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ALBANY---Twenty-six regional health care networks across the state have been provided $52.9 million in grant awards as part of New York's Health Information Technology (HIT) initiative. These projects are designed to help expand the use of technology in New York's health care system and improve the quality of care for patients.
"New York has some of the most advanced health care facilities in the world and by advancing these new initiatives we will not only continue to ensure that this remains the case, it will ultimately bring us into a whole new world of health care," Governor George Pataki said. "This health technology movement will ultimately lead to better communication at all levels of the health care system and throughout the nation, enabling patients to take more active roles in their health care choices and get the best possible treatment."
New York's HIT initiative will increase the capability and use of electronic health records among health care providers, reduce medical errors, and prevent unnecessary or duplicative diagnostic testing. Providers will be able to share electronic data on patients via highly secured server networks to better ensure that appropriate medical care is delivered to patients.
One of the primary goals of the HIT projects is to provide patients with greater access to their own health records so that they can make better informed health care decisions in consultation with their doctors. The electronic patient medical records may include reports on past diagnoses, surgical procedures, imaging studies, allergies, prescription drug history and laboratory information, among other key data.
Expanded access to this health information will lead to the delivery of a higher quality, more efficient level of care by medical providers. The projects supported under this initiative will also make it easier for medical researchers to report on their disease surveillance activities and effectively communicate those findings to clinicians in a more timely and detailed manner.
The funding for this initiative was dedicated under the Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law for New Yorkers (HEAL NY) to help advance information technology and the restructuring of the health care delivery system. HEAL NY will help support the building of important infrastructure in New York's health care system which will be necessary to help create and implement regionalized HIT projects across the state.
The following health care partnerships and organizations received funding under this initiative:
| PROJECT | REGIONAL NETWORKS | AWARD |
| WNYHealtheNet, LLC/ Western NY Clinical Information Exchange |
WESTERN - Catholic Health System; Erie County Medical Center; Kaleida Health; Roswell Park Cancer Institute; HealthNow NY; Independent Health Association, Inc.; Univera Healthcare; Buffalo Academy of Medicine; Buffalo Medical Group; Erie County DOH; SUNY Buffalo; Upstate NY Professional Health Care Information and Demonstration Project. |
$3,521,848 |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center |
WESTERN - Mount St. Mary's Hospital; Niagara Family Medicine; Summit Pediatrics; Burns, M.D. & Hage, M.D., P.C.; Laurri & Sirianni, M.D., P.C.; Lewiston Orthopedics, P.C. |
$ 735,700 |
| The McGuire Group Healthcare Facilities, LLC/ E-Prescriptions for Nursing Homes |
WESTERN - Geriatric Association of Western NY. |
$ 177,503 |
| United Health Services Hospitals/ Southern Tier HealthLink |
CENTRAL -Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; United Medical Assoc.; Delaware Valley Hospital; Orthopedic Associates; Southern Tier Neurosurgical Group; Park Avenue Assoc. in Radiology; Chenango Memorial Hospital; Southern Tier Imaging. |
$ 3,499,500 |
| Rochester Health Commission/ The Rochester Regional RHIO |
CENTRAL - Kodak; Xerox; Wegmans; Excellus Preferred Care; Rochester Independent Practice Association; Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association; Strong Health; Via Health;Unity Health; Lakeside Health System; Clifton Springs Hospital; Westside Health Services; Monroe County DOH; Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency; Monroe County Medical Society. |
$4,386,750 |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center/ Southern Tier Electronic Medical Record Project (STEMR) |
