The New York eHealth Collaborative and the NYC Regional Electronic Adoption Center for Health (NYC REACH) are ready to hit the road to other parts of the state.
They head next to Long Island, Syracuse, Buffalo, Binghamton, Albany and Tarrytown.
'The effort to get New York's doctors on board with electronic medical records, will be a marketing and education campaign first', - said David Whitlinger, executive director of the New York eHealth Collaborative.
The goal is to help at least 10,000 primary care providers convert from paper to digital records over the next two years. The centers are two of 60 at work across the country. Together, they aim to target 100,000 physicians who have not yet gone digital.
"With one of the nation's largest healthcare systems, New York State is leading the way for the adoption of electronic health records," said Amanda Parsons, MD, assistant commissioner of the Primary Care Information Project at the New York City Health Department. Parsons oversees the NYC REACH program, which served as model for the government's regional extension centers.
"We deploy EHR technology to improve healthcare and save lives across our health care system," Parsons said.
"It's crucial for healthcare providers to learn how to leverage electronic health records to improve patient care, and we are committed to giving them the concrete guidance they will need to do this most effectively," said Rachel Block, deputy commissioner for the New York State Office of Health Information Technology. "EHRs will help improve quality of care for New Yorkers while boosting efficiency and enhancing patient satisfaction. Today's health care consumers expect and deserve to receive care that is safe, convenient and tailored to their needs."
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Quelle/Source: RFPConnect, 14.05.2010
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