their medical record. Tom is a board certified and licensed mental health practitioner and credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor with over 25 years of experience in private practice in Sullivan County.
Read MoreNew York State Patient-Centered Medical Home (NYS PCMH) Recognition Program
The New York State Patient-Centered Medical Home (NYS PCMH) Recognition Program improves primary care through care coordination, population health, evidence-based guidelines, and effective use of health information technology to meet patient needs. NYeC offers free NYS PCMH services to help practices deliver high-quality, coordinated care, earn payment incentives, prepare to thrive under value-based payment arrangements, and achieve New York State Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition.
Read MoreNew Substance Abuse Clinic and Rochester RHIO Help Save Lives
A new program that provides immediate evaluations and treatment for people with substance abuse disorders in the Rochester, NY area has saved lives with the benefit of secure access to patient medical records. A patient at Open Access, a clinic that opened in November 2017 to serve Monroe County and the surrounding areas, received critical treatment when authorized personnel accessed the patient’s medical history through Rochester RHIO, a community health information exchange and one of the eight Qualified Entities that comprise the SHIN-NY.
Read MoreHEALTHeLINK is Helping to Improve Data Quality
HEALTHeLINK has a long history of collaboration with its local healthcare community and is continually working to optimize the content and performance of its HIE to support population health and other quality improvement initiatives in Western New York.
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2018 Gala & Awards Honorees!
We’re pleased to announce the honorees for our seventh annual Gala & Awards. Hosted by NYeC’s Board of Directors, the Gala & Awards serve to recognize and honor the achievements of those leading the mission to improve healthcare through technology.
Read MoreHealthix Exceeds Goals of Successful Hub Model Program
Healthix’s EHR Hub Model Initiative, which aimed to increase adoption in their region, surpassed the goals established for the program. Hub model integrations allow Healthix to connect with an EHR vendor through a single connection, eliminating the need to build individual interfaces with each practice. This enables faster, streamlined integrations, easy updates, and lower implementation costs. Healthix partnered with a number of widely used EHR vendors to provide incentives for the vendor’s practices to connect to Healthix.
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