The eight early and growth-stage health IT companies selectedfor the New York Digital Health accelerator represent ways to improve communication among doctors and nurses, and harnessing data to reduce readmissions.

The program that has an initial $4.2 million investment, is the largest funded health IT accelerator in the country, according to a press statement.

It will also be the first to provide access to the state’s healthcare network, SHIN-NY, a healthcare information exchange “that embodies all of the federal and state policies for usage of patient data by the community,”New York eHealthCollaborative executive director David Whitlinger said in a statement.

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