Collaborating
for Our
Community's
Health

We continue to build HEALTHeLINK's collaborative foundation to support population health improvement efforts and advance Western New York's collective health. The HEALTHeWNY vision is driven by collaboration, coordination, and community engagement to improve health outcomes and foster healthier and thriving communities.

In 2024, we continued to enhance our HEALTHeWNY Dashboard by adding new metrics, such as asthma, prediabetes, trending health patterns, and various pediatric measures, to provide even more comprehensive data insights. We engaged with local elected officials to educate them about the dashboard and demonstrate its potential uses for informed decision-making.

The availability of advance directives.

HEALTHeLINK has completed year one of a two-year cooperative agreement to aggregate advance care planning documents from across the community to make them electronically available to treating providers who need to know a patient's wishes at the point of care. Funding is provided through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in the Health Information Technology program.

Artificial Intelligence Initiative.

Through a New York eHealth Collaborative-funded project, HEALTHeLINK completed an Artificial Intelligence tool evaluation and infrastructure project. This infrastructure explores the implementation of AI capabilities and tools for use cases of potential practical applications supporting population health, enhancing diagnostics and treatment, improving patient care, and reducing administrative burden. We will share the lessons we learn with Qualified Entities (QEs) and medical providers across the state to use in their communities.

Support for Social Care Network.

In support of New York Health Equity Reform 1115 Waiver, HEALTHeLINK has been working closely with Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative (WNYICC), the designated Social Care Network (SCN) for the WNY Region, to improve the sharing of important health and social needs information.

Your partners in HIE.

HEALTHeLINK continues to demonstrate HIE leadership in collaborating with similar organizations nationwide to share and leverage best practices for data-informed decision-making and improved quality of care.

Driving data-informed decisions.

Data alone doesn't create value — it's what's done with the data to improve health outcomes for our community that matters. This is why the spirit of collaboration for delivering value remains at the forefront of everything we do.

HEALTHeLINK looks forward to enhancing our infrastructure by engaging the health care community to identify and undertake projects to move our health system forward. We also remain committed to working with community organizations to ensure they have the data needed for overall population health and well-being.