By HFT Staff

Governor Kathy Hochul announced more than $300 million in new state funding to support healthcare transformation projects across New York. The awards, made through the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program IV and V, will support 22 projects aimed at improving health information technology by expanding patient electronic medical records, strengthening cybersecurity and patient information security and expanding telehealth services. 

This funding prioritizes projects that: 

• Support financially distressed providers; 
• Modernize critical health information technology infrastructure; 
• Strengthen cybersecurity and patient information security; and 
• Expand telehealth services. 

Awardees include hospitals in every region of the State. 

A full list of awardees, project descriptions and award amounts are available here. Funds are administered by the New York State Department of Health and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY). 

Recently, the state made additional funding awards for 55 projects under Statewide IV, and additional projects under the Safety Net Transformation Program.