Connecting Professionals
November 7, 2007
Slide Shows:
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Overview of the Common Framework
Provides a basic overview of the Connecting for Health Common Framework model for information-sharing in a networked health information environment
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Policies for Information Sharing
Summarizes the Connecting for Health key policies and principles
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Technical Overview of the Common Framework
Describes the Connecting for Health key technical principles
February 1, 2007
Private Health Records: Privacy Implications of the Federal Government's Health Information Technology Initiative
Remarks to Congress from Carol Diamond, MD, MPH
April 6, 2006
Connecting for Health Releases the Common Framework
The Common Framework: Resources for Implementing Private and Secure Health Information Exchange provides the initial elements of a comprehensive approach for secure, authorized, and private health information sharing, so that patients and their authorized providers can have access to vital clinical data when and where they are needed -- imperative for providing high quality care and reducing medical errors.
February 12, 2006
Inside Indiana Business on Connecting for Health's Community Health Information Exchange
February 8, 2006
Connecting for Health Prototype Successfully Moved Electronic Health Information Among Medical Record Systems in Three States on Three Independent Networks
February 14, 2005
Linking Health Care Information: Proposed Methods for Improving Care and Protecting Privacy
Working Group on Accurately Linking Information for Health Care Quality and Safety
January 18, 2005
The Collaborative Response
The Leading Health Care and Information Technology Groups Endorse Common Framework for Health Information Exchange to Support Improvements in Health and Healthcare
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The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) within the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to a "National Health Information Network" in November of 2004. Connecting for Health and 12 other leading health and information technology organizations developed a joint set of recommendations in response to that request.
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In an unprecedented joint collaboration, the 13 groups endorsed a "Common Framework" to support improved health information exchange in the United States while protecting patient privacy. The collaborating organizations have identified the vital design elements — of standards, policies, and methods — for creating a new information environment that would allow health care professionals, institutions, and individual Americans to exchange health information in order to improve patient care.
This Collaborative ONCHIT RFI Response represents a collaborative — indeed a consensus — process among hundreds of the leading contributors to the American health care system. Some have worked together for several years under the umbrella of the Connecting for Health initiative. Others have participated actively in professional and industry associations, each of which represents hundreds and thousands of members, and all chose to come together to seek common ground on this most essential strategy for modernizing and improving our health system.
October, 2004
Financial, Legal and Organizational Approaches to Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Healthcare
Report by the Working Group on Financial, Organizational and Legal Sustainability of Health Information Exchange
July 22, 2004
Health Information Technology: Improving Quality and Value of Patient Care
Remarks to Congress from Carol Diamond, MD, MPH
July, 2004
Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Healthcare
A Preliminary Roadmap from the Nation's Public and Private-Sector Healthcare Leaders
As momentum grows for bringing our outdated, paper-based healthcare system into the Information Age,
Connecting for Health has released a timely report that details specific actions the public and private sectors can take to accelerate the adoption of information technology in healthcare.
In addition to
Connecting for Health's Preliminary Roadmap, the following real life case studies demonstrate the important role IT can play in improving healthcare:
- Flying Blind - The Story of Dr. JT Finnell | Download PDF (444k)
- A Mother's Bond - The Story of Cynthia Solomon of Sonoma, CA | Download PDF (420k)
- Trust But Verify - The Story of Jerilyn Heinold of Winchester, MA | Download PDF (256k)
June 5, 2003
Connecting Healthcare in the Information Age
The following publications were released by
Connecting for Health at "Connecting Healthcare in the Information Age" (
click here to view agenda) at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.:
- The Steering Group Key Themes and Guiding Principles | Download PDF (340k)
- The Personal Health Working Group Final Report | Download PDF (486k)
- The Privacy and Security Working Group Report and Findings |Download PDF (481k)
- The Data Standards Working Group Report and Recommendations | Download PDF (876k)
- Key Findings | Download PDF (21k)
- Facts and Stats| Download PDF (106k)
- Appendix A - Clinical Data Exchange Efforts in the United States: An Overview | Download PDF (868k)
The following videos were shown at the Markle Foundation "Connecting Healthcare in the Information Age" event (
click here to view agenda) at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.:
An Introduction to Connecting for Health
Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, introduces the Connecting for Health Initiative
KCAL-TV in Los Angles story on Connecting for Health and the benefits of personal health records
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