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Expert judges awarded top three designs for statewide website where New Yorkers will soon be able to access their healthcare records

New York, NY – The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) announced today the winners of its Design Challenge for the Patient Portal for New Yorkers. Mana Health placed first, iHealthNY second, and MyHealthProfile third and will be awarded $15,000, $7,500, and $2,500 respectively. View their products here.

The Patient Portal for New Yorkers project is to build a website, through which New Yorkers across the state will be able to access all of their medical records from their various healthcare providers safely and securely. To create the most innovative and user-friendly portal design, NYeC launched a Design Challenge earlier this year, asking designers to submit portal prototypes. Then in April, the general public was asked to vote on which design submissions they liked best. Thousands of New Yorkers cast their votes and selected the nine remaining finalists.

“One of the most important achievements of the Challenge is that it engaged New Yorkers in this crucial discussion,” said David Whitlinger, Executive Director at the New York eHealth Collaborative. “The portal is about making a patient’s data freely accessible to them so they can manage their own healthcare. It’s about bringing power to the people of New York.”

The finalist companies demonstrated their products to panels of expert judges at an event in New York City on April 30th and another in Buffalo on May 2nd and the final winners were chosen. Judges included healthcare providers, hospital leadership, public advocates, entrepreneurs, public officials, IT experts, and industry leaders. The engaged audience encompassed a broad spectrum—patient advocates, technology specialists, representatives from RHIOs, small practice doctors, media, and members of the general public—and participated during question and answer sessions.

NYeC works closely with both the New York State Department of Health and the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The Patient Portal for New Yorkers builds upon the successful Blue Button initiative developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow veterans easy access to their healthcare data.

“The NYeC Design Challenge is proof that extraordinary things are possible when we leverage creative developers and designers and the preferences of end users,” said Rebecca Mitchell Coelius, MD, Medical Officer for Innovation at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, and a judge on the Design Challenge panel. “It’s exciting to see New York take the federal Blue Button initiative to the next level through its use of the patient portal. Well-designed and functional access to personal health data, and support for its export to other applications, is a huge step forward for patients in New York State and a massive opportunity for entrepreneurs.”

NYeC will now begin building the portal and coordinate its function on top of the Statewide Health Information Network of New York (SHIN-NY), a secure network for sharing clinical patient data across New York State via Regional Health Information Organizations. See the RFP here.

“As New York moves forward with innovative projects to better integrate health information and medical records into patient care, it is essential that patients have access to their healthcare records so they can be engaged in managing their health. This new portal will be user-friendly, secure, and easy to navigate, allowing New Yorkers to review and share their healthcare records and communicate with their healthcare providers. The Department values its partnership with NYeC, which is an essential part of the effort to accelerate health IT innovation,” said New York State Health Commissioner Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H.

On May 15th, NYeC will release a Request for Proposals to identify a company to work with on the portal development. Companies should visit nyehealth.org for RFP information.

The Patient Portal for New Yorkers will begin to be available to the public in 2014.

Key Features of the Portal Will Allow Patients To:

• Easily access their healthcare records whenever they want them. For example, to find out when they started taking a particular medication, when they had their last tetanus shot, or to view recent lab results.
• Share their records with providers—such as to get a second opinion on a diagnosis or share data from a specialist with their family doctor.
• Select and control who is allowed to have access to their medical history.
• Be more empowered in their healthcare management and better able to partner with doctors in their care.

 
About The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC): NYeC is a not-for-profit organization, working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare for all New Yorkers through health information technology (health IT). Founded in 2006 by healthcare leaders, NYeC receives funding from state and federal grants to serve as the focal point for health IT in the State of New York. NYeC works to develop policies and standards, to assist healthcare providers in making the shift to electronic health records, and to coordinate the creation of the Statewide Health Information Network of New York (SHIN-NY), a network to connect healthcare providers statewide. For more information about NYeC, visit www.nyehealth.org and @NYeHealth.

