The Primary Care Information Project (PCIP) is a multifaceted program to support the adoption and use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) among primary care providers in NYC's underserved communities. Its mission is to improve population health through appropriate technology and health information exchange.
The PCIP has aclear mission, objectives, structure, and
operational framework. Click
here to read more.
If you are a NYC primary care provider, apply today to join the 1,300 providers who are currently participating in PCIP!
Click here to find out if you are eligible to adopt an EHR through PCIP funding.
Read the June 2008 PCIP Newsletter (PDF)
Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Frieden Unveil State-of-the-Art Electronic Health Record Technology
Mayor Bloomberg and Health Commissioner Dr. Frieden today unveiled the City's next-generation electronic health records (EHRs), already in use at more than 200 primary-care providers across the city that care for more than 200,000 New Yorkers.
Monday, February 25, 2008
> Read the press release
> Watch the video in both low or high bandwidth
New York City to Help Doctors Track Patients' Records Electronically
After two years of planning and a public investment of more than $60 million, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said on Monday that New York City was ready to equip doctors with computer software that can track patients' medical records in order to provide better preventive care.
> Read the New York Times article published on February 26, 2008
Health Care as If Health Mattered
There is consensus about the need for fundamental change in the US health care system and there has been attention to the important problems of inadequate access and increasing costs.
> Read the JAMA article published on February 27, 2008
Coming Soon: Health Care Debate, Part 2
"... If reforming U.S. health care results only in expanded access to care, costs will increase faster but with limited health benefits," Thomas R. Frieden, New York City's health commissioner, wrote last week in The Journal of the American Medical Association..."
> Read the New York Times article published on March 2, 2008
MAYOR BLOOMBERG DISCUSSES ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS IN WEEKLY RADIO ADDRESS
Read the press release
Contents
An Overview
DOHMH's PCIP was formed with the recognition that 1) Primary care is the critical interface between public health and the health care system; and 2) The inefficient, ineffective, high costs/low quality health care in the U.S. is largely attributable to the antiquated and fragmented health care system that fails to properly collect and use health information (see "Challenges to Current Health Care System").
PCIP will facilitate the use of public health oriented information technology among community-based primary care practices through:
- PCIP Electronic Health Records (EHR) expansion -- Assist New York City primary
care providers in medically underserved areas to adopt interoperable EHRs and
use them to improve the quality of preventive care.
- NYC Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics -- A collaborative effort with The Institute for Urban Family Health and the Columbia Department of Biomedical Informatics. This CDC-funded center is dedicated to the use of public health informatics to achieve public health goals through creating an information-sharing and decision-making environment within which public health practitioners, clinical providers, and the public can all be empowered to take individual actions for the greater good. Projects include:
- 'The Model EHR for Public Health'. Defining public health functionality within an EHR, including high performance quality measurement and registry functions, clinical decision support tools for improved preventive care, and linkages to public health information systems (e.g., Citywide Immunization Registry, School Health, Syndromic
Surveillance).
- Enhanced Public Health Reporting and Health Information Exchange. Investigating the use of natural language processing for extraction of public health-relevant information from unstructured EHR data, and public health uses of Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs).
PCIP has developed an evaluation strategy to assess all stages of PCIP's HIT initiatives.
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PCIP Status Report
The PCIP team has successfully recruited over 1300 providers from numerous private medical practices, community health centers, and hospitals. Our partner practices are serving more than 200,000 patients in NYC. These practices are located in the five boroughs of the city as seen as below. (Please click here to see a larger picture)
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Contact Us
If you have questions or would like more information about PCIP, please email us at pcip@health.nyc.gov.
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