NIAGARA HOSPICE JOINS HEALTHeLINK

BUFFALO, NEW YORK – HEALTHeLINK is pleased to announce that Niagara Hospice recently joined Western New York’s clinical information exchange. HEALTHeLINK is a collaborative effort among various health care organizations in Western New York for health care providers to share medical and clinical information through a secure electronic information exchange. Patients allow physicians and other authorized clinical professionals to access their health information by signing a consent form. Through HEALTHeLINK, a physician has immediate access to patient data, including lab and radiology reports, prescription histories, transcribed reports and more.

Based in Lockport, Niagara Hospice provides physical, emotional, spiritual and bereavement services to those facing life’s final journey and has care for more than 15,000 individuals across Niagara County since 1988.

About HEALTHeLINK: The not-for-profit organization was established through funding from BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, The Catholic Health System, Erie County Medical Center Corporation, Independent Health Association, Kaleida Health, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Univera Healthcare and the Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law for New Yorkers Capital Grant Program (HEAL NY) from New York State. HEALTHeLINK also received one of the country’s largest awards as part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program.

HEALTHeLINK stakeholders include a broad representation of healthcare professionals and organizations throughout the eight-county Western New York region such as the State University of New York at Buffalo, P2 Collaborative, Chautauqua County Health Network, the WNY Rural Area Health Education Center and local county public health departments. For more information on HEALTHeLINK, visit www.wnyhealthelink.com.

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