A Network Ripe for Innovation

New York has recently made incredible progress building infrastructure on top of meaningful use, and in getting physicians and other healthcare providers connected to the SHIN-NY. Today, we have a mass of data available through this network that was never available before, employing policies of the state to protect privacy, security, and trust. It’s ripe for new innovative services to tap into it.

Patient Portal: For New Yorkers, designed by New Yorkers

Imagine, New Yorkers: You have access to your healthcare records when and where you need them. And it’s as easy as logging in to your banking website. You can print out a list of your current medications, check the last time you had a particular test or immunization, see recent test and lab results, and manage your consent for which doctors and specialists you want to be able to see your records—safely and securely. YOUR health information when YOU need it.

NYeC Partners with Health 2.0 to Launch Patient Portal for New Yorkers Design Challenge

Challenge calls designers and developers to submit prototypes for a New York State online patient portal for health records – to be judged via public voting. Deadline for submission is April 11th.

January 15, 2013 (New York, NY) – The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), in partnership with the leading health technology catalyst, Health 2.0, invites designers and developers to participate in the Patient Portal for New Yorkers Design Challenge with $25,000 in prizes. Starting today, designers and developers can submit prototypes for a statewide patient portal for New Yorkers —a website for patients to access their medical records online. The top portal interface designs will be chosen and voted upon by New Yorkers after the April 11th deadline.

Developers will have 11 weeks to work on and then submit a design for the Patient Portal Challenge. To guarantee patient privacy during the design challenge, developers and designers will be given a test patient data set to build their applications. They will not have access to actual health records. Once all of the submissions are received on April 11th, the New York public will be invited to vote on their favorite designs from April 11-21. The designs with the strongest responses will be invited to present their project at two different demo days—one in New York City in April and another at a location upstate in early May. A winner will be announced shortly thereafter.

After the Challenge, NYeC will work with a vendor to build the portal and run it on behalf of the state of New York via its health information exchange network.

“This is a chance for developers and designers to advance healthcare for all 20 million New Yorkers. A portal of this size and scope has never before existed,” said David Whitlinger, Executive Director of NYeC. “Through our Design Challenge, we hope to inspire applicants to develop truly creative and user-friendly applications. We look forward to seeing all submissions, and eventually building this portal so patients throughout the state have full access to their health records.”

The patient portal mock-ups are required to include features that will allow patients to log on with a username and password to see their health records online safely and securely. Once logged in, patients will see a full layout of their health records, and also have access to a list of medical professionals, such as their family doctor, who have accessed their health records. The Patient Portal for New Yorkers will also provide an extensive overview of patient privacy rights, and address any privacy concerns a patient might have about Electronic Medical Records and Health IT in general.

“Health 2.0 is excited to be partnering with NYeC on this innovative challenge to design the first statewide patient portal for New York,” said Jean-Luc Neptune, Senior Vice President of Health 2.0. “The winners will not only make a tremendous contribution to the development of a patient portal that reaches nearly 20 million people, but also gain significant exposure and recognition for their achievement through participation in the challenge.”

The patient portal also compliments the information available through the Blue Button, a knowledge tool being coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that helps users download their personal health information. NYeC has proudly taken HHS’ “Blue Button Pledge” and supports the use of the Blue Button to empower “individuals to be partners in their health through health IT” in an effort to build on the Blue Button’s success in improving care coordination for veterans by giving them easy access to their health data.

“We are excited about the steps that NYeC is taking to launch the patient portal and support their commitment to helping make patients’ information available to them,” said Lygeia Ricciardi, Director of the Consumer eHealth Office at HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. “Providing patients and consumers with access to their own healthcare records is what the Blue Button pledge is all about.”

For more information on the Patient Portal for New Yorkers Design Challenge, and to submit a prototype by April 11th, please visit http://www.health2con.com/devchallenge/new-york-state-patient-portal-challenge/.

