The ComputerWorld Honors Program

Honoring those who use Information Technology to benefit society

Matt Smith, SVP and COO of IDG Enterprise, awards Irene Koch, Executive Director of BHIX, the Computer World Honors on behalf of the Brooklyn Health Information Exchange.

YEAR:
2009

STATUS:
Laureate

CATEGORY:
Non-Profit Organizations

Technology Area:
Regional Health Information Exchange

ORGANIZATION:
Brooklyn Health Information Exchange (BHIX)

Overview

In 2005, a consortium of Brooklyn hospitals, nursing homes, home health providers, and health insurers led by Maimonides Medical Center set out to develop a regional health information exchange (RHIO). Reflecting Brooklyn's socioeconomic and cultural diversity, the group sought to improve the quality of care for the borough's 2.5 million residents within facilities and across multiple health care settings. Through the development of an IT infrastructure supporting clinical data exchange, the right information would be available to clinicians in the right place at the right time.

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