CENTRAL - Arnot Medical Services; Orchard Family Health Care; Southern Tier Pediatrics; Women's Health Services of Elmira, P.C; Edward H. Clark, M.D., P.C. |
$ 222,918 |
| Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association (GRIPA)/ GRIPA Connected Community |
CENTRAL - Wegmans Pharmacies; ACM Medical Laboratories; Borg Imaging; Via Health; Preferred Care. |
$ 227,835 |
| Adirondack Medical Center |
NORTHERN - Adirondack Internal Medicine and Pediatrics; Adirondack Surgical Group; Medical Associates of Saranac Lake; Lake Placid Sports Medicine, Edward J. Mazder, M.D; David F. Thomashow, M.D.; Denise M. Ferrando, M.D.; Tri-Lakes OB/GYN and Excellus. |
$ 700,000 |
| Adirondack Health Information Exchange (ARCHIE) |
NORTHERN - Adirondack Medicine; Glens Falls Hospital; Adirondack Radiology Assoc.; Iron Gate Primary Care; Fort Hudson Nursing Home. |
$ 954,900 |
| A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital Society, Inc./ The Fox-CIDE Project |
NORTHERN - Capital Cardiology Associates; Northern Urology Associates; Hartwick College. |
$ 561,697 |
| Health Information Xchange of New York (HIXNY) |
NORTHERN - Northeast Health; Albany Medical Center; Capital Care Medical Group; CDPHP; Community Care Physicians; Ellis Hospital; HealthNow; Hudson Headwaters; MVP Health Care; Prime Care; Saratoga Hospital; Schenectady Family Health; Seton Health System; St. Clare's Hospital; St. Peter's Hospital; Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital; Whitney M. Young Health Center. |
$1,693,272 |
| Taconic Health Information Network and Community (THINC)/ The Future of American Health |
HUDSON VALLEY - Taconic Independent Practice Association; MedAllies; Health Vision; All Script; NextGen; Kingston Hospital; Benedictine Hospital; St. Francis Hospital; Vassar Brothers Medical Center; Northern Dutchess Hospital; Putnam Hospital Center; Quest Diagnostics; Laboratory Corporation of America; Nine health plans and several positions. |
$5,000,000 |
| Greater Hudson Valley Regional Health Information Organization, Inc. |
HUDSON VALLEY - Orange Regional Medical Center; St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital; Orange County EMS; Campbell Hall Rehab. Center; Valley View Center for Nursing Care and Rehab.; Hudson Valley Ambulatory Surgery; Greater Hudson Valley Community Health Center; Middletown Community Health Center; MedPlus, Inc.; Aetna; INDECS Corp.; Wellcare; Orange County DOH. |
$1,205,875 |
| The Bronx Regional Health Information Organization, Inc./ (Bx RHIO) |
NYC - Bronx Community Health Network; Bronx Lebanon Hospital; James J. Peters VA Medical Center; Lincoln Hospital; Jewish Home and Hospital; Kings Harbor Multicare Center; Montefiore Medical Center; Morris Heights Health Center; North Bronx Health Network; Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center; New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Urban Health Plan. |
$4,071,750 |
| New York Clinical Information Exchange (NYCLIX) |
NYC - Beth Israel Medical Center; St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital; Bellevue Hospital; Kings County Hospital; Institute for Urban and Family Health; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Mount Sinai Medical Center; New York Presbyterian Medical Center; New York University Medical Center; Long Island Jewish Hospital; Staten Island University Hospital; St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center; Visiting Nurse Service of New York |
$2,326,263 |
| NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene/ Community Health Exchange Project (CHEX) |
NYC - Association for Help of Retarded Children; Bedford/Stuyvesant Family Health Center; Betances Health Center; Brooklyn Neighborhood Health Center/East Harlem Council for Human Services; Bronx Community Health Network; Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center, Inc. Brownsville Multi-Service Family Health Center; Callen-Lorde Community Health Center; Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, Inc.; Community Pediatric Programs of Montefiore Medical Center; New York-Presbyterian Hospital; Community Health Care Network; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Care, Inc.; The Floating Hospital; Harlem United Community AIDS Center, Inc.; Heritage Health & Housing Inc./ Heritage Health Care; Institute for Urban Family Health; Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Inc. ; Lutheran Family Health Center Network/ Sunset Park Family Health Center; Lyndon Baines Johnson Health Complex; MHRA/MIC Women's Health Services; Morris Heights Health Center; Narco-Freedom, Inc. ; Planned Parenthood of New York City, Inc.; Project Samaritan Health Service; Ryan/Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center; Settlement Health and Medical Services; Soundview Health Center/ Comprehensive Community Development Corporation; Urban Health Plan, Inc.; William F. Ryan Community Health Center. |
