Resources

Connecting for Health. "Clinical Data Exchange Efforts in the United States: An Overview," 2005.

In preparation for the first meeting of Connecting for Health, a review of early models of community-based projects to gain an appreciation for the differing approaches as well as an opportunity to find some common themes. Connecting for Health staff interviewed individuals from the following community efforts:

California Information Exchange (CALINX)
Community Health Information Technology Alliance (Foundation for Health Care Quality)
Healthbridge
Indianapolis Network for Patient Care (Regenstrief Institute for
Healthcare)
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
Minnesota Center for Healthcare Electronic Commerce and the Minnesota Health Data Institute
North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance
Patient Safety Institute
Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange (CareScience and California Healthcare Foundation)

The summaries are available as Appendix A of the Connecting for Health Connecting for Health Data Standards Working Group Report and Recommendations and are available online at: http://www.connectingforhealth.org/resources/dswg_bckgrdr_appx_a.pdf