About The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC): NYeC is a not-for-profit organization, working to improve healthcare for all New Yorkers through health information technology (health IT). Founded in 2006 by healthcare leaders, NYeC receives funding from state and federal grants to serve as the focal point for health IT in the State of New York. NYeC works to develop policies and standards, to assist healthcare providers in making the shift to electronic health records, and to coordinate the creation of a network to connect healthcare providers statewide. For more information about NYeC, visit www.nyehealth.org and @NYeHealth on Twitter.

About Health 2.0: The conference. The media network. The Innovation Community. The Health 2.0 Conference is the leading showcase of cutting-edge technologies in health care, including Online Communities, Search and lightweight Tools for consumers to manage their health and connect to providers online. The Health 2.0 Developer Challenge is a series of prize competitions promoting health technology innovation. Health 2.0 also has its own media channels, Health 2.0 News and Health 2.0 TV; its own market intelligence service, Health 2.0 Advisors; and also sponsors the Health 2.0 Accelerator industry consortium. Health 2.0 was founded by Indu Subaiya & Matthew Holt in 2007 and is now a community of hundreds of organizations and thousands of innovators. For more information, visit www.health2con.com or find us on Facebook and Twitter.

New York Digital Health Accelerator Reveals Inaugural Class

On October 15 the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) and the Partnership for New York City Fund (Partnership Fund) revealed the inaugural class of the New York Digital Health Accelerator (NYDHA), a program that will make New York a hub for the emerging digital health technology industry. The partnership is the largest-funded health IT accelerator program in the United States, and the first to provide access to senior-level healthcare providers who are committed to the success of the eight growth-stage companies selected.

Public-Private Partnership Selects CCHIT as Compliance Testing Body

NEW YORK – October 11, 2012 – More than half the U.S. population and their health care providers could soon have access to health data shared across multiple states and systems. A public-private partnership of states, public agencies, federally-funded health information exchanges (HIEs) and health information technology (HIT) companies has established a program to test and certify electronic health records (EHRs) and other health IT to enable reliable transfer of data within and across organizational and state boundaries.

High costs, technical differences and long wait times for interface development are barriers to sharing health data among health care providers and across state lines. The coalition of 15 states, 37 technology vendors and 34 HIEs, representing more than 50 percent of the U.S. population, has created a robust, highly automated testing program to verify that, once tested, a system is capable of exchanging health information with many other systems. With this testing, a single set of standardized, easy-to-implement connections can support communication among systems.

The effort is being jointly led by the EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup, a New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC)–led consortium of states and vendors; and Healtheway, the newly formed public-private partnership of the eHealth Exchange, a network of 34 public and private organizations representing hundreds of hospitals, thousands of providers and millions of patients across the country.

This effort will build on and accelerate consensus on national standards, adopting EHR certification criteria and testing procedures as relevant and finalized for Stage 2 of meaningful use. Members of both groups will continue to provide feedback from these real-world implementations to the national health IT standard setting initiatives established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).

“Today’s announcement brings together several activities supported by ONC over the past years: a core set of national standards, an Accredited Certification Body, the Public-private partnership that has emerged from the Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange, and the convening power of New York and other State Health Information Exchange grantees,” said Dr. Farzad Mostashari, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. “We look forward to working with this consortium to continue progress on interoperability and secure health information exchange, and to reflect what is learned in national standards as necessary.”

The coalition selected the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), the most experienced HIT certification organization in the U.S., to carry out the testing. As the compliance testing body, CCHIT will certify that the interfaces between the HIT and HIEs are consistent across multiple states and systems. CCHIT is also an Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) authorized certification body and is an accredited testing laboratory for EHRs. CCHIT is collaborating with AEGIS.net on the testing software, which is being developed under an open source license.

“The collaboration between the states and vendors to address a shared marketplace gap and work toward a mutual vision has been one of the remarkable aspects of this effort,” said David Whitlinger, Executive Director of NYeC. “And momentum is building within both communities as states grow their HIE networks by working with the EHR and HIE vendors to provide seamless integration and clinical workflow, taking the market to a new level for the benefit of patients.”

