LibGuides: Health Informatics: Health Information Exchange

Health Information Exchange

Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) - development and maitenance of operating rules in health care.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMC) - medical codes, standards, and educational material.
Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) - use of IT for health care information exchange.
Accredited Standards Committees (ASC X12) - electronic data interchange standards to improve interoperability and information exchange.
National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) - focused on the "development of standardized data set for use by the non-institutional health care community to transmit claim to transmit and encounter information to and from all third-party payers".
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) - resources on pharmacy-related HIPAA transactions and e-prescribing.
Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) - an initiative established to demonstrate benefits of collaborative partnership among the health information exchange organizations and federal partners.
Standards and Interoperability (S&I) Framework - "standards, specifications and other implementation guidance that facilitate effective healthcare information exchange".
Commission on Systemic Interoperability - health care information resources.
Health Information Technology and Health Data Standards at NLM - the clinical terminology standards.
8 U.S.C. 1723 - COMMISSION ON INTEROPERABLE DATA SHARING - provides oversight of the interoperable electronic data systems.

Coding

International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) - official codes used for diagnostic and medical procedures.
ISO Standards TC 215 Health informatics - international standardization used in health informatics and health information and communication technology.
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code - standardized system used for medical classification and claims processing.
Current Procedural Terminology 2013. 2012. American Medical Association - book available in WCMC library.
ICD10Data.com - free 2013 medical coding reference website.

Health Information Privacy

Office for Civil Rights (OCR) - "protect the civil rights of all individuals who are subject to discrimination in health and human services programs and protect the health information privacy rights of consumers; investigates complaints, enforces rights, and promulgates regulations, develops policy and provides technical assistance and public education to ensure understanding of and compliance with non-discrimination and health information privacy laws." Courtesy of OCR.
Federal Trade Commision - health privacy and security legal resources (laws, rules, guides, reports, case highlights, compliance documents) associated with electronic personal health records.

Health Law and Regulation

Selected Resources

CONNECT and EPIC EHR

EPIC EHR - electronic health record management software used in health care system.
CONNECT - open source software for the Health Information Exchange.