AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology

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If you haven't seen it already, you may want to check out the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ( AHRQ ) National Resource Center for Health Information Technology. Especially their Knowledge Library:

The Knowledge Library contains both evidenced-based and theoretical content gathered by health IT experts. The content is organized into two categories: Core Collection and Partner Contributions. The Core Collection contains items found by AHRQ National Resource Center experts to be of exceptional quality and central to the health IT discipline. Partner Contributions include content provided by professional societies and non-profit organizations experienced in health IT.

The Knowledge Library has the following categories/topics:

Laws and Standards:
Government, Privacy, Sample Legal Documents, Security,

Operations:
Dissemination, Governance, Human Resources, Project Management

Organizational Strategy:
Adoption, Financial, Implementation of Health IT, Planning, Policy, Process Change, Return on Investment, Strategic Planning, Vendor Selection, Workflow Redesign

Organizations:
Governmental, Magazines, Nonprofit Organizations, Payers, Professional Societies

Technology:
Bar Coding, Clinical Decision Support, Computerized Physician Order Entry, Consumer Health, Continuity of Care Record, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Prescribing, Health Information Exchange, Infrastructure, Master Patient Index, Mobile, Personal Health Records, Security, Standards, Telehealth

Value of Health IT:
Consumer Health, Evaluation, Human Factors, Patient Safety, Quality of Care, Research, Study Design