“The testing program Healtheway has developed with NYeC is the key to realizing secure and interoperable exchange of health information across organizational and geographic boundaries,” said Michael Matthews, Healtheway President and Board Chair. “The launch of a compliance testing program will enable the eHealth Exchange to more than double participation and connectivity over the next 9 to 12 months.”

Realizing that merging efforts with other states would create economies of scale and provide the vendor community with a single, consistent set of specifications, NYeC created the EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup last year. Over the course of 18 months, the group has developed technical and test specifications to address the major use cases of interoperable exchange. Around the same time, plans took shape to transition the NwHIN Exchange to function outside the federal government as a public-private network, now called the eHealth Exchange. To expand nationwide HIE, Healtheway and NYeC formed a strategic partnership to enable technology systems, public and private providers and health information organizations (HIOs) to have access to more efficient testing.

The coalition harmonized a set of functional, technical and test specifications that enable true plug and play connectivity to simplify EHR and HIE development. The coalition’s work covers the ability to send and receive encrypted health information over the Internet, lookup and retrieve patient records, and produce a tightly constrained patient record summary which reduces variances and implementation-specific customization. These capabilities will allow providers to meet their goals for coordinating patient care.

Vendors have agreed to bring their products for testing according to these specifications and participating states have agreed to promote the value of EHR and HIE products certified in the program. This program will ensure that providers’ EHR software has the capability to connect to their local HIE and enable communities and states to share patient health information.

“This project is a perfect fit for our public mission as a non-profit certification organization,” said Alisa Ray, CCHIT’s Executive Director. “Our experience in preparing organizations to certify products, coupled with the availability of highly automated testing, will help health IT companies get their technology to market quickly and prepare provider and HIE participants to share information more efficiently.”

Coalition members will announce plans for launching the program and more details at the NYeC Digital Health Conference, Oct. 15-16, and webinars will be scheduled for the HIT and provider communities. More details and a fact sheet is available at www.hiehitnews.org.

About NYeC
NYeC is a not-for-profit organization, working to improve healthcare for all New Yorkers through health information technology (health IT). Founded in 2006 by healthcare leaders, NYeC receives funding from state and federal grants to serve as the focal point for health IT in the State of New York. NYeC works to develop policies and standards, to assist healthcare providers in making the shift to electronic health records, and to coordinate the creation of a network to connect healthcare providers statewide. The goal of NYeC is that no patient, wherever they may need treatment within the State of New York, is ever without fast, secure, accurate, and accessible information. For more information about NYeC, visit www.nyehealth.org. @NYeHealth on Twitter.

About the EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup
The EHR | HIE Interoperability Workgroup is a New York eHealth Collaborative-led coalition of 15 States (representing nearly 50% of the U.S. population), 19 electronic health record (EHR) vendors, and 18 health information exchange (HIE vendors). The workgroup was launched in February 2011 to leverage existing standards and develop consistent implementation guides for interoperability between HIE software platforms, and the applications that interface with them. For more information about the Workgroup, visit www.interopwg.org.

About Healtheway
Healtheway is a non-profit organization chartered to operationally support the eHealth Exchange, formerly the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) Exchange, as it transitioned from the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) initiative to a public-private endeavor. Healtheway leads in cross-industry collaboration to develop implementation strategies that enable secure, interoperable nationwide exchange of health information.

The eHealth Exchange is a rapidly growing community of exchange partners, who share information under a common trust framework and a common set of rules. Currently, 34 participants include 4 federal agencies, 5 states, 8 beacon communities and more than a dozen Health Information Organizations (HIOs) and health systems, which represent hundreds of hospitals, thousands of providers and millions of
patients. The eHealth Exchange helps to improve the health and welfare of all Americans through health information exchange that is trusted, scalable and enhances quality of care and health outcomes by supporting comprehensive longitudinal health records.

