HIN/HIE-related Industry/Professional Guidance and Resources 

• "HIT Terms Project Calls For Final Comments On Proposed Definitions." The National Alliance for Health Information Technology, published online on March 24, 2008.
• "RHIOs Fail to Thrive, New Study Finds." Nancy Feris, Government Health IT, published online on December 11, 2007.
• "RHIOs Aren’t Working, New Report Says." Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News, published online on November 5, 2007.
• "Stage 6 Hospitals: The Journey and the Accomplishments." Mike Davis, HIMSS Analystics, August 21, 2007.
  This white paper discusses six hospitals that have achieved Stage 6 on the EMRAM scale, a methodology developed in 2005 by HIMSS Analytics to evaluate the progress and impact of EMR systems for acute care delivery environments.
• "The Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange: What Happened?" Robert Miller and Bradley Miller, Health Affairs, Volume 26, Number 5 (2007), published online on August 1, 2007.
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• "From Santa Barbara To Washington: A Person's And A Nation's Journey Toward Portable Health Information.” David Brailer, Health Affairs, Volume 26, Number 5 (2007), published online on August 1, 2007.
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• "Privacy, Security, and the Regional Health Information Organization." Sheera Rosenfeld, Shannah Koss, and Sharon Siler, Avalere Health LLC, for California HealthCare Foundation, June 2007.
• "Does Santa Barbara RHIO Shutdown Affect California HIE Efforts?" Patty Enrado, Healthcare IT News, published online on March 16, 2007.
• “Physicians and RHIOs—Understanding the Use, Disclosure, and Maintenance of Patient Information.” William Dillon, Physician Organizations, Volume 10, Issue 1, Winter (January) 2007.
• “Using Safe Harbors to Reduce Legal Barriers to Implementation of Electronic Heath Records and Health Information Networks.” Christiansen IT Law, November 2006.
  This white paper proposes that state governments should take a leadership role in reducing legal barriers to EHR and HIN adoption, by implementing a regulatory “safe harbors” scheme for EHR and HIN privacy and security policies and practices. Model EHR and HIN safe harbors legislation is provided in Appendix A, and demonstration regulations are provided in Appendix B.
• “Final Report: Development of State Level Health Information Exchange Initiatives” and “State Level Health Information Exchanges Initiative Development Workbook: A Guide to Key Issues, Options and Strategies.” Foundation of Research and Education (FORE) of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). September 1, 2006. © 2006 FORE.
  Also available (and possibly updated) at www.staterhio.org.
• “Toward a National Framework for the Secondary Use of Health Data.” Conference summary and materials. American Medical Informatics Association, September 1, 2006.
  Also available (and possibly updated) at www.amia.org/inside/initiatives/healthdata.asp.
• “Nine Domains of Privacy and Security: Domains and Example Business Practices.” RTI International, June 20, 2006.
• “Blame It on the RHIO: Potential Liability Concerns with Electronic Health Information Exchange." Douglas Anning, Jody Joiner, and Maia Thiagarajan, Health Lawyers News, Volume 10, Number 6, June 2006.
• "Health Care Data Breaches: Steps To Take When Prevention Fails." James Walsh and Thomas Burke, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, May 2006.
  Also available at www.dwt.com/practc/healthcr/bulletins.htm.
• “Health Information Exchange Projects: What Hospitals and Health Systems Need to Know.” William Bernstein, Melinda Dutton, Lori Evans, and Anthony Fiori, Manatt Health Solutions for American Hospital Association, April 1, 2006.
  Also available (and possibly updated) at www.aha.org/aha/research-and-trends/AHA-policy-research/2006.html.
• "COHIE to CORHIO: An initiative to build a prototype Colorado Health Information Exchange and launch a Colorado Regional Health Information Organization." Summary Report 2004-2005, Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, January 31, 2006.
• "Accelerating Transformation Through HIT.” Center for Health Transformation, November 2005.
  
• “Attitudes of Americans Regarding Personal Health Records and Nationwide Electronic Health Information Exchange.” Markle Foundation, October 2005.
• "Regional Health Information Organizations: State of the Industry." Texas Institute for Health Policy Research Shared Vision Project, Final Report, Healthlink, September 30, 2005.
  Also available (and possibly updated) at www.healthlinkinc.com.
• “The Indiana Network for Patient Care: A Case Study of a Successful Healthcare Data Sharing Agreement.” Clement J. McDonald, Victoria M. Prescott, and Christopher S. Sears, September 2005.
  Also available (and possibly updated) at www.regenstrief.org/medinformatics/inpc.
• “The Quest For Interoperable Electronic Health Records: A Guide to Legal Issues in Establishing Health Information Networks.” Member Briefing. Kristen Rosati and Marilyn Lamar, Eds., American Health Lawyers Association, July 2005.
• "State and Regional Experience in Health Information Collection, Sharing and Reporting, A Review of National and Regional Demonstration Projects." Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute, February 2005.
  Also available (and possibly updated) at www.pophealth.wisc.edu/UWPHI/education/colloq05ref.htm.
• “RHIO Governance Series, Part I: A Road Map for Establishing Your Health Information Organization.” Gerry Hinkley and Rachel Glitz (Davis Wright Tremaine LLP). February 2005.
  Also available (and possibly updated) at www.dwt.com/practc/hit/bulletins/02-05_RHIOGovernance.htm.
• "The Collaborative Response to ONCHIT Request For Information." Markle Foundation, January 2005.
• "National Consumer Health Privacy Survey 2005." California Healthcare Foundation, November 2005. © 1996-2007 California HealthCare Foundation.
  Also available (and possibly updated) at www.chcf.org.
• "The Organization and Financing of Regional Health Information Organizations." William S. Bernstein, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, December 2004.
• "Principles and Models for the Financing and Sustainability of Health Information Networks." A. John Blair III, Taconic IPA, December 2004.
  Also available (and possibly updated) at www.ehealthinitiative.org/
• "Principles and Models for the Financing and Sustainability of Health Information Networks." John P. Glaser, Partners HealthCare, December 2004.
  Also available (and possibly updated) at www.ehealthinitiative.org/.
• "Spending Our Money Wisely: Improving America's Health Care System by Investing in Health Care Information Technology." William S. Bernstein, Patricia Boozang, Molly Coye, Paul Deeringer, Eliot Fishman, Ravi Nemana, and Peter Olberg, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, May 2003.

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