Library Guides: Health Information Technology: Finding websites

Websites

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.
HealthIT.gov
"Official government site for Health Information Technology, where you can find everything about the health and tech, such as safety, security, electronic health records, implementation standards, quality assessments, and more!"
American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)
AAPC was founded in 1988 to provide education and professional certification to physician-based medical coders and to elevate the standards of medical coding by providing student training, certification, ongoing education, networking, and job opportunities. Since then, AAPC has expanded beyond outpatient coding to include training and credentials in documentation and coding audits, inpatient hospital/facility coding, regulatory compliance, and physician practice management.

Classification of Diseases, Functioning, and Disability - CDC
Descriptive guides on diseases, medications, basic medical practices, and more.
Find-a-Code
Type in a term and find the code. Uses several different systems of coding.
Health Information Privacy (HIPAA) Guide
"The Office for Civil Rights 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; the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, which requires covered entities and business associates to provide notification following a breach of unsecured protected health information; and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule, which protect identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety events and improve patient safety."