Links and Contacts

• New York State DOQ-IT Advisory Committee
• National DOQ-IT Web Site
• MedQIC

• Center for Health Information Technology
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
• Agency for Healthcare Quality & Research National Resource Center for Health Information Technology
• New York eHealth Collaborative

Suggested Reading

• Why I Love My EMR, by William D. Soper, MD, MBA - Two years after he took his practice digital, the author addresses the concerns of others who contemplate leaving paper records behind.
• 10 Questions I Didn't Know To Ask, by Jaymi S. Meyers, MD - Buying an EMR system? No matter how great it seems, get good answers to these questions before you buy.
• Electronic Medical Records: Lessons from Small Physician Practices, University of California - This report is of interest to employers and employer coalitions providing health care benefits, policymakers in government who craft legislation, managers at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and research and demonstration funding agencies.

• Assessing Your Practice: The Green Book
• Clinical Decision Support Implementer's Workbook
• HIMSS EMR Brochures, HIMSS -Three very useful documents created by the Health Information & Management System Society (HIMSS) to assist physicians in the selection of an EHR system. One of the documents details the legal aspects of the EHR: what to look for to ensure that the system you select has the components necessary to create a legally admissable record.

• Electronic Medical Records: A Buyer's Guide for Small Practices - Prepared for the California HealthCare Foundation by Forrester Research.

• eHealth Initiative's Connecting Communities Toolkit
• New York State Department of Health Health Information Technology
• New York ehealth Collaborative