"Arizona gets it. You have in fact embodied that idea of fostering collaborations and bringing to the table a wide spectrum of stakeholders, all of whom have to be involved."
                      - Dr. Robert Kolodner, Office of the National Coordinator

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e-Prescribing (eRx)

Resources.pdf

eRx: Why Now?.pdf

Connecting Physicians & Pharmacists to Improve the eRx Proce.pdf

An eRx Primer.pdf

The ROI Behind eRx.pdf

eRx CME

eRx- Current Issues and the Road Ahead.pdf

HIMSS eRx Fact Sheet Standalone.pdf

Standalone eRx: Ready or Not?.pdf


Books

Electronic Prescribing for the Medical Practice: Everything Your Wanted to Know But

Were Afraid to Ask, by Patricia L. Hale: This is a 2007 book about e-prescribing,

covering legal issues, data standards, system selection, implementation, and the future

of e-prescribing. Available from HIMSS Publications.

 

Journals

Scholarly articles on e-prescribing can be found in the Journal of the American Medical

Association or Health Affairs. (The links are to Google Scholar searches on eprescribing

in the respective journals).

e-Prescribing in AZ

Statewide Initiatives

Committees

 

Electronic Medical/Health Records (EMR/HER)

Resources

 

How to Select an Electronic Health Record System: an 8-page article by Arizonan

Dr. Kenneth Adler describing a 12-step process for EHR selection.

 

EHR Systems Selection: Selected Resources: a 4-page list of links with brief

summaries, compiled by the Lumetra QIO.

 

Organizing Your Efforts: a 28-slide presentation by health IT consultant Margret

Amatayakul on how to get an EMR effort started

 

EMR in AZ

Statewide Initiatives

 

Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Resources

Markle Foundation Connecting for Health: http://www.connectingforhealth.com/

HIMSS Resource Page for HIE or Regional Health Information Organizations: http://www.himss.org/ASP/topics_FocusDynamic.asp?faid=142

State-level RHIO/HIE Consensus Project: http://www.staterhio.org/

The National Health Information Network: http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/healthnetwork/background/

eHealth Initiative Blueprint: http://www.ehealthinitiative.org/blueprint/

HIE in AZ

Statewide Initiatives

 

Personal Health Records/Technology (PHR)

Resources

IMPORTANT: AMIA and AHIMA provide PHR guidance to consumers: http://www.amia.org/inside/releases/2006/amia_ahima_phrjointpressrelease.pdf

U.S. Government Advice on maintaining a personal health record: http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/phrvid.htm

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) myPHR website: www.myphr.com

Health Record Banking Alliance (a community-based PHR approach): http://www.healthbanking.org/

Health Record Banking Example: http://www.careentrust.org/

Markle Foundation Connecting for Health: http://www.connectingforhealth.com/

Personal Health Platform Examples (Arizona Health-e Connection does not endorse any commercial product):

Dossia: http://www.dossia.org/home

Microsoft HealthVault: http://www.healthvault.com/

Personal Health Technology Resources:

The Continua Alliance: www.continuaalliance.org

Other Personal Health Tools:

The Med Form (for tracking medications): http://www.themedform.com/

My Family Health Portrait (a tool of the U.S. Surgeon General): http://familyhistory.hhs.gov/

 

PHRs in AZ

Statewide Initiatives

 

 

Privacy & Security

Resources

Connecting for Health

www.connectingforhealth.org

RTI International

http://www.rti.org/page.cfm?nav=6&objectid=09E8D494-C491-42FC-BA13EAD1217245C0

AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=654&&PageID=13062&mode=2&in_hi_userid=3882&cached=true

HIMSS - Healthcare information and Management Systems Society

http://www.himss.org/ASP/topics_FocusDynamic.asp?faid=226

HIMSS Privacy & Security Toolkit

http://www.himss.org/ASP/privacySecurityTree.asp?faid=78&tid=4

 

HIMSS Application Security Questionnaire (ASQ)

http://www.himss.org/ASP/topics_FocusDynamic.asp?faid=212

HITSP- Health Information Technology Standards Panel

www.hitsp.org

AHIMA- American Health Information Management Association

www.ahima.org

Federal Government's HIT Privacy and Security

www.hhs.gov/healthit/privacy/

eHealth Initiative Blueprint

www.ehealthinitiative.org/blueprint

American Health Information Community's Confidentiality, Security and Privacy Workgroup: www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/confidentiality

Federal Government's HIPAA/Medical Privacy

www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa

 

Privacy & Security in AZ


Statewide Initiatives