Useful Web Sites

• AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  Information from AHRQ-funded health IT projects, including a list of AHRQ-funded health information exchange (HIE) projects.
  
  
• Connecting Communities for Better Health
  eHealthInitiative
  Directory of HIE initiatives and a toolkit of model policies, agreements, forms, and other HIE resources.
  
  
• Connecting Communities Toolkit
  eHealth Initiative
  Information for HIE start-ups. eHealth Initiative also tracks health IT and HIE legislation.
  
  
• Connecting for Health
  Markle Foundation
  Model governmental and technical policy guidelines for HIE initiatives.
  
  
• Health IT
  US Department of Health and Human Services
  Portal to federal health IT efforts, including those under HHS (e.g., ONC, AHIC), the Department of Defense, and the Department of Veteran Affairs
  
  
• HIT Dashboard
  HIMSS and the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems
  Information about US health IT programs.
  
  
• The RHIO Wiki
  Center for Health Transformation, eHealth Initiative, College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
  An open forum for sharing information and experiences on HIE efforts nationwide.
  
  
• State RHIO Consensus Project
  AHIMA Foundation of Research and Education
  Research findings, case studies, and workbook materials to assist state-level HIE initiatives
  

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