Originally Published MX September/October 2004

SPECIAL REPORT: IT IN HEALTHCARE

A wide variety of healthcare organizations have an interest in the implementation of information technologies—including several whose membership is dominated by healthcare professionals, hospital representatives, or members of the payer community. Following is a short list of on-line locations for some of the most important and active organizations and significant programs in the field.

Center for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education

www.hi-europe.info/files/ 1998_9/chime.htm

Connecting for Health

www.connectingforhealth.org

Foundation for eHealth Initiative

www.ehealthinitiative.org

Health Care Technology Project

www.hctproject.com

Health Industry Business Communications Council (HIBCC)

www.hibcc.org

Health Information Technology Summit

www.hitsummit.com

Health Level 7

www.hl7.org

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

www.himss.org/ASP/index.asp

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)

www.rsna.org/IHE/index.shtml

Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance (JHITA)

www.jhita.org

Markle Foundation

www.markle.org