NYCLIX History & Mission

NYCLIX was established in 2004 as an outgrowth of the Information Technology Committee of the Greater New York Hospital Association. Its goal was to develop an interoperable healthcare information exchange (HIE) among New York City-based healthcare providers. With 14 charter members, NYCLIX represented a groundbreaking community collaboration among a number of the leading academic medical centers and hospitals in the New York City region, two of the city’s largest ambulatory physician groups, and the country’s largest home health care provider.

Throughout its steady growth, NYCLIX has been a key player in federal and state level efforts to promote the exchange of healthcare data using information technology. NYCLIX also participates in projects showcasing the potential of interoperable clinical data. As a Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO), NYCLIX has been a part of policy and infrastructure development activities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the NYS Department of Health (NYSDOH), and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH).

Timeline of Key Events:

2006:

NYCLIX wins a planning grant from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the NIH under the Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems (IAIMS) program.
NYCLIX and its partner organizations receive an award under New York State’s Health Efficiency and Affordability Law (HEAL Phase I) to support federal interoperability goals for healthcare.

2007:

NYCLIX joins the Statewide Collaboration Process (SCP) of the New York eHealth Collaborative, which brings together virtually every public and private stakeholder in the New York State heathcare system in order to develop a governance and policy framework for New York State’s health IT agenda.

2008:

NYCLIX achieves national prominence as part of the first live interoperable data exchange between RHIOs, and is one of nine RHIOs that demonstrate data exchange using existing NHIN standards and principles. Both activities are part of efforts by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to extend the fledgling National Health Information Network (“NHIN 2”). Gil Kuperman, NYCLIX Chair and Executive Director, serves as co-chair of the Core Content Working Group (CCWG) for NHIN 2.

NYCLIX is invited by state and city health officials to subcontract on a Centers for Disease Control contract exploring how emerging RHIOs can support public health activities such as biosurveillance, case reporting, and data access for case investigations by public health agencies.

2009:

NYCLIX receives not-for-profit status from the US Treasury.

NYCLIX completes and launches the MedPlus Centergy technology platform built with HEAL funds and matching in-kind services and funding from its members.

Individual patients with records in the NYCLIX exchange approaches the two million mark.

NYCLIX is awarded a subcontract from CCITI to develop a means for hospitals and nursing homes to share information about patients moving from one facility to the other.