E-Health/Information Technology
April 2005
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Federal Government
White House
Executive
Order 13335, Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology
and Establishing the Position of the National Health Information
Technology Coordinator (Washington, D.C.: Apr. 27, 2004).
GAO Reports
Health and Human
Services’ Estimate of Health Care Cost Savings Resulting from
the Use of Information Technology (February 15, 2005)
HHS’s
Efforts to Promote Health Information Technology and Legal Barriers
to Its Adoption, GAO-04-991R (August 13, 2004).
Congressional Hearings
Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental
Relations and the Census
Health Informatics: What is the Prescription for Success in Intergovernmental
Information Sharing and Emergency Response?" Wednesday, July
14, 2004
Opening Statement
Chairman
Putnam's Opening Statement
Witness Testimony
Testimony
of The Honorable Newt Gingrich, Ph.D., Former Speaker of the
United States House of Representatives, The Gingrich Group
First
Attachment to Testimony of The Honorable Newt Gingrich, Ph.D.
Second
Attachment to the Testimony of The Honorable Newt Gingrich, Ph.D.
Testimony
of Ms. Karen Evans, Administrator of E-Government and Information
Technology, Office of Management and Budget
Testimony
of Mr. David A. Powner, Director, Information Technology Management
Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Testimony
of Dr. Claire V. Broome, M.D., Senior Advisor to the Director
for Integrated Health Information Systems, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Testimony
of Dr. Seth Foldy, M.D., Former Chair, Information Technology
Committee, National Association of County and City Health Officials
(NACCHO), Former Health Commisioner, City of Milwaukee, Associate
Clinical Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Medical College
of Wisconsin
Testimony
of Dr. Richard S. Weisman, Pharm.D., ABAT, Coordinator, Weapons
of Mass Destruction Response Program, Jackson Memorial Medical Center,
Director, Florida Poison Information Center/Miami, Research Associate
Professor, Pediatrics, UM/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Testimony
of Mr. Gordon Aoyagi, Fire Administrator, Montogomery County
Fire and Rescue Service
Health and Human Services
The
Decade of Health Information Technology: Delivering Consumer-centric
and Information-rich Health Care Framework for Strategic Action
(July 21, 2004)
Case
Studies of Electronic Health Records in Post-Acute and Long-Term
Care (August 18, 2004)
National Center for Health Statistics
Use of Computerized
Clinical Support Systems in Medical Settings: United States, 2001-2003,
(March 15, 2005)
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Second Set of Recommendations
on E-Prescribing Standards 03/04/05
First Set of Recommendations
on E-Prescribing Standards 09/02/04
The President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee
(PITAC)
“Revolutionizing Health Care Through Information Technology,”
(June 2004)
Nongovernment Organizations
The American College of Physicians
The State
of the Nation’s Health Care: A Report from America’s
Internists On Strategies to Improve Quality, Reduce Costs, and Expand
Access Centered on Strengthening the Patient-physician Relationship
(February 2, 2005)
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
Zender, Anne. "Ready
for the EHR? A New Survey Measures EHR Implementation and Individual
Readiness." Journal of AHIMA 76, no.3 (March 2005): 54-55.
Capgemini
What
Are Health Organizations Thinking About Electronic Health Records?
(October 2004) (requires registration)
The Commonwealth Fund
Information Technologies: When Will They Make It Into Physicians’
Black Bags? (New York: December 2004). (Requires Registration)
Foundation for eHealth
Electronic
Prescribing: Towards Maximum Value and Rapid Adoption (May 15,
2004) | Summary
Harris Interactive
“How
the Public Views Health Privacy: Survey Findings from 1978 to 2005”
Health Affairs: The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere
The Value Of Health Care Information Exchange And Interoperability
(January 19, 2005)
(Abstract)
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See also
Cautious
Interpretation of Findings - Michael R. Mittleman Health Affairs,
25 Jan 2005
Will
Interoperable HIT Lead to a Net Gain or to a Net Loss for Physicians?
Peter Basch, M.D. Health Affairs, 21 Feb 2005
The
Value of Health Care Information Exchange and Interoperability:
The Authors Respond
Jan Walker, et al. Health Affairs, 16 Mar 2005
PURSUIT OF QUALITY: Robert H. Miller and Ida Sim Physicians’
Use Of Electronic Medical Records: Barriers And Solutions
Health Affairs, March/April 2004; 23(2): 116-126. (Abstract
Only)
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
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