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Fact Sheet for Patients

What is the Bronx RHIO?

The Bronx RHIO is a new Bronx-wide computer information system. The Bronx RHIO helps health care providers share your medical records. Providers are doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, hospitals and clinics.

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Why do healthcare providers share information?

Health providers can make better choices about your care and treatment when they have as much information as possible about your health. Providers get information on lab and x-ray tests, medical history, prescribed medicines and other reports. They can get information faster if they use the Bronx RHIO.

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How can the Bronx RHIO help make your care better?

In emergencies: If you go to the emergency room and can’t remember what medicines you are taking, the doctor can get that information immediately from the Bronx RHIO, which can help the doctor make better decisions about your treatment.

If you are pregnant: If you have to go to the hospital, the doctors and nurses will be able to see a record of your pregnancy care. They will be able to make safer decisions about how to take care of you and your baby.

Avoiding taking tests more than one time: If you just had lab tests at your doctor’s office or a clinic, and then you are admitted to the hospital, you may not have to take those tests again. The hospital can get your test results from the Bronx RHIO.

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What are your rights?

As a patient, you have the right to share or not to share your health information with the Bronx RHIO. When you and your doctors are part of the Bronx RHIO, doctors get the information they need to give you the best care. It could save your life.

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Is shared health information kept private and confidential?

Yes. Federal and State laws are very specific laws about privacy and confidentiality. We strictly follow those laws. The Bronx RHIO will not share health information with anyone who is not involved in your care, or is not a member of the Bronx RHIO.

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Which organizations share information through the Bronx RHIO?

Participants in the Bronx RHIO comprise the full spectrum of health services in the Bronx and many have multiple service sites. To learn if the place(s) where you get your care is a participant in the Bronx RHIO, click on the Directory of Participants. To locate participating organizations’ service sites on a map of the Bronx, click on Map.

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