… a project of Massachusetts General Hospital, … to find the best treatments for depression and bipolar disorder. For the first time, patients, families, doctors, and researchers are working together as equal partners to change the direction of mood disorder research.
"…focuses on research from the front lines of health care, including how computers and information technology can be incorporated into clinical workflow, be used to measure quality and health outcomes."
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Based at Dartmouth University
“Focused on the development, evaluation and dissemination of technology-based therapeutic tools targeting substance use and co-occurring behavioral health issues.”
“Markle's work in health focuses on advancing health information technology to improve people's lives. Best practices must improve health, protect privacy, increase cost-effectiveness, and encourage innovation.”
Workspace within the North Carolina AHEC Digital Library Network “…used for housing archival copies of EHR and HIT emails (distributed by Jim Curtis, Deputy Director of the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill).”
"…works to introduce and advance communities' understanding of recovery and community integration as the catalyst for transforming individual lives, communities, and all levels of behavioral health systems in a culturally competent manner."
Consumer health information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"Your source for reliable health information from the Federal government. Offering quick guides to healthy living, personalized health advice, and tips and tools to help you and those you care about stay healthy."
"CONNECT is an open source software and community that promotes IT interoperability in the U.S. healthcare system. CONNECT enables secure electronic health data exchange among healthcare providers, insurers, government agencies and consumer services."
"NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health and medical research. The NIH website offers health information for the public, scientists, researchers, medical professionals, patients, educators, and students."
As a federally-designated “Regional Extension Center,” the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program (NC AHEC) provides individualized, on-site electronic health record (EHR) consulting tailored to your practice’s specific needs at no charge to you.
The North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA) is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to assisting members in accelerating the transformation of the U.S. healthcare system through the effective use of information technology, informatics and analytics.
"Inspired by the Code For America project. Code For Health develops fellowships for software developers, IT specialists and bioinformaticists seeking a career in health IT. We help fellows gain experience while they advance projects that serve the medically and economically disadvantaged, or the achievement of public health goals."
“[A] partnership between the University of Toronto and affiliated healthcare organizations. …over 180 multidisciplinary professionals seeking to improve health care standards at both national and international levels … to provide leadership in bioethics research, education, practice and public engagement.”
Technology… is making it easier than ever for doctors and patients to communicate and share information, and the imPatient Movement is about helping everyone involved take an urgent and active role in getting (and keeping) the conversation going.
The National Library of Medicine provides free access to vocabulary standards, applications, and related tools that can be used to meet US EHR certification criteria and to achieve Meaningful Use of EHRs. Below are resources either created by or supported by NLM that can be used for providing patient-specific education materials, e-prescribing, and creating, exchanging, and interpreting standardized lists of problems, medications, and test results.
NLM is the central coordinating body for clinical terminology standards within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NLM works closely with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to ensure NLM's efforts are aligned with the goal of the President and HHS Secretary for the nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of health care.
The North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA) is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to assisting members in accelerating the transformation of the U.S. healthcare system through the effective use of information technology, informatics and analytics.
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) page for Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) and Continuity of Care Document (CCD) standards validation
“…formed to help ensure that the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) … is properly enforced. If you are a patient or provider who has complaints, we would like to hear from you. …we may be able to provide help in resolving your problem or point you to other resources. Your reports will also help us identify potential patterns of critical concern to federal regulators.”