“A patient with some social determinant issues just moved to the area and after having a hard time accessing necessary services, he wound up hospitalized,” says Katelyn Richburg, LPN Case…

I’ve been working on a presentation for an upcoming meeting with organizations that are making the change—or supporting the change—to value-based care (VBC), and it’s gotten me thinking about both…

-PCP practices encouraged to transition to patient-centered medical homes- ALBANY, N.Y. – The New York State Department of Health (DOH) recently notified Hixny, one of New York’s leading health information…

Nearly one in five U.S. adults—more than 46 million people—live with some form of mental illness, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Chances are, you know more than…

Imagine experiencing stomach pain so severe you visit the hospital emergency department (ED) for help. Doctors and nurses conduct all the right tests, but they can’t identify a cause for…

There was a time, not too long ago, when a woman might find herself in a paper gown on a gynecologist’s table while the office staff called her primary care…

Survey of 1,000 regional consumers shows demand for real-time use of all health records ALBANY, N.Y. – A public opinion poll conducted recently by the Siena College Research Institute showed…

If you know someone with a heart-related condition, then you know how complicated their care can be. In the course of a year, they’re likely to see a primary care…

When Apple announced last summer that the latest version of the Watch allows people to take their own electrocardiograms (EKGs) as often as they wanted, I was intrigued. After all,…

Health reporter, Benita Zahn of WNYT NewsChannel 13 caught up with CEO Mark McKinney on the future of healthcare, cybersecurity defenses and how Hixny can be life-saving in the event of an emergency.