For more information about Healtheway and the eHealth Exchange: www.healthewayinc.org

About CCHIT
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) is an independent, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with the public mission of accelerating the adoption of robust, interoperable health information technology. The Commission has been certifying electronic health record technology since 2006 and is authorized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a certification body (ONC-ACB). CCHIT is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a certification body for the ONC HIT Certification Program for electronic health record (EHR) technology and accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as an Accredited Testing Laboratory (ATL) to test EHRs. More information on CCHIT is available at http://cchit.org.

Statewide Network Selects MedAllies as “Direct Solution” Provider

NYeC has chosen MedAllies to operate the “Direct Solution” on the SHIN-NY. Similar to a highly secure email, Direct allows healthcare providers to seamlessly send data from one provider directly to another who is caring for the same patient. MedAllies Direct Solutions has been built according to specifications developed by the nationwide EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup.

Welcome to our blog!

Greetings, salutations and welcome to our blog – a feature of our new NYeC website and a communication tool that I’ve been looking forward to for several months now!

As many of you know, the incredibly talented and dedicated NYeC team has been hard at work on a number of industry leading efforts.

The New York eHealth Collaborative supports partner companies with credible EHR technology that has been successfully installed in NYS.  These companies are committed to ensuring provider attainment of Meaningful Use, have technology that enables participation in recognition programs, and can connect to the statewide health information exchange networks for their clients. NYeC is adopting a tiered structure that describes the variety of strategic relationships we have with the vendor community. We understand that vendors have specific strategies to support their clients. NYeC hopes to support those activities as they exist with little disruption. Read More

A recent study by ICD MarketScape evaluated 16 vendors and concluded the HIE landscape is shifting from “connecting the ecosystem with exchange data and meaningful incentives,” to transforming data into “actionable information.” Read More.

Source: Healthcare IT News

The Application Programming Interface (API) will allow developers to build new healthcare technology applications on top of the SHIN-NY. NYeC is working to standardize this platform, and to develop requirements which will allow companies to build products that conform to state policies.

As health information technology grows, new policy must be written, and new standards set. An essential task of NYeC is to develop common policies, procedures, and technical approaches, through an open and transparent process, to support New York’s expanding health information infrastructure. These will ensure the highest quality of service, interoperability, and full patient privacy, security, and safety.  Read More

Interoperability Workgroup Announces Compliance Testing Specifications, Releases RFP

Group now includes 31 vendors and 14 states, representing 45% of US population.

Learn more about the EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup

The EHR | HIE Interoperability Workgroup is a New York eHealth Collaborative-led coalition of 19 States (representing 52% of the U.S. population), 20 EHR vendors, and 22 HIE vendors. The workgroup was launched in February 2011 to leverage existing standards and develop consistent implementation guides for interoperability between HIE software platforms, and the applications that interface with them. The goal of the EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup is to create an integrated marketplace of EHR capabilities, in which the interfaces between EHRs and HIEs will be compatible more easily across and between states. Read More

NYeC is accepting applications of certified EHR vendor products for participation in the NYeC HIT Adoption Program. See the application.

New York Digital Health Accelerator Receives 250 Applications

www.digitalhealthaccelerator.com

Request for Proposals: Patient Portal Development
RFP Release Date: May 15, 2013
Proposals Due: June 5, 2013 (11:59pm EDT)
Email all Correspondence to: rfpcontact@nyehealth.org

As the healthcare market evolves and patients increasingly become decision-making healthcare consumers, it is important to provide the 19.5 million patients across New York State with access to as much information about their health as possible. Coupled with the need for consent management, access audit reporting, and increased patient provider communication, the development of a patient portal for New Yorkers is a necessary step towards empowering patients and allowing them to take an active role in managing their health.

New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is seeking a vendor to develop a patient portal that is connected to the Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY). This portal will eventually be available to patients across New York State and will be used by patients to view their health records, manage access to their health records, see who has looked at their records and communicate with their providers.

