A framework for systematic evaluation of health information infrastructure progress in communities

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 100-105

  Labkoff, Steven E ^a   Yasnoff, William A ^b,c  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community Networks economics; Community Networks organization and administration; Community Networks trends; Health data exchange; Health Planning economics; Health Planning organization and administration; Information dissemination; Medical informatics applications; Medical records; Models, Organizational; Regional Health Information Organization; Regional Medical Programs organization and administration

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS/ECONOMICS; HEALTH DATA EXCHANGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; REGIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION;

BIOINFORMATICS;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICE; INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847644898     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Institute of Medicine. The computer-based patient record: an essential technology for health care. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1991.
2. Institute of Medicine. Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. To err is human: building a safer health care system. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2000.
3. Institute of Medicine. Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2001.
4. Institute of Medicine. Committee on Rapid Advance Demonstration Projects: Health Care Finance and Delivery Systems. Fostering rapid advances in health care: learning from system demonstrations. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2002.
5. President's Information Technology Advisory Committee. Transforming health care through information technology. Report to the President, February, 2001. Available at . Accessed June 5, 2005.
6. President's Information Technology Advisory Committee. Revolutionizing health care through information technology. Report to the President, June, 2004. Available at . Accessed June 5, 2005.
7. National Research Council. Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. Networking health: prescriptions for the Internet. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2001.
8. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. Information for health: a strategy for building the national health information infrastructure. November 15, 2001. Available at . Accessed June 5, 2005.
9. Center for Information Technology Leadership. The value of healthcare information exchange and interoperability. Boston, MA: Center for Information Leadership; 2004.
10. Institute of Medicine. Committee on Data Standards for Patient Safety. Patient safety: achieving a new standard for care. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2003.
11. Yasnoff W.A., Humphreys B.L., Overhage J.M., Detmer D.E., Brennan P.F., Morris R.W., et al. A consensus action agenda for achieving the national health information infrastructure. J Am Med Inform Assoc 11 4 (2004) 332-338
12. Thompson TG, Brailer DJ. The decade of health information technology: delivering consumer-centric and information-rich health care: Framework for Strategic Action. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 7/21/04. Available at . Accessed June 5, 2005.
13. Lorenzi NM. Strategies for creating successful local health information infrastructure initiatives. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 12/16/03. Available at . Accessed June 5, 2005.
14. Overhage J.M., Evans L., and Marchibroda J. Communities' readiness for health information exchange: the national landscape. J Am Med Inform Assoc 12 2 (2005) 107-112
15. Yasnoff WA, O'Carroll PW, Freide A. Public health informatics and the health information infrastructure. In: Shortliffe, Cimino, editors. Biomedical informatics: computer applications in healthcare and medicine, third ed. New York: Springer-Verlag; 2006. p. 537-62, in press.
16. Sittig DF, Shiffman RN, Leonard K, Friedman C, Rudolph B, Hripcsak G, et. al. A draft framework for measuring progress towards the development of a national health information infrastructure. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2005;5:14. Available at . Accessed January 7, 2006.
17. Washington State Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board. Preliminary Report, December 1, 2005. Available at: Accessed December 22, 2005.
18. Connecting for Health. Achieving electronic connectivity in health care: a preliminary roadmap from the Nation's public and private-sector healthcare leaders. Markle Foundation, July, 2004. Available at: Accessed December 22, 2005.
19. Freudenheim M. Doctors collaborate to find a less costly way to add electronic medical records, The New York Times, Monday, 9/19/2005, Section C, p. 4, column 1.