Michael Schoppmann Esq, Kern, Augustine, Conroy and Schoppmann PC; Kathi Dyman, Executive Vice President, Medical Societies of the Counties of Oneida, Herkimer, Madison, Chenango, Oswego and Cayuga; Dr. Robert Hughes, President of the Medical Society of the State of NYand Kirsten Griffin RHIT, Project Coordinator - Provider Relations for STHL

Kirsten Griffin RHIT, Project Coordinator, Provider Relations for STHL and Karen Romano, Director, Provider Engagement Services at HealtheConnections in Syracuse gave a joint presentation on Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) and health information exchange (HIE) 101 at the NY Fifth and Sixth District County Medical Society Retreat, November 2nd in Rome, NY. Kirsten also gave an individual presentation about STHL services and technology related tools available to providers and patients in our communities.

The Sixth District Branch of the Medical Society of the State of New York in South-Central New York State includes eight counties: Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga and Tompkins. The County Medical Societies are components of the Medical Society of the State of New York (www.mssny.org) and the American Medical Association (www.ama-assn.org).

About 45 physicians and health care professionals attended the retreat, which included representation from counties served by both STHL and HealtheConnections.

STHL serves the five counties of Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Tioga, and Otsego.

Other informative presentations were led by experts in the fields of both medicine and law. Many thanks to Cindy Burger, Executive Director of the Broome, Delaware, Otsego, and Tompkins County Medical Societies, and Kathi Dyman for their energy, enthusiasm, and commitment to serving their members.

Kirsten Griffin RHIT, Project Coordinator, Provider Relations for STHL and Karen Romano, Director, Provider Engagement Services at HealtheConnections in Syracuse NY

If you are a medical professional and are not yet reaping the benefits of Medical Society membership - which are many - please contact them at:

District Administrative Office

65 Pennsylvania Avenue,

Suite 201

Binghamton, NY 13903-1607

Phone: (607) 772-8493

Fax: (607) 772-3307

Email: [email protected]

To learn more about STHL, contact us at 607-651-9150, or visit us on the web at www.sthlny.com

November is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

To help raise awareness for prostate cancer, many men across the world chose to participate in what has been coined "No Shave November". To show their support, they begin the month with a freshly shaven face and refrain from shaving for all 30 days of November. Their obvious lack of "grooming" helps their cause by creating an "in-your-face" reminder of this prevalent disease.

STHL Staffer Paul Almy, Deputy Director of Technology and Operations is showing his support by participating in "No Shave November". He's made it into Week 3 and is doing well so far!

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men, but is one that can most often be successfully treated. The numbers speak for themselves - there are more than 2 million men in the US who have survived prostate cancer. With a disease this prevalent, it is important that men learn as much as they can to help reduce their risk and choose the best options for testing and treatment.

The American Cancer Society is dedicated to research to help save lives from all types of cancer, with prostate cancer included.

To visit their website and learn more about prostate cancer, click here.

STHL Web Portal Training Continues for ER Scribes

On November 12, 2012, STHL Project Coordinator Staci Molyneaux trained the newest group of scribes from Wilson Memorial Hospital in Southern Tier HealthLink (STHL) Web Portal access. The ER scribes work side-by-side with the ER physicians who also have web portal access. Scribes and providers access medications, allergies, lab results, transcribed reports, and radiology images through the STHL Community PACS Viewer.

The ER scribes were previously assisting only the ER physicians at Wilson Memorial Hospital. However, with the addition of the newly trained ER scribes, Binghamton General ER physicians will also be able to reap the benefits of their assistance.

Dr. Dina Farrell and ER scribe Cindy Pulling were responsible for organizing the STHL Web Portal training.

"STHL is very useful to us because many of our patients receive healthcare at various places throughout the Southern Tier. Now, when a patient tells me they've had a study done at another site or institution, we can just access the STHL HIE and view it! It saves time since we don't have to wait for paperwork to be faxed, and also saves money because we don't have to repeat a study that was already performed on the patient." Dr. Farrell, UHS ER.

To learn more about the STHL Web Portal, contact us at 607-651-9150 or visit us on the web at www.sthlny.com.

Hurricane Sandy Strikes - Were you Prepared?

Hurricane Sandy struck with force on Monday, October 29th, 2012. Thankfully our region was spared the worst of the storm. Southern Tier HealthLink (STHL) was prepared for the worst but hoped for the best on that day.

STHL worked with the Greater Binghamton Health Center as they set up an Evacuation Center in the gymnasium of their facility, and was prepared to assist doctors and hospital staff members, if need be, by providing necessary health information from the STHL Health Information Exchange (HIE) for residents who may have been displaced due to flooding or long-term electrical outages. In an emergency or disaster situation, STHL is prepared to 'go where they are needed' providing the community with critical health information on demand.

To learn more about STHL, contact us at 607-651-9150 or visit us on the web at www.sthlny.com.

New Website Feature: Social Media Sharing Buttons on News Articles

Articles posted on the STHL website are can now be easily shared on your favorite social media sites!

New social media sharing buttons at the top of each article now allow you "Like", "Tweet", "Pin", and Share articles with your friends... all with just one click of your mouse! You can also immediately see how many others have Liked and Tweeted the same article.

Not really into this social media thing? No problem! The new buttons allow you to easily email the article to your contacts as well! Just hover over the "Share" option with your mouse and select "Email".

Check out our News section of the website now at www.sthlny.com/news.asp and help get the word out about STHL by sharing anything there that you like!

Reminder: MEDENT User's Forum, November 27th, 2012

On Tuesday, November 27th from 4 - 6 PM, Matt Cuddy from MEDENT will return to demonstrate all that is new and exciting in MEDENT. Please join us for an informative session!

For more information contact Kirsten Griffin at [email protected] or 607-651-9150.

Check out our Events page at http://www.sthlny.com/Events.asp for upcoming MEDENT Users Forum Dates and Agendas.

The MEDENT Users Forums are hosted at STHL:

Southern Tier HealthLink

Old Lackawanna Train Station

45 Lewis Street

Binghamton, NY 13901

Happy Thanksgiving From STHL

Southern Tier HealthLink (STHL) would like to send a big THANK YOU to all for the continued support, interest, and participation with STHL and health information exchange. Together we can truly "connect the dots for better health care" in our community and ultimately in the State of New York. On behalf of all of us at STHL, may you have a Thanksgiving Holiday full of gratitude, promise, reflection, sharing, and connection with family and friends. May those connections strengthen and fulfill you so that together we can continue to grow and share the gifts we have been given in this one thing we all have in common - life.

To learn more about STHL, contact us at 607-651-9150, or visit us on the web at www.sthlny.com.

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