New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced earlier this month more than $300 million in funding to advance health information technology and cybersecurity in hospitals across the state. The projects, funded by state money, will enhance health information technology, strengthen cybersecurity, and expand telehealth services.
22 projects aimed at improving health information technology will receive a portion of $309 million in new state funding. The awards are being made through the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program IV and V. Awardees include hospitals in every region of New York and were picked from projects that prioritized supporting financially distressed providers, modernizing critical health information technology infrastructure, strengthening cybersecurity and patient information security, and expanding telehealth services. The funds will be administered by the New York State Department of Health and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY).
Each of the 22 projects will be completed with the goal of supporting health care transformation projects by expanding patient electronic medical records, strengthening cybersecurity and patient information security, and expanding telehealth services. The 10 highest funded projects are as follows:
- Richmond Medical Center – $54.1 million: A hospital in Richmond County receiving funds for its RUMC electronic health records transformation project.
- Montefiore Health System Inc. – $41.5 million: A hospital in Bronx County receiving funds for its cybersecurity project accelerating comprehensive enhancements in its cybersecurity program in response to increasing healthcare security risks.
- The Brooklyn Hospital Center – $33.4 million: A hospital in Kings County receiving funds for the implementation of an Integrated Enterprise-Wide EPIC electronic health records system.
- Wyckoff Heights Medical Center – $32.4 million: A hospital in Kings County receiving funding to transform its electronic health records.
- One Brooklyn Health System, Inc. – $25.7 million: A hospital in Kings County receiving funds for improvements in cybersecurity and electronic health records.
- St. Joseph’s Hospital, Yonkers – $19.5 million: A hospital in Westchester County Investing in Health Equity: A Proposal for an Integrated EHR System at St. Joseph’s Medical Center, a Safety Net Hospital.
- Rome Memorial Hospital, Inc. – $18.9 million: A hospital in Oneida County receiving funds to replace six disparate EMRs with a single integrated solution.
- The Rochester General Hospital – $15 million: A hospital in Monroe County receiving funds to enhance the cybersecurity infrastructure of Rochester Regional Health.
- Mount Sinai Hospital – $11.7 million: A hospital in New York County receiving funding to leverage technology to accelerate transitions from hospital to home and reduce health disparities.
The other 12 projects receiving funds from the award can be found here.
The newly announced state funding and selected projects build on Governor Hochul’s efforts to strengthen New York’s health care delivery system. Since its creation, the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program has awarded more than $1.75 billion to providers. The program is part of a broader, long-term commitment that has directed more than $4.7 billion in health care capital funding statewide since 2016.
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