The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) has selected Austin, Tex.-based EHR vendor e-MDs as a partner to help promote and assist with the adoption of health IT technologies across the Empire State.

NYeC serves as the federally designated Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (HITREC) for the state of New York. As a meaningful use partner, e-MDs will assist members of NYeC in managing efficient implementation of EHRs and achievement of meaningful use in a cost-effective manner.

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NYeC officials say e-MDs offers affordability, a remote hosting option, ePrescribing capabilities, the ability to interface with a State Health Information Exchange (HIE) system, extensive system functionality and overall benefit to providers.

"I am delighted that NYeC is partnering with e-MDs," says Dave Whitlinger, executive director of the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC). "The meaningful use program is a very important incentive for providers. Establishing a group of meaningful use partners will increase the number of providers who can receive services from NYeC and will help physicians, who have become EHR users, learn how to qualify for federal reimbursements. NYeC's mission is to improve the quality of patient care through health information technology. This partnership program will contribute to that goal and benefit the public good."

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"We are delighted to have been recognized as a meaningful use partner for the state of New York," says Michael Stearns, MD, president and CEO of e-MDs. "NYeC is a very forward thinking organization, and their efforts will have an important impact on the adoption of sophisticated healthcare technology that will benefit the entire state of New York."