NY HIE connects four hospitals

Community General Hospital, Crouse Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital and Laboratory Alliance of Central New York, LLC are now connected to a HealtheConnections, a health information exchange in central New York. The HIE allows authorized, participating healthcare providers to securely access patients' consolidated medical histories. In addition to the Syracuse area healthcare facilities, the online health information exchange, is working to connect 15 community hospitals across central and northern New York. HealtheConnections is one of 12 RHIOs in New York state.