Health Information Exchange - Resource Organizations

American Health Information Community (AHIC)
A federally-chartered commission that provides input and recommendations to HHS on how to make health records digital and interoperable, and assure that the privacy and security of those records are protected, in a smooth, market-led way.

AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology
Provides technical assistance to AHRQ health IT projects and shares new knowledge and findings that have the potential to transform everyday clinical practice.

Connecting Communities for Better Health
Develops, shares, and disseminates knowledge, resources and tools to facilitate and support community-based health information exchange. A program of the eHealth Initiative.

Connecting for Health
A public-private collaborative designed to address the barriers to development of an interconnected health information infrastructure. A program of the Markle Foundation, with additional funding and support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Health Care Standards Landscape
A Web-based repository of information on health care standards, organizations, and resources that can assist in standards development, coordination, implementation, adoption and use by developers and other stakeholders. Developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

ihealthbeat
A free, daily news digest reporting on the Internet's impact on health care from the California HealthCare Foundation.

HIMSS
Offers resources, case studies, definitions, calendar, connections to the HIMSS RHIO Federation.

National Center for Vital Health Statistics
The mission of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) is to advise on shaping a national information strategy for improving the population’s health.

National Library of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine’s Commission on Systemic Interoperability is developing a strategy to make health care information instantly accessible at all times, by consumers and their health care providers.

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT)
Implements the President's vision for widespread adoption of interoperable electronic health records (EHRs) by 2014.

Public Health Data Standards Consortium
Develop, promotes, and implements data standards for population health practice and research.

Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
CDC’s vision for advancing fully capable and interoperable information systems in the many organizations that participate in public health.