Betances, a growing Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in NYC, provides primary and specialty care as well as complementary services, all under one roof -- making it easy for patients to receive the care they need. They serve a diverse, multi-generational patient population, regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. Betances is beginning to see the powerful benefits of data exchange in identifying their complex patients and improving their care coordination. Betances began educating staff and patients on the importance of granting Healthix consent to allow access to their medical information. With consent granted, when an ER admission/discharge occurs any- where in the region, Betances receives an alert. That ER alert prompts a staff member to review the patient’s d

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