HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Information for health centers regarding electronic health record guidelines and readiness.

HHS Health Information Technology
Health IT news, tools, programs, etc.

HHS National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII)
An initiative to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and overall quality of health and health care in the US through a network of interoperable systems of clinical, public health, and personal health information that would improve decision-making by making health information available when and where it is needed with a focus on the set of technologies, standards, applications, systems, values, and laws that support all facets of individual health, health care, and public health

HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
Federal health IT initiatives, office activities, frequently asked questions, reports, links, etc.

Association for Utah Community Health (AUCH) Telehealth
The Association for Utah Community Health TeleHealth Program works to connect AUCH member organizations through videoconferencing, telemedicine, and online resources to increase access to distance learning, peer interaction and specialized health care.

Colorado Associated Community Health Information Exchange (CACHIE)
The goal of CACHIE is to promote the use of information technology to support quality reporting and improvement across the CHC networks. Fundamental to this effort is the concept of interoperability, which requires information systems to efficiently communicate thereby allowing use of shared technology to achieve stated goals.

Utah Health Information Network (UHIN)
An electronic commerce coalition of health care insurers, providers, and other interested parties, including State government with the common goal of reducing health care administrative costs through data standardization of administrative health data and electronic commerce (EC)

Ask the Experts: Health Information Technology; Jill Braden Balderas, David Brailer, MD, PhD, Winston Price, MD, FAAP, and Dean Rosen
Kaisernetwork.org Healthcast, 06/30/2005
Online webcast, available in video or as a transcript; national experts discuss improving the nation's health information technology infrastructure

Center for Health Information Technology
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Interactive tools, news, events, projects, articles, tutorials, etc.

Connecting for Health
Markle Foundation
A public-private collaborative of more than 100 organizations enabling health professionals and patients to use information technology

Information Technology Library
Community Clinics Initiative
Library list of reports, guides, assessment tools, news releases, etc., including the following resources:

Electronic Medical Records; Chris Tonozzi, MD
CHAMPS Archived Webcast, 2004
Addresses the need for organizational readiness assessment, arguments for using an EMR, assessment tools and criteria for selecting EMR software, hardware options for implementing an EMR, and issues to consider when contracting with an EMR software vendor; available for purchase or loan on CD-ROM (CME no longer available)

Differences Between EMR and EHR
Health Information Management Systems Society and
Medical Economics
White paper and article addressing the distinctions between Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Health Information Technology (HIT) in Federally Qualified Health Centers
NACHC Report, 2009
The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) surveyed close to 1,000 FQHCs in 2008 in an effort to obtain a better understanding of adoption rates, trends in the use of HIT and identify common barriers to adoption of HIT among health centers.