Links and resources

This page provides links and resources about health information technology for those interested in personal health records (PHRs), health record banks (HRBs) and the Health Record Bank of Oregon (HRBO).

Health information technology

Secure health information exchange

Other links

You can also click here for a list of the materials the HRBO Project reviewed when making deliberations about the HRBO.

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Health information technology

• Health IT home page for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Resource Center for Health Technology
• National Association of State Medicaid Directors Health Information Technology page

Secure health information exchange

• The Common Framework - Resources for implementing private and secure health information exchange
• Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration Web site
• Information on state-level health information exchange initiatives from the State Regional Health Information Organizations Consensus Project

Other links

• CMS Medicaid Transformation Grants home page
• National Association of Governors State Alliance for e-Health 
• Oregon Health Policy Commission's Report to the 73rd Legislative Assembly: Electronic Health Records and Data Connectivity
• Potential Impact of Widespread Adoption of Advanced Health Information Technologies on Oregon Health Expenditures - Final report prepared for the Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation and Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research
• To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System - Institute of Medicine report on the leading causes of medical errors, how to reduce medical errors and how to improve patient safety.

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