On September 4th, 2008, the Continuum of Care Improvement Through Information New York (CCITI NY) health information exchange initiative was launched at the Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitation. The daylong event was attended by more than 100 CCITI NY partners and stakeholders. CCITI NY is a HEAL NY-funded initiative that brings together members of the Continuing Care Leadership Coalition (CCLC), area hospitals and primary care physicians to improve quality, patient safety, costs and satisfaction aspects of transferring patients across care settings in the New York metropolitan region. The project is designed to combine the benefits of a standardized electronic transfer form process with an automated clinical decision support tool, in order to improve outcomes for patients and health care provider organizations. Presentations designed to educate project stakeholders and others about health information exchange on a national, statewide, and local basis were made by Patricia Hale, M.D., Deputy Commissioner, NYS Department of Health, Office of Health Information Technology Transformation (OHITT); Carol Raphael, Chair, The New York eHealth Collaborative (NyeC) and President and Chief Executive Officer, The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY); Eric Coleman, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Care Transitions Program at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; John Evans, President, Strategic Alliance Advisors (s2a), and Lead Consultant, CCITI NY; Gil Kuperman, M.D., Board Chair, NYCLIX; and Benjamin Stein, M.D., Executive Director, LIPIX. Michael N. Rosenblut, Parker's President and CEO, is Chairperson of CCITI NY.
