Rochester RHIO is a secure online resource developed by and for doctors, hospital systems, health insurers and privacy officers in the nine-county Greater Rochester area. Its purpose is to share essential patient information quickly and accurately with authorized health care providers.

In a medical emergency, the Rochester RHIO can save lives by offering providers immediate access to crucial patient health data. It also improves routine medical care–doctors can spend less time hunting down test results and health information, and more time diagnosing and treating patients.

The Rochester RHIO is being rolled out in phases during 2008, as part of a nationwide effort to improve our health care system. In collaboration with New York Department of Health and dozens of regional health care providers, we are working to improve how health care is delivered.