Healthcare IT News: “SHIN-NY Goes Big for Statewide HIE”
Leaders from 33 digital health companies in New York are calling on the legislature to fund the Statewide Health Information Network of New York, or SHIN-NY, just as the organization’s connecting HIEs and information systems are starting to build a critical mass. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing an appropriation of $65 million to the SHIN-NY, a part of the New York eHealth Collaborative, to help connect New York’s ten regional health information organizations and increase provider participation.