This Request for Proposals (RFP) sets forth the development requirements and priorities for portal development. Vendor proposals should provide a narrative that covers the ability to meet all of the detailed requirements including specifics of the approach taken where appropriate. Submission of screen mockups and examples of implementation specifics are encouraged where appropriate.

NYeC RFP Patient Portal
NYeC Master Services Agreement

Request for Proposals: Certification Body for Qualified Entities’ Participation in the Statewide Health Information Network of New York
RFP Release Date: April 17, 2013
Letter of Intent to Respond due: April 26, 2013 (11:59pm EDT)
Written Questions due: April 29, 2013; 11:59pm EDT
Q&A Vendors Conference Call: May 9, 2013
Written Responses to Q&A Available no later than: May 20, 2013
Proposals Due: June 7, 2013 (11:59pm EDT)
Email all Correspondence to: rfpcontact@nyehealth.org

Use of the Statewide Health Information Network of New York (SHIN-NY) is built on a foundation of trust that all participants are following policies, procedures, and technical specifications that have been formally agreed upon and adopted as Statewide Policy Guidance. The SHIN-NY’s trust framework is transitioning into a new phase framed by forthcoming regulations from the NYS DOH that will set forth roles, relationships, and standards of participation in the SHIN-NY. As an extension of the regulations, a certification program will be created to qualify entities to participate in the SHIN-NY and exchange data with other qualified entities. The criteria for participation in the SHIN-NY (hereafter referred to as Certification Criteria), are currently in development based on input from stakeholders through a statewide collaborative process.

In support of the new certification process, the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) seeks a Certification Body that will:

(1) work with NYeC, NYS DoH and SHIN-NY stakeholders to finalize the Certification Criteria under which entities will be qualified to exchange data through the SHIN-NY, and (2) develop and conduct a reoccurring certification and monitoring process for entities that seek to participate in the exchange of data that conforms to the Certification Criteria and other applicable SHIN-NY specifications, procedures, and policies.

This Request for Proposals (RFP) sets forth the parameters of services that will be expected of the Certification Body that will conduct certification, monitoring, and re-certification over a five year period beginning September 2013.

NYeC RFP – SHIN-NY Certification Body
Certification Body RFP Response Template
Certification Body RFP Bidders Conference Final Responses

Request for Proposals: Supporting Efficient Care Coordination for New Yorkers: Bulk Purchase of EHR Interfaces for Health Information Exchange
RFP Release Date: 4/10/2013
Written Questions due: 4/19/2013
Q&A Session for all Prospective Respondents: 4/24/2013, 1-2:30PM (Click here for conference dial-in info.)
Written Responses to Q&A Available no later than: 4/26/2013
Proposals Due: 5/3/2013 (Late submissions will be accepted through Thursday, 5/9/2013)
Email all Correspondence to: rfpcontact@nyehealth.org

To support the realization of an interoperable New York, NYeC issues this RFP to obtain proposals from the EHR vendor community for the procurement of interfaces in bulk on behalf of the providers of New York State. NYeC envisions partnership with the EHR vendor community to identify providers interested in connecting to the SHIN-NY, the development of the interface from their EHR to the SHIN-NY, to support price transparency and to implement the technical specifications ratified by the EHR|HIE Interoperability WG via the approach designated by that stakeholder group. Upon review of the submitted proposals NYeC will invite several vendors to participate in this unique opportunity to support the foundation of data exchange in New York State.

