The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) has partnered with global eHealth specialist InterComponentWare Inc. (ICW) and Surescripts, operator of the country’s largest electronic prescribing network, for an eHealth prototype project to facilitate prescription routing and, with a patient’s consent, deliver prescription history for NY residents through the Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY).
New York’s statewide health information technology strategy envisions widespread use of health IT tools by clinicians and consumers. This prototype will demonstrate secure and accurate transmission of prescription benefit and prescription history information, and prescription routing between electronic medical records (EMRs), the Surescripts network, and pharmacies and payers, utilizing technical services and standards for health information exchange included in the ICW HealthCare Connector installed in each provider’s practice location. http://ping.fm/TQTsP