*Health care facilities as defined in section 18(c)(1) of the Public Health Law, including those who hold themselves out as urgent care providers must become SHIN-NY participants in order to connect to the SHIN-NY through a qualified entity, and must allow private and secure bi-directional access to patient information by other SHIN-NY participants authorized by law to access such patient information. Health care facilities subject to SHIN-NY regulations include: “general hospitals” as defined in Public Health Law § 2801(10), and all “health care facilities” as described in Public Health Law § 18(1)(c), which includes ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic and treatment centers, clinics, nursing homes, home care services agencies, hospices, health maintenance organizations that are health care providers, and shared health facilities. |