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SYNCRONYS is a not for profit organization aimed to improve healthcare for all New Mexicans. SYNCRONYS is the State of New Mexico’s designated Health Information Exchange (HIE). Ever expanding its services and participants, SYNCRONYS is a state leader in healthcare information technology initiatives. The organization is recognized by the New Mexico Department of Health as its agent for hospital public health reporting.
our mission
- SYNCRONYS exchanges relevant health information and uses analytics to support individual health, community health and population health policy.
our vision
- To be the trusted information resource to support improved health and quality of life for all in New Mexico.
our values
- Respect
- Privacy & Security, providing stewardship of an individual’s health information.
- Customer Service
- Accountability
- Diversity
- Collaboration
- Innovation
ABOUT
The core solutions SYNCRONYS provides its customers to improve healthcare for all New Mexicans include access to the aggregated longitudinal clinical record through the clinical portal, prescription drug monitoring program, diagnostic quality images, patient alerts and notifications, interoperability solutions and high value use cases and insights. Additional value-added features include Direct Secure Messaging, data analytics and access to advance directives and MOST forms. Data analytics dashboards will be available to users.
SYNCRONYS is powered by Orion Health, a health-specific software company delivering population health management solutions. SYNCRONYS enables the electronic exchange of patient health information among different and unrelated healthcare organizations to provide timely access to a patient’s information in one centralized record.
SYNCRONYS complies with state and federal legal and regulatory requirements to protect the privacy and security of patient's health information. SYNCRONYS and Orion meet national and international standards for data security and interoperability.
What type of information is available in the HIE?
The SYNCRONYS Core Data Set includes Patient Demographics, Allergies, Encounter History, Diagnoses, Medications, Insurance Information, Immunizations, Procedures, Problems List, Laboratory Results, Pathology Reports, Radiology Reports, and Clinical Notes (including Discharge Summaries); information provided varies by organization. The core objective is for the HIE to exchange a standard data set (US Core Data for Interoperability-USCDI) between over 80% of New Mexico’s hospitals, tribal/IHS hospitals/clinics, skilled nursing facilities, long term care, home health and hospice and 40% of independent clinics and behavioral health clinics. The HIE will engage with correction facilities and detention centers.
SYNCRONYS EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Terri Stewart, MS HCA, MT (ASCP) President and Chief Executive Officer
Terri Stewart has over thirty years working in diverse health care settings, twenty-five of these years have been working with complex, statewide not for profit healthcare related organizations in the state of New Mexico. Ms. Stewart has held executive leadership positions with clinical laboratory organizations, oncology cancer research networks and in the physician practice setting. SYNCRONYS operates the NM state designated health information exchange.
Marjorie Goldstein Secretary/Treasurer and Finance Director and Controller
Marjorie Goldstein has more than thirty-five years of accounting and finance experience, most recently as the Chief Financial Officer for the UNM Medical Group, the provider practice plan for the University of New Mexico Health System, before joining SYNCRONYS. Her experience encompasses financial reporting, budget development and financing for strategic initiatives in large and complex health care organizations. Ms. Goldstein has also served as Treasurer for several New Mexico non-profit healthcare organizations and is the current Secretary Treasurer for SYNCRONYS.
board of directors
Michael J. Crossey, MD, PhD - Board Chair - TriCore Reference Laboratories
J. Randle Adair, DO, PhD, Past Chair, Internist, NM Oncology Hematology Consultants
Tracie Collins, MD, Dean, College of Population Health UNM
Eric Jimenez, MBA, CIO, Artesia General Hospital
Robert Longstreet, CIO, NM Primary Care Association
Maggie McCowen, LISW, MBA, Executive Director New Mexico Behavioral Health Providers' Association
Soyal Momin, MBA, Sr VP & Chief Analytics Officer, Presbyterian Health Services
Dave Panana, BSN, VP Indigenous Pact, PBC Inc.
Dusadee Sarangarm, MD, UNM Health CMIO
Curt Schatz, MBA, VP, IT Operations & Strategic Initiatives, OptumCare Mountain West
Rep. Elizabeth "Liz" Thomson, New Mexico State Representative
Russell Toal, MPH, Former NM Superintendent of Insurance
Jared Udall, MBA/HCM, CFO UNM Medical Group
Nancy J. Wright, MD, Chair-Elect, Las Vegas Medical Group, Pediatrics
Teresa Stewart, MS, President and CEO SYNCRONYS (as Ex-Officio)
Kari Armijo, Deputy Secretary, Human Services Department (as Ex Officio)
Chad Smelser, MD, NM Dept of Health (as Ex Officio)
Advisory Committee
Stefany Goradia, Business Analytics and Healthcare Consulting (Committee Chair)
Michael Archuleta, Senior Director Quality and Accreditation, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NM.
Michael Crossey, MD, TriCore Reference Laboratories - SYNCRONYS Board Chair
Leigh Caswell, VP Community Health, Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Michel Faust, Director of Quality Improvement, Molina Healthcare
Nadia Fazel, DMD, Chief Clinical Officer, Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless
Mitch Ferguson, VP of Operations, Matrix Home Care Services of NM
David Goldstein, MD, UNM Associate Professor-Clinical Educator
Messina Gurrola, Director of Medical Specialist for NM Oncology and Hematology Consultants
Jon Helm, First Choice Healthcare
Liz Lacouture, VP, Population Health and Quality of Presbyterian Health Plan
Ryan Levi, Director of Federal Quality Programs - UNM Health System
David Ley, PhD, clinical psychologist, public speaker and author
Glidden Martinez, CIO of NM DOH
Rhonda Mayorga, PhD, COO, Radiology Associates of Albuquerque & AILLC
Alison McIntosh, Chief Information Officer at CHRISTUS St. Vincent
Paula Morgan, Acting Chief Information Officer for NM HSD
Dave Panana, VP Indigenous Pact, PBC Inc., SYNCRONYS Board Sponsor
Galina Priloutskaya, PhD, Sr. Consultant III, Attest Health Care Advisors
Amy Salazar, Deputy Bureau Chief Quality NMHSD
Dusadee Sarangarm, MD, UNM Health CMIO, SYNCRONYS Board Sponsor
James Solinsky, Director, Technology: Health Plan CIO
Steven Stoddard, Executive Director, NM Rural Hospital Network
Joseph Tighe, Deputy Director NMDOH DDSD
Rick Van Ness, Director of Product Development, Rhodes Group
John Williams, MD, Clinical Informatics Fellow, UNM
Partners/Collaborators
Our future is a collaborative effort to bring the strengths of several organizations together to support the health of New Mexicans.
Our partners include:
careers
At SYNCRONYS, we value a team approach, innovation, creativity and communication in the workplace.
We are currently looking for qualified candidates for the following positions:
Director Data Analytics & Quality
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