Technology by Design Overview

The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is at the forefront of shaping the digital health landscape in New York. As a governance body, NYeC plays a pivotal role in providing strategic direction to Qualified Entities (QEs), leveraging industry-standard specifications such as HL7 FHIR and IHE. NYeC’s approach emphasizes descriptive (rather than prescriptive) guidance to empower QEs in their mission to enhance healthcare data sharing across the state.

NYeC’s Role

• Governance and Direction: NYeC sets the standards and best practices that guide the health information exchange (HIE) ecosystem.
• Industry Standards: Adopts recognized industry specifications like HL7 FHIR and IHE to ensure interoperability and predictable data exchange.
• Descriptive Approach: Provides flexible guidelines, enabling QEs to adapt based on their specific needs and capabilities.

Qualified Entities’ Role

• Data Exchange: As key stakeholders in the HIE network, QEs are responsible for acquiring and sharing healthcare data from various network participants.
• Compliance: Ensure adherence to the governance specifications set forth by NYeC, fostering a unified healthcare data infrastructure.

Tech by Design’s Role

• Collaboration Facilitation: Tech by Design serves as a facilitator for QEs to collaborate effectively, focusing on consensus-based decision-making that aligns with NYeC’s governance.
• Shared Solutions: Encourages QEs to share code for custom software and collaborate on services that benefit the entire network.
• Infrastructure Sharing: Assists QEs in identifying opportunities to leverage shared cloud infrastructure like AWS for optimized resource utilization.

Through this strategy, NYeC ensures that the state’s health information exchange continues to evolve in a unified, interoperable, and efficient manner. The collaborative efforts facilitated by Tech by Design will empower QEs to meet governance requirements while innovating in ways that strengthen the healthcare system.