Web Resources
This section provides links to other documents, articles, and information on the Internet that are relevent to our mission of developing standards for online healthcare communications and data exchange. Check back regularly for new listings, and if you find a site that others should know about, please e-mail us with the address.
Alphabet Soup Workgroup
This latest CHITA Workgroup is working to align the HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley and Gramm-Leach-Bliley standards. Our goal is to help save you from duplicated efforts and wasted time.
- National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
- WA Health Care Forum - Standards for Quality measurements
- WEDI - Strategic National Implementation Process (SNIP)
- WEDI - Security Requirements crosswalk
- American Health Information Community (AHIC
Federal Regulations
Interested in Kennedy/Kassebaum — the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996? Here are a couple of federal government Web sites that may prove helpful:
From the Office of the Secretary – HIPAA standards letter, Mar. 10, 1998.
Health and Human Services Data Council
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
Security/Confidentiality/Privacy
Center for Democracy and Technology
CDT's privacy issues page.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The EFF tracks a wide range of privacy issues on the Internet, including health care privacy.
Medical Record Privacy
The latest news and information from the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
Medical Records Need Protection an article from the September 12, 1997, edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
National Research Council
An excellent resource on Internet/Intranet security and confidentiality.
President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry
Web Sites of General Interest
The Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA) is a not-for-profit organization that supports the development and use of electronic data interchange standards in electronic commerce.
VISCorp provides strategic business planning and systems integration support services.
Case Studies
The CARENet Business Case, December 3, 1997. The business case for full implementation of CARENet, a closed-end Intranet designed to provide medical centers and PCPs with a management tool for obtaining real time information about their payer or plan member’s eligibility, claim status, and medical history. (Executive summary and full text download.)
