As Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Thomas Check leads information technology in the largest not-for-profit home healthcare provider in the United States. At any given time VNSNY provides homecare services to over 38,000 patients throughout New York City, Nassau and Westchester Counties. The VSNY systems include:
Mainframe applications and database containing comprehensive clinical information on all of its patients.
Mobile computing with tablet computers used by 3,500 nurses and other clinicians to download patient data from the mainframe daily, conduct and document each patient visit, and upload updated data. Clinician can transmit case data to and from the VNSNY network while in the regional office at home or via wireless while in the field.

Consolidated clinical and business database supporting analysis to improve patient outcomes.

HIT Systems that connect VNSNY electronically with other providers and patients include:

The VSNY Physician Web Portal, which gives physicians secure on-line access to the clinical data of their patients receiving services from VNSNY and enables them to change medications and treatment orders on-line.

Electronic clinical data exchanges with hospitals, long term care providers and physician practices throughout the VNSNY service area through four RHIOs.

Standards based interfaces with physician EMRs for electronic exchange of referrals, Plan of Care (patient clinical profile, physician orders and treatment plan), and messages to improve collaboration and efficiency between physicians and homecare providers.

Mr Check is also a member of the workgroup in the Certification Commission for Healthcare IT that will establish standards for EHRs in the post-acute and long term care (nursing homes, homecare and hospice) by July 2010.
Prior to joining VNSNY in 2004, Mr Check held senior IT positions at NYU Medical Center and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City(1985-2004), IT consulting roles with Price Waterhouse (1981-1985) and financial management positions with the City of New York (1976-1981). He received an MA degree from the New School University and a BA degree from Boston College.