黑料正能量 Note: Though this brief article points to some (potential) barriers and drawbacks to implementing the Statewide Health Information Network for NY, the scope and goal of the project鈥攖o create an interoperable system of shared health data between providers鈥攊s commendable. But with different vendors offering proprietary methodologies, and many providers just learning the basics of electronic record keeping, the transition to an integrated system will be anything but smooth. There are several mechanisms the state is using to make it an easier transition. To learn more, visit:
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Bumpy Road to SHIN-NY
Crain鈥檚 Health Pulse; 12/1/2014
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As the state moves toward full adoption of the SHIN-NY, there just isn鈥檛 enough trust in the network to fully buy into the system, a panel at the recent Digital Health Conference argued. Some doctors still can鈥檛 access their patients鈥 information easily, said Dr. Eugene Heslin, a family practitioner in Kingston, N.Y. 鈥淢y problem is I can’t get the data as much as I would like to,鈥 he said. 鈥淢y EHR works, but getting the data into my system is barely functional.鈥 Without being very involved in the establishment of health records, which many doctors don鈥檛 have time to do, 鈥測ou’re sort of led by the nose by whomever the vendor is.鈥 Audience members presented complex questions, such as what to do when a patient鈥檚 record contains an error at the time that patient has an emergency. Another audience member commented that the SHIN-NY鈥檚 current policies put responsibility for a data breach on providers, not on the system. 鈥淭he best thing you can do is to try not to have a breach,鈥 answered panelist Deven McGraw, a Manatt Phelps & Phillips partner. According to the SHIN-NY鈥檚 regulations, ultimately an institution would have to be responsible for the breach and the cleanup, said panelist Patrick Roohan, director of the state鈥檚 Office of Quality and Patient Safety. That means providers looking to the SHIN-NY might need to first strengthen their own digital practices.
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