$3,180,938 |
| Maimonides Medical Center/ Brooklyn Health Information Exchange (BHIE) |
NYC - 1199 SEIU; Elderplan; First to Care Homecare; Kingsbrook Jewish; Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center Nursing Home; Rutland Nursing Home; Shorefront Jewish Geriatric Center and Home Care; Sephardic Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; Visiting Nurse Service of New York. |
$4,048,266 |
| Visiting Nurse Service of NY/ NY Community Home Health Interoperability Project (NYCHHIP) |
NYC - Visiting Nurse Service of New York; Charles B. Wang Community Health Center; UNITE Health Center; Murray Hill Medical Group; NY Medical Associates; Queens Medical Associates; Westchester Medical Group; 72nd St. Medical Associates; Ocean House Adult Care Facility; APEX Laboratory; Universal Diagnostic Laboratory; Shiel Laboratory. |
$1,667,293 |
| Health and Hospitals Corporation, Elmhurst Hospital Center/ Queens Consortium For Healthcare Information Exchange (QCHIE) |
NYC - New York Hospital - Queens; Jamaica Hospital; Flushing Hospital; Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens; Queens Hospital Center; North Shore University Hospital at Forrest Hills; St. John's Episcopal Hospital; Mary Immaculate; MetroPlus Health Plan; Community Health Network; MIC-Women's Health Services; Health and Hospitals Corporation; Queens Child Guidance Center; Queens Public Library; Federation Employment Guidance Service, Inc. |
$1,965,000 |
| St. Barnabas Hospital |
NYC - The 1199 SEIU National Benefit Fund; Visiting Nurses Service of New York; 18 regional physician group practices; New York Westchester Square Medical Center; Fordham University Student Health Services; Dominican Sisters Family Health Service; Quest Diagnostics. |
$1,685,019 |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ NYCareConnect |
NYC - Columbia University Faculty Practice Organization; Fort Tyron Center for Rehab. and Nursing; Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale; Isabella Geriatric Center; NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; New York Downtown Hospital; Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehab.; St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children; United Health Center; Visiting Nurses Service of New York. |
$2,513,250 |
| The Brooklyn Hospital Center/ Community Health Electronic Record to Unite Brooklyn (CHERUB) |
NYC - Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center; Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center; Bishop Henry B. Hucles Episcopal Nursing Home; Buena Vida Continuing Care and Rehab.; Cobble Hill Health Center; Greenpark Care Center; New York Congregational Nursing Center; Visiting Nurse Regional Health Care System; Hospice of New York; Central Brooklyn Medical Group. |
$ 856,065 |
| North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Care, Inc./ Long Island Patient Information Exchange (LIPIX) |
LONG ISLAND - North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health Care, Inc.; Nassau Health Care Corporation, Inc.; Nassau County DOH; North Shore University Hospital Medical Center; South Nassau Medical Center; Cold Spring Hills Nursing Home; Suffolk County DOH. |
$5,000,000 |
| Stony Brook University Hospital / Healing NY with Health e-Technology |
LONG ISLAND - Stony Brook University Hospital; Brookhaven Hospital; Central Suffolk Hospital; Eastern Long Island Hospital; Jefferson Ferry Life Care Retirement Community; Long Island State Veterans Home; Peconic Landing; San Simeon by the Sound. |
$1,209,669 |
| Long Beach Medical Center/ EMR |
LONG ISLAND - 37 physician practices; Grandell Rehab. and Nursing Center; Komanoff Center. |
$ 733,118 |
| Winthrop University Hospital/ Winthrop Clinical Computer Systems(WinCCS) |
LONG ISLAND - Over 220 physicians in 36 regional private physician practices. |
$ 730,571 |
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STATEWIDE TOTAL = |
$52,875,000 |
5-24-06
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