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Useful Web sites

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) National Resource Center for Health IT - Find information on pediatric rules and reminders and access pediatric documentation templates

• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

• Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) - Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) for certifying EHRs to support meaningful use 

• Clinical Informatics Wiki - ebsite devoted to topics in Biomedical Informatics

• eHealth Initiative - Membership organization focused on advocacy, education, and research to drive and promote technology and data use in health care

• GeneralPediatrics.com - Identifies high quality web sites relevant to general pediatricians

• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

• PediatricEducation.org - A Pediatric Digital Library and Learning Collaboratory
  intended to serve as a source of continuing pediatric education

Tools & Toolboxes

• BiliTool - BiliTool is designed to help clinicians assess the risks toward the development of hyperbilirubinemia or "jaundice" in newborns over 35 weeks gestational age

• Clinical Quality and Performance Measures Toolbox (HRSA) - The toolkit is comprised of tools and resources to support an organization's new or existing QI program

• Excel-based Clinical tools to Assist with Growth Charts (Seattle Children's) - Medical assistants or clinicians can enter in birth date, gender and measurements and they will be automatically plotted on growth charts based on CDC data

• Health IT for Children Toolbox (HRSA) - Resources for the children's health community to integrate information technology into promoting pediatric health and well-being

• Health IT Adoption Toolbox (HRSA) - Assistance and resources for the various stages in implementing Health IT

• Oral Health IT Toolbox (HRSA) - Information, tools, and resources regarding oral health and health IT

• Rural Health IT Adoption Toolbox (HRSA) - Resources for public and private rural health providers in implementing Health IT

• Rural Health IT and Meaningful Use Toolbox (HRSA) - This toolkit is designed by HRSA grantees and is intended to help rural providers find resources for health IT, electronic health records, meaningful use and related topics

• The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentives Program: Stage 2 Toolkit - 158-page interactive document that is a comprehensive toolkit for helping providers prepare for Stage 2 of the electronic health records meaningful use program

EHR Tools

• Meaningful Use Overview
• EMR Review Site
• State Resources

Education and Learning

• Educational Programs
• Meaningful Use Overview
• COCIT Newsletter Archives
• HIT Bulletin Board
• Medical Home

Advocacy

• Federal and State Advocacy
• Child Health Informatics Brief
• Immunization Information Systems (IIS) Toolkit

Policy

• COCIT Policy Statements and Technical Reports
• Partnership for Policy Implementation