electronic medical records

SHIN-NY 2020 Roadmap: How Health Information Exchange Improves Healthcare

Emphasizing the potential for universal access to health information, the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), in conjunction with the New York State Department of Health, released the SHIN-NY 2020 Roadmap: Improving Health in Our Communities. Developed in conjunction with New York State and with stakeholder input, the report highlights the significant progress already underway and details the vision for the next phase of the Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY).

Letter: HEALTHeLINK Helped ECMC Deal with Crisis

HEALTHeLINK Executive Director, Daniel Porreca, recently authored a letter in The Buffalo News on how the HIE helped Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) mitigate the impact of a recent ransomware attack against them.

New York Medical Database Aids Doctors, Patients

New York is quietly building one of the nation’s largest computer databases of medical records, a system that when finished will allow patients and doctors alike to see complete health histories in one place and promises to save millions in costs by avoiding redundant tests and unneeded hospital admissions.