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Information/Links/Resources
- American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
The mission of the American Health Information Management Association is to be the professional community that improves healthcare by advancing best practices and standards for health information management and the trusted source for education, research, and professional credentialing.
- Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST)
The Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) is leading the charge to expedite the development, evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies that can improve the aging experience. CAST has become an international coalition of more than 400 technology companies, aging services organizations, research universities, and government representatives.
- Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology
Widespread adoption of health information technology (HIT) can foster improvements in quality, safety, efficiency and access - key goals in today's national dialog on health reform. These goals also drive the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHITR, a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization with the public mission of accelerating the adoption of health IT.
- Electronic Billing
Minnesota state law requires electronic eligibility inquiries, claims and remittance advices in 2009. This initiative is called E3: Streamlining health care transactions in Minnesota. Learn more about E3 and how to comply.
- MDH E-Health Initiative
The Minnesota e-Health Initiative is a public-private collaborative whose vision is to accelerate the adoption and use of health information technology in order to improve health care quality, increase patient safety, reduce health care costs and improve public health.
- MDH HITECH
On February 17th, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). A portion of the law creates the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or the HITECH Act. The Minnesota Department of Health has reviewed the law, and is in the process of evaluating opportunities it presents to position Minnesota to access as much funding as possible to promote the adoption, implementation and effective use of health information technology in Minnesota.
- Minnesota Health Information Exchange
MN HIE is the state-wide secure electronic network designed to share clinical and administrative data among providers in Minnesota and bordering states.
- Minnesota Ultra High-Speed Broadband Report
Report from the Minnesota Ultra High-Speed Broadband Task Force created by the Legislature in April 2008.
- Office of the National Coordinator for HIT
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is at the forefront of the Administration's Health IT efforts, and a resource to the entire health system to support the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care. ONC is organizationally located within the Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
- Stratis HIT Tool Kits
For nursing homes, home health agencies or other aging services providers, a carefully constructed foundation and the right tools to plan and implement HIT can mean the difference between systems that are not well-used or even add administrative burden, and those that achieve value. The purpose of these toolkits is to supply tools, tested in these environments, that will help you plan and make the right choices, as well as to avoid having to re-invent the wheel.
- US Health & Human Services Health Information Technology
US HSS HIT understands that health information technology (HIT) allows comprehensive management of medical information and its secure exchange between health care consumers and providers. Broad use of HIT has the potential to improve health care quality, prevent medical errors, increase the efficiency of care provision and reduce unnecessary health care costs, increase administrative efficiencies, decrease paperwork, expand access to affordable care, and improve population health.
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