NYeC RFP – Supporting Efficient Care Coordination for New Yorkers: Bulk Purchase of EHR Interfaces for Health Information
Bulk Purchase of EHR Interfaces for Health Information RFP Response Form
Bulk Purchase of EHR Interface RFP Questions & Answers
Accelerating Health Information Exchange in New York State – Slides

Request for Proposals: NYeC RFP – Exemplar HIE Governance for EHR|HIE Interoperability Workgroup
RFP Release Date: 4/9/2013
Proposals Due: 4/17/2013 (4:00pm EDT)
Email all Correspondence to: rfpcontact@nyehealth.org

NYeC responded to the RFP for the Exemplar HIE Governance Program created by ONC on behalf of the EHR|HIE Interoperability Workgroup. The Exemplar HIE Governance Program allows the ONC to work collaboratively with entities already involved in governance of health information exchange, encouraging the continued development and adoption of policies, interoperability requirements, and business practices that will increase the ease of electronic health information exchange, reduce implementation costs, and assure the privacy and security of data being exchanged. This work will support and advance the efforts of existing governance entities which will benefit consumers and providers by allowing health information to flow securely between unaffiliated healthcare organizations.

ONC awarded the Exemplar HIE Governance Program Grant to NYeC on behalf of the EHR|HIE Interoperability Workgroup. The cooperative agreement will allow the workgroup to continue its efforts in developing robust implementation specifications for ‘plug and play’ interoperability. The workgroup will address the implementation challenges facing the exchange of health information including patient matching and querying provider directories. These learnings will translate into stronger implementation specifications and will support, strengthen, and advance existing ONC efforts to improve the standards for Direct Messaging and Query-based exchange. The purpose of this RFP is to find a consultant who will work with the EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup to carry out the specific objectives of this grant.

NYeC RFP – Exemplar HIE Governance for EHR|HIE Interoperability Workgroup

Request for Proposals: NYeC RFP – Implementation Services to be provided to NYeC REC
RFP Release Date: 3/29/2013
Q&A Session for all Prospective Agents: 4/5/2013 at 3:00PM EDT
Letter of Intent to Respond due: 4/8/2013 (5:00 PM EDT)
Written Questions due: 4/8/2013 (5:00 PM EDT)
Written Responses to Q&A Available no later than: 4/11/2013
Proposals Due: 4/16/2013 (11:59pm EDT)
Email all Correspondence to: rfpcontact@nyehealth.org

Through this RFP, NYeC seeks to expand the number of Implementation Agents who will also perform the outreach functions which were previously performed by Outreach Agents under the REC model. NYeC will deploy these agents to support the two new adoption and implementation programs 1) HEAL 22 for Behavioral Health providers and 2) REC Medicaid Specialists Expansion program. NYeC will give preference to proposals that offer breadth of service for outreach and implementation through in-house expertise or strategic alliances.

This RFP is open to all qualified applicants for engagement throughout New York State. NYeC has identified several priority service counties. Agents that have the capacity to service the following priority counties are in particular demand. Having this capacity does not guarantee an applicant’s selection as a finalist; however it identifies areas that offer great opportunity for assigned Agents to deliver service to these eligible providers.

Following are the priority service counties:
Broome, Chemung, Chemungo, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Westchester.

Additionally applicants that have a strong presence within a sub-medical specialty service group will be given strong consideration.

NYeC RFP – Implementation Services to Support NYeC Regional Extension Center
Implementation Services – Agent Data Template
NYeC REC Medicaid Specialists RFP Q&A

Request for Proposals: NYeC RFP – Data Warehouse/Data Analytics
RFP Release Date: 11/09/2012
Letter of Intent to Respond due: 11/19/2012 (11:59pm EDT)
Written Questions due: 11/19/2012 (11:59pm EDT)
Written Responses to Q&A Available no later than: 12/07/2012
Proposals Due: 01/30/2013 (11:59pm EDT)

As New York State (NYS) Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) continue to grow, so does the meaningful data that can be used by healthcare providers, public health champions, academics, etc. to provide better healthcare to NYS citizens. A secure and robust Data Warehouse/Data Analytics solution with strict controls on patient privacy which is supported by a Business Analytics/Business Intelligence tool can support the NYS healthcare community to positively impact outcomes.

NYeC is seeking a vendor to help establish a Data Warehouse/Data Analytics (DW/DA) solution that can manage the information provided by the NYS RHIOs, and to work with the RHIOs and their members to develop meaningful and actionable outputs such as reports, metrics, and analytics.

