Resources

Telehealth

Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center - The NRTRC is an organization based in Billings, MT that is funded to help support the development of telehealth in the NW United States.  Wyoming is a member of the NRTRC.

Great Plains Telehealth Resource and Assistance Center - The Great Plains TRAC is another resource center that is housed at the University of Minnesota.

Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law - CTeL is the (self-described) "go-to" legal and regulatory telehealth organization.

American Telemedicine Association - The mission of the ATA is to promote professional, ethical and equitable improvement in health care delivery through telecommunications and information technology.

Federal mHealth Web page - This new Web page highlights mHealth initiatives taking place across the Federal government.

Health IT

AHRQ National Resource Center for Health IT - AHRQ's National Resource Center for Health IT supports the Agency's mission of developing and disseminating evidence and evidence-based tools on how health IT can improve health care quality, safety, and efficiency.

Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT - ONC is the principal Federal entity charged with coordination of nationwide efforts to implement and use the most advanced health information technology and the electronic exchange of health information.

Rural Health

Rural Assistance Center - the RAC, based in The Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, provides a variety of resources related to rural health.

National Rural Health Association - The NRHA is a national nonprofit membership organization whose mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues. 

Privacy and Security

Office of Civil Rights HIPAA - this is the Web site for information on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) from the federal Office of Civil Rights, which enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information; the HIPAA Security Rule, which sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information; and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule, which protects identifiable information from being used to analyze patient safety events and improve patient safety.

Health Information Security and Privacy Education Toolkit - This is a web site with several resources for provider education about security and privacy of electronic health information.