Resources & Links
Telehealth
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.
California Telemedicine and eHealth Center — The California Telemedicine & eHealth Center (CTEC) is a leading source of expertise and comprehensive knowledge in the development and operation of telemedicine and telehealth programs. CTEC is nationally recognized as one of six federally designated Telehealth Resource Centers around the country.
Center for Telehealth and eHealth Law — CTeL is the (self-described) “go-to” legal and regulatory telehealth organization.
Federal mHealth Web page — This new Web page highlights mHealth initiatives taking place across the Federal government.
Great Plains Telehealth Resource and Assistance Center - The Great Plains TRAC is another resource center that is housed at the University of Minnesota.
Heartland Telehealth Resource Center — The primary purpose for all HTRC activity is to increase access to health care for Americans living in rural areas by assisting communities in building capacity to develop sustainable telehealth programs and networks.
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.
Southeast Wyoming Telehealth Network — The Southeast Wyoming Telehealth Network (SEWTN), is a consortium of healthcare facilities working together to improve healthcare in the region. Browse our site for the latest information on available clinical education, community programs, telehealth news, and more.
University of Illinois College of Medicine — Telehealth Resource Center — The Illinois Telehealth Resource Center supports the broader vision of telehealth training and research at the University of Illinois.
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
UW Center for Rural Health Research & Education — The CRHRE’s mission is to provide tools, technology, and support services that enable practitioners, administrators, educators, researchers, policy makers, and students to improve the quality of health care and services in rural areas of Wyoming.
National Rural Health Association — The NRHA is a national nonprofit membership organization whose mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues.
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.
Privacy and Security
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.
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.
