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 MoreNYeC News: 2018 Gala & Awards Honorees & More
We’re pleased to announce the honorees for our 2018 Gala & Awards being held Tuesday, November 27th in New York City. Other news includes a new report on our work with the Behavioral Health Information Technology (BHIT) program, insights from a subject matter expert roundtable of SHIN-NY policies and research, articles from Healthcare IT News and Patient Engagement HIT, and an update from HEALTHeLINK. You can also stay up-to-date on NYeC’s Healthcare Advisory Professional Services (HAPS) team.
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.
Read MoreTop Ten Tech Trends 2018: Could A New Interoperability Wrinkle Solve Healthcare’s Biggest Challenge?
There has been much debate on the possibility of mandating providers to participate in health information exchange activities to stay in Medicare
Read MoreNYeC News: Val Grey Sits Down with Crain’s NY, QE Updates, & More
In this month’s newsletter, we share a recent Crain’s New York Business interview with Executive Director Val Grey on the role health information technology and the state’s health information exchange, the Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY), can play in improving outcomes and cutting costs.
Read MoreEHR Patient Data from Rochester RHIO Fueled HPV Vaccine Study
Rochester RHIO contributed EHR patient data to a CDC-sponsored project analyzing the effect of HPV vaccinations.
Read MoreVal Grey Honored by Crain’s New York Business
Val Grey, NYeC’s Executive Director, was recently honored and recognized as one of Crain’s New York Business 2018 Notable Women in Health Care, a celebration of female professionals working in healthcare who have impacted New York through their professional, civic, and philanthropic achievements. This list is part of a year-long series from Crain’s New York Business to celebrate women in the workplace, across industries.
Read MoreCBOs Key Partners in Keeping Populations Healthy
We have the below response to July 31st, Crain’s Letter to the Editor (An Overlooked Way to Stay Out of the Hospital).
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