HealthlinkNY
Hospitals and Health CareNew York, United States11-50 Employees
HealthlinkNY is a Qualified Entity (QE), funded by the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH), which operates the health information exchange (HIE) as well as population health improvement programs (PHIP), supports healthcare delivery reform (DSRIP) and fosters collaboration among public and private health plans (CPC) for an 13 county region spanning the Hudson Valley, Catskills, and Southern Tier of New York. The HealthlinkNY HIE offers electronic access to patients’ community-wide health records and serves as the region’s access point to the Statewide Health Information Network of New York (SHIN-NY), supporting collaboration between healthcare providers across the state. HealthlinkNY currently offers the following services to the medical community: ■Connect to the HIE via the HealthlinkNY Clinical Web Portal. ■Connect to the HIE through an Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) system. ■Connect to the HIE using iCare: an iPhone application to view HIE patient records. ■Connect to other Practices using HealthlinkNY’s EHR to EHR Referral Services. HealthlinkNY was formed in 2014 as a collaboration between Southern Tier Healthlink (STHL) and Taconic Health Information Network and Community (THINC) to offer a unified health information exchange and collaboration point for the region spanning the Hudson Valley, Catskills, and Southern Tier of New York. The primary purpose of HealthlinkNY is to advance healthcare value and integrate care throughout the region by providing information and transformation tools, including access to the Statewide Health Information Network of New York (SHIN-NY), to the individuals and communities served. By empowering communities to improve healthcare delivery, HealthlinkNY will be a pre-eminent health transformation organization.