Resources
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Health Information Technology site at U.S. HHS
State-Level Initiatives
One key aspect to health IT implementation is ensuring that State and regional efforts to achieve health information exchange are aligned with the national health IT agenda. These efforts also include sharing details related to federal initiatives with appropriate State and regional organizations. Read more >>
Organizations and Projects
State Alliance for e-Health, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
www.nga.org/center/ehealth
State-Level Health Information Exchange (SLHIE) Consensus Project, American Health Information Management Association
www.slhie.org
Health Information Technology Champions Project, National Conference of State Legislatures
www.hitchampions.org
Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration, RTI International
healthit.hhs.gov/hispc
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
healthit.hhs.gov
National Resource Center for Health Information Technology, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
healthit.ahrq.gov
Nationwide Health Information Network, ONC
healthit.hhs.gov/nhin
Medicaid Information Technology Architecture, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidInfoTechArch/
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology www.cchit.org
Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel
www.hitsp.org
Standards
Data & Technical Standards:
Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology
Reports
“Accelerating Progress: Using Health Information Technology and Electronic Health Information Exchange To Improve Care.” National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, September 2008. Available at:
www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0809EHEALTHREPORT.PDF
“Defining Key Health Information Technology Terms.” National Alliance for Health Information Technology,
April 2008. Available at: www.nahit.org/images/pdfs/HITTermsFinalReport_051508.pdf
“Public Governance Models for a Sustainable Health Information Exchange Industry.” University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Health Policy and Research, National Governors
Association Center for Best Practices, February 2009. Available at: www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0902EHEALTHHIEREPORT.PDF
“Facilitating Electronic Health Information Exchange in State Publicly Funded Health Programs, University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Health Policy and Research, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, February 2008.
Available at: www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0805EHEALTHFACILITATING.PDF