Government

Many federal government agencies are involved in efforts to move the use of health care information technology forward. The number of involved services and agencies has expanded rapidly in the last few years as work proceeds to implement the federal government vision of widespread adoption of interoperable electronic health records (EHRs) by 2014. Federal resources now available to nurses practicing in informatics focus on topics ranging from federal health policy to telehealth to bioterrorism.

AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology

CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

CITL (Center for Information Technology)

CMS (Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services)

CSR (Center for Scientific Review - NIH)

CSRC of NIST(Computer Security Resource Center for Viruses)

FDA (Food & Drug Administration) Electronic Orange Book

Government Health IT (Meta Site)

HCUP (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project - AHRQ)

HHS & NCVHS Virtual Conference Site

HHS (Department of Health and Human Services - HIPAA)

IHS (Indian Health Service EHR Website)

NAHDO (National Association of Health Data Organizations)

NCVHS (National Committee on Health and Vital Statistics

NEDSS (National Electronic Disease Surveillance System of the CDC)

NHII (National Health Information Infrastructure)

NHIN (National Health Information Network)

NHPF (National Health Policy Forum)

NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology

NLM (National Library of Medicine)

OAT (Office for the Advancement of Telehealth)

ONCHIT (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology)

PHIN (Public Health Information Network of the CDC)

PITAC (President's Information Technology Advisory Committee

Science.gov (Government Science Portal)