NYeC RFP – Data Warehouse/Data Analytics
Appendix B – NYeC Master Services Agreement
Responses to Data Warehouse RFP Questions – V. 2
Data Warehouse RFP Submission Details & Timeline

Application: Behavioral Health Consultant
Release Date: 10/25/2012
Written Responses to Q&A: 11/12/2012
Application Due Date: 11/15/2012

The NYeC REC has established programs to assist specialty providers and NYS Health Home participants in the selection and effective use of health information technology. NYeC is seeking proposals for a consultant organization skilled in the assessment of behavioral health and care management software to develop a technical assessment document(s) for prospective/current vendor partners to complete and to manage the vendor evaluation and selection process to identify vendor partners in the behavioral and care management markets.

NYeC Behavioral Health Consultant RFP
Behavioral Health Consultant RFP Addendum, Questions & Responses

Request for Proposals: NYeC RFP – Independent Auditor
RFP Release Date: 9/27/2012
Letter of Intent to Respond due: 10/1/2012 (11:59pm EDT)
Written Questions due: 10/5/2012 (12:00pm EDT)
Written Responses to Q&A Returned no later than: 10/12/2012
Proposals Due: 11/2/2012 (03:00pm EDT)

NYeC is accepting proposals for an Independent Auditor.

NYeC RFP – Independent Auditor
Audit RFP Addendum – Responses to Q&A
NYeC Audit Reports

Request for Proposals: NYeC RFP – Two Factor Authentication
RFP Release Date: 9/17/2012
Letter of Intent to Respond due: 9/24/2012 (11:59pm EDT)
Written Questions due: 10/1/2012 (10:00am EDT)
Q&A Vendors Conference Call: 10/02/2012 (3:00 – 5:00 pm EDT)
Written Responses to Q&A Available no later than: 10/05/2012
Proposals Due: 10/18/2012 (11:59pm EDT)

NYeC is accepting proposals for a Statewide Two Factor Authentication Solution.

NYeC RFP – Two Factor Authentication
NYeC RFP – Two Factor Authentication Addendum #1, Letter of Intent Extension
NYeC RFP – Two Factor Authentication Addendum #2, Questions and Responses
Appendix B – NYeC Master Services Agreement

Request for Proposals: EHR Vendor Partnership
RFP Release Date: 7/1/2012
Written Questions Submitted: beginning 7/1/2012
Proposals Due: 9/1/2012 (11:59pm EDT)

NYeC is accepting applications of certified EHR vendor products for participation in the NYeC HIT Adoption Program (includes the Regional Extension Center).

NYeC RFP – EHR Vendor Selection
Vendor Selection Questionnaire
NYS Product Penetration by Zip Code

The New York Digital Health Accelerator is a program run by New York eHealth Collaborative and the New York City Investment Fund for early- and growth-stage digital health companies to develop cutting edge technology products in care coordination, patient engagement, analytics and message alerts for healthcare providers.

Hosted by the NYeC’s board of directors, the Gala and Award Ceremony took place at Chelsea Piers on December 1st. It was an elegant evening of cocktails and dining to celebrate the advancements and accomplishments in health IT throughout New York State.

Digital Health Conference 2012

The 2012 NYeC Digital Health Conference brings together a diverse group of professionals from across and beyond the health IT field, for two days of lively intellectual exchange.

The Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY) is a network of information transmitted between users. Like the internet, as more users connect, it grows, evolves, and becomes more secure, efficient, and easy to use.

Events

We host and promote a variety of events to help inform members of the community about health IT. For general event inquiries, contact NYeC Event Manager Tom Tagariello at ttagariello@nyehealth.org or 646-619-6761.

Ten States and 26 Vendors Unify to Standardize Health Data Interoperability

NYeC Announces Call For Speakers for the 2012 Digital Health Conference
NYeC Helps with Health Homes
Provider Spotlight: Small Staff, Big Results