HIM Links

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Connections Listed Categorically

Information Management in Healthcare

Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity
http://www.ahdionline.org/ScriptContent/Index.cfm

American Hospital Association Central Office
http://www.ahacentraloffice.org/

American Hospital Association Data
http://www.ahadata.com/

American Medical Informatics Association
http://www.amia.org

Canadian Health Information Management Association
http://www.chra.ca

College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
http://www.cio-chime.org

Connecting for Health
http://www.connectingforhealth.org/

Department of Health and Human Services Data Council
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/datacncl/

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General
http://oig.hhs.gov/

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

Healthcare Billing and Management Association
http://www.hbma.com

Health Care Compliance Association
http://www.hcca-info.org

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
http://www.himss.org

Health Information Management Association of Australia
http://www.himaa.org.au/

Information Integrity Coalition
http://www.informationintegrity.org

Markle Foundation
http://www.markle.org/

Medical Transcription Industry Alliance
http://www.mtia.com

National Alliance for Health Information Technology
http://www.nahit.org

National Association of Health Data Organizations
http://www.nahdo.org

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov

Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
http://www.wedi.org

National Health Information Network Sites

AHRQ National Resource Center for HIT

http://healthit.ahrq.gov/

AHRQ National Resource Center for HIT Knowledge Library

http://healthit.ahrq.gov/knowledgelibrary

American Health Information Management Community
http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic.html

Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology
http://www.cchit.org/

Committee E31 on Healthcare Informatics/Continuity of Care Record
http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/COMMIT/COMMITTEE/E31.htm?L+mystore+eaxl7272+1062625333

Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration

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

Health Information Technology Standards Panel

http://www.ansi.org/standards_activities/standards_boards_panels/hisb/hitsp.aspx?menuid=3

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/

Additional Healthcare Organizations

America's Health Insurance Plans
http://www.ahip.org

American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations
http://www.aappo.org

American College of Healthcare Executives
http://www.ache.org

American Hospital Association
http://www.aha.org

American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org

American Osteopathic Association
http://www.osteopathic.org

Association of Operating Room Nurses
http://www.aorn.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov

Clinical Laboratory Management Association
http://www.clma.org

Healthcare Financial Management Association
http://www.hfma.org

International Medical Informatics Association
http://www.imia.org

Medical Group Management Association
http://www.mgma.com

National Association for Home Care and Hospice
http://www.nahc.org

National Cancer Registrars Association
http://www.ncra-usa.org/

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov

Rural Assistance Center

http://www.raconline.org/

Standards and Regulations

Accredited Standards Committee (ASC X12)
http://www.x12.org/

American National Standards Institute
http://www.ansi.org/

American National Standards Institute Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel
http://www.ansi.org/standards_activities/standards_boards_panels/hisb/hitsp.aspx?menuid=3

American Society for Testing and Materials
http://www.astm.org

American Society for Testing and Materials Technical Committee on Healthcare Informatics
http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/COMMIT/COMMITTEE/E31.htm?L+mystore+twem5975+1137121886

Arden Syntax for Medical Logic Systems
http://cslxinfmtcs.csmc.edu/hl7/arden/

CARF...The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission
http://www.carf.org

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

CORBA/Object Management Group
http://www.omg.org/corba/

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
http://medical.nema.org/dicom.html

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/

Health Level 7 (HL7)
http://www.hl7.org

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
http://www.ieee.org/

The Joint Commission
http://www.jointcommission.org

Microsoft Healthcare Users Group
http://www.mshug.org/ASP/index.asp

National Committee for Quality Assurance
http://www.ncqa.org

National Council for Prescription Drug Programs
http://www.ncpdp.org

HIPAA EDI Implementation Guides
http://www.wpc-edi.com/hipaa

Legal and Legislative

Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu

Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov

Other Sites of Interest

American Society of Association Executives
http://www.asaecenter.org

Healthfinder®
http://www.healthfinder.gov

Healthy People 2010
http://healthypeople.gov/

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