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Facilitating informatics knowledge dissemination: targeted implementation resources for health care providers
Brian E Dixon1, Atif Zafar, Elizabeth C Whipple
1AHRQ National Resource Center for Health IT, Rockville, MD, Regenstrief Institute, Indianpolis, IN, USA.
AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
|November 13, 2008
Summary
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) National Resource Center for Health IT (NRC) launched a new Health IT Bibliography tool. This tool helps healthcare organizations quickly find clinical IT implementation resources from the NRC website.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Information Science
Background:
- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) National Resource Center for Health IT (NRC) provides a comprehensive online repository of informatics knowledge resources.
- Disseminating these resources effectively to healthcare organizations is crucial for advancing health IT adoption.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce and describe the Health IT Bibliography, a new tool developed by the NRC.
- To enhance the accessibility and dissemination of key health informatics resources for healthcare organizations.
Main Methods:
- The Health IT Bibliography was developed as a specialized tool.
- It filters and organizes resources from the NRC's extensive online knowledge library.
Main Results:
- The Health IT Bibliography provides a more focused and efficient way to access information.
- It specifically targets resources relevant to the implementation of clinical IT applications.
Conclusions:
- The Health IT Bibliography is a valuable new resource for healthcare organizations seeking information on clinical IT implementation.
- This tool improves the dissemination of critical health IT knowledge from the NRC.
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