Monday, January 26, 2015
wedi.org : Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange. The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is the leading authority on the use of Health IT to improve healthcare information exchange in order to enhance the quality of care, improve efficiency and to reduce costs of the American healthcare system.
Saturday, January 24, 2015
www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets
As individuals take a larger role in managing their own healthcare, more consumers are
independently seeking out health information via the Internet. Health professionals are also
turning to the Internet to keep informed and interact with their patients. Given the vast amount of
healthcare data available on the Internet, the Internet Healthcare Coalition was created to
promote quality health resources online and to ensure that consumers and professionals are able
to find reliable, trustworthy health information online.
The Coalition is an international, non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting
quality healthcare resources on the Internet. Founded in 1997, the Coalition’s membership
represents every sector of the Internet health space, including consumers, patient advocates,
commercial developers of health information, health professionals, medical librarians,
government officials and pharmaceutical manufacturers. The goal of the Coalition is to educate
healthcare consumers, health professionals and others about the evolving issues relating to the
quality of Internet health resources and information.
The Coalition consults with various government agencies, including the World Health
Organization, the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission on broaderbased
efforts to promote credible healthcare information and combat health fraud online. In
addition to acting as a consultant, the Coalition has taken the initiative to gather parties with a
vested interest in an open forum to discuss online healthcare resources.
The Coalition holds an annual conference in October for key thought leaders in the healthcare
industry and government representatives to exchange their thoughts and opinions about the
problems associated with and solutions to healthcare and the Internet. In October 1999,
responding to calls from within the Internet health community, the Coalition launched its
ongoing “eHealth Ethics Initiative” to provide a forum for the development of a universal set of
ethical principles for health-related Web sites. The Coalition can be found at
www.ihealthcoalition.org.
www.ihealthcoalition.org/ehealth-code-of-ethics
e-Health Ethics Initiative
The Internet Healthcare Coalition aims to develop and promote
ethical principles relevant to the fast expanding area of online,
interactive healthcare communications, through the consensus
of industry, academic, government, patients, and consumer
leaders. This ongoing agenda is the e-Health Ethics Initiative.
GOALS
l Develop an international e-health code of ethics
l Educate site developers, users, and the medical
community
l Work with other organizations to implement
and enforce the code through voluntary
programs
ncb.nlm.nih.govThe final Washington e-Health Code of Ethics sets forth guiding principles under eight main headings: candor; honesty; quality; informed consent; privacy; professionalism in online health care; responsible partnering; and accountability.
The goal of the e-Health Code of Ethics is to ensure that people worldwide can confidently and with full understanding of known risks realise the potential of the Internet in managing their own health and the health of those in their care.
The goal of the e-Health Code of Ethics is to ensure that people worldwide can confidently and with full understanding of known risks realise the potential of the Internet in managing their own health and the health of those in their care.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
www.cms.gov Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Excellent specially link with eHealthUniversity
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