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The Health
e-Technologies Initiative is proud to be affiliated with
many of these organizations that currently comprise the
eHealth Landscape. Click on the program names below to be
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American
Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
AHIMA is a community of professionals engaged in health
information management, providing support to members and
strengthening the industry and profession.
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American Psychological Association (APA)
APA is a scientific and professional organization that represents
psychology in the United States. With more than 150,000 members,
APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide. |
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American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
ATA is the leading resource and advocate promoting access
to medical care for consumers and health professionals via
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The
Center for Connected Health
Formerly Partners Telemedicine, the Center focuses on extending
the care community beyond the traditional walls of healthcare
institutions by bringing healthcare to the everyday surroundings
of the health consumer and their families. |
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Center for Health Transformation
The Center is dedicated to saving lives and saving money by
helping develop and implement a 21st century system of health
and healthcare.
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Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL)
CITL’s ultimate goal is to improve quality of care by
focusing on the impact that Information Technology (IT) can
have. Its main objective is to help healthcare providers make
intelligent IT investments.
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The Center for Information Therapy (CIT)
The CIT is developing the information therapy
concept, delivering the right information to the right person
at the right time, as the foundation for a patient-centered
health care system.
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Disease Management Association of America (DMAA)
DMAA is a non-profit, voluntary membership organization, founded
in March of 1999, which represents all aspects of the disease
management community.
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eHealth
Initiative
The Initiative and the Foundation for eHealth Initiative are
independent, non-profit affiliated organizations whose missions
are the same: to drive improvement in the quality, safety,
and efficiency of healthcare through information and information
technology.
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eHealth Institute
Focused on the exploration of emerging technologies to improve
the health and well being of all people, including the underserved.
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Games
for Health
A project that applies cutting edge games and game technologies
to a range of public and private policy, leadership, and
management issues.
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Health
Games
Research |
Health
Games Research
Health Games Research is an $8.25 million national
program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that
supports outstanding research to enhance the quality and impact
of interactive games used to improve health. |
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Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
HIMSS is the healthcare industry's membership organization
exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal
use of healthcare information technology and management systems
for the betterment of human health.
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International
Society for Mental Health Online
A nonprofit organization formed in 1997 to promote the understanding,
use and development
of online communication, information and technology for the
international mental health community. |
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The International Society for Research on Internet Interventions
(ISRII)
A non-profit organization of researchers whose focus is on
the development and testing of various web-based health treatment
programs. The aim of the society is to promote exchanges of
ideas and experiences among researchers involved in treatment/intervention
research using the Internet. |
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The Markle Foundation
The Foundation works to realize the potential of emerging
information and communication technologies by accelerating
their use to address critical public needs, particularly in
the areas of health and national security. Connecting
for Health is a public-private collaborative
within the Foundation that address the barriers to development
of an interconnected health information infrastructure.
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Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
The
Mission of the Collaborative is to improve the safety, cost
effectiveness, and quality of health care in Massachusetts
through the promotion of widespread implementation and use
of secure and confidential electronic clinical information
systems, including electronic health records, medical decision
support, and clinical data exchange capabilitiees.
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Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
The Consortium supports health policy development, technology
planning and implementation, and improved decision making
in the allocation and financing of health care.
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Medical Records Institute (MRI)
MRI’s mission is to promote and enhance the journey
towards electronic health records, e-health, mobile health,
and related applications of information technologies (IT).
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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
The NCI, established under the National Cancer Act of 1937,
is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research
and training. Additional resources are available from the
Health
Communication and Informatics Research Division.
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The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR),
NIH
OBSSR’s mission is to stimulate behavioral and social
sciences research throughout the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) and to integrate these areas of research more fully
into other areas within the NIH health research enterprise.
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The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP),
HHS
ODPHP works to strengthen the disease prevention and health
promotion priorities within agencies of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services. |
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Project
HealthDesign
A National Program Office of the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, Project HealthDesign supports technology pioneers
to design the next generation of personal health record systems
in ways that empower patients to better manage their health
and health care.
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Society
of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)
SBM is a multidisciplinary organization of clinicians, educators
and scientists dedicated to promoting the study of the interactions
of behavior with biology and the environment, and the application
of that knowledge to improve the health and well being of
individuals, families, communities and populations. |
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Research |
In this section,
we profile up-and-coming researchers in the field of eHealth. |
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Internet
Intervention for Insomnia |
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Evaluating
the Use of an e-Portal in a Population of Chronically Ill
Patients |
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Early
intervention of eating- and weight-related problems via the
Internet in overweight adolescents: A randomized controlled
trial |
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Articles
on eHealth have been published in these
scientific journals. Click on the publication name to be
directed to the approptiate Web site.
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American Journal of Preventive Medicine |
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CyberPsychology & Behavior |
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Disease Management and Health Outcomes |
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Evaluation and Program Planning
The November 2006 edition of Evaluation and Program Planning
included the special section "Mastering the Methodological
Challenges for Evaluating eHealth Research,” which
featured original articles authored by seven of our grantees
and an introduction by our staff. Contact
Us to receive a copy.
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Health Affairs |
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International
Journal of Electronic Healthcare |
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Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association |
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Journal of Medical Internet Research |
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