Health Information Technology Initiative Major Accomplishments: 2004-2006. HHS provides an overview of its past Health IT activities and outlines its plans for additional progress in the year ahead. Click here.

What are Biometrics? Areas of importance for the Integrated Patient Tracking Initiative by Dana Marohn, International Biometrics Group. Click here.

The (IT) Doctor Is In: The Role of the State CIO in Health IT NASCIO Issue Brief (February 2006) was developed as part of the work of NASCIO’s 2005-06 Health IT Committee, led by co-chairs Larry Biggio, CIO of Wyoming, and Steve Dawson, CIO of New Jersey. The brief is intended to help state CIOs — along with other stakeholders and policymakers — determine the appropriate role of the state CIO in guiding their state's enterprise IT in keeping with the larger national effort to save lives and money in healthcare. Click here.

So You've Decided to Buy an EHR... a West Virginia eHealth Initiative White Paper on Electronic Health Record System Acquisition. The purpose of this document is to equip providers with additional unbiased information about EHR purchases and to provide focused practical recommendations for adoption of these systems. Click here. (PDF)

Emergency Responder Electronic Health Record Use Case

ER-EHR Final Use Case
The final Use Case is available for download here.

ER-EHR Feedback (October 26, 2006)
To read COMCARE's feedback submitted on the high-level Use Case Synopsis click here.

ER-EHR Feedback (November 30, 2006)
To read COMCARE's feedback submitted on the Detailed Use Case click here.

Katrina Reports

COMCARE Praises Senate's Katrina Report
The Senate report entitled, Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared, is the first national disaster report to identify the critical problems created by the lack of data communications and interoperability in emergency services.
Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared | COMCARE's Response (PDF)

Katrina Lessons Learned -
White House Report
Read more (PDF)

The Failure of Initiative - Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina.
Read more (PDF)

GAO Report "Preliminary Observations on Hurricane Response"
Read Report (PDF)

Annual Report Card on the Department of Homeland Security
from the Democrats on the House of Representatives' Homeland Security Committee
Press Release | Report Card (PDF)

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