MEDLINE/PubMed Search & Electronic Health Record Information Resources

The Electronic Health Record search focuses on all aspects of the Electronic Health Record. Subjects include: implementation, attitudes, beliefs and use, data privacy, health data standards and consumer access to the EHR and personal health records (PHRs).

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) defines the electronic health record as "An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one health care organization." The National Library of Medicine® is a major participant in electronic health record development.

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MEDLINE/PubMed Search

Perform the electronic health record search in PubMed to retrieve citations to journal literature.

See the details of the search strategy.

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Electronic Health Record Information Resources

• National Library of Medicine (NLM®)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
• Other Federal Government Resources
• Associations & Foundations
• International
• Publications

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National Library of Medicine (NLM)

• NLM Long Range Plan, 2006-2016, Goal 3: Integrated Biomedical, Clinical, and Public Health Information Systems that Promote Scientific Discovery and Speed the Translation of Research into Practice
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/plan/lrp06/report/LRP_Goal3.html
  
  
• Health Information Technology and Health Data Standards at NLM
  NLM is the central coordinating body for clinical terminology standards within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/healthit.html
  
  
• Ending the Document Game: Connecting and Transforming Your Healthcare Through Information Technology
  NLM Commission on Systemic Interoperability
  http://endingthedocumentgame.gov/
  
  
• MedlinePlus®: Personal Medical Records
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/personalmedicalrecords.html
  
  
• ClinicalTrials.gov: (Use of EHRs in disease management)
  http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=Electronic+Health+Record
  
  
• Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®) (1997)
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20040831/pubs/cbm/umlscbm.html
  
  
• UMLS Bibliography, 1986 - present
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/learning_resources.html
  
  
• Confidentiality of Electronic Health Data (1996)
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20040829/pubs/cbm/confiden.html
  
  

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Electronic Health Records Overview
  National Center for Research Resources
  http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/publications/informatics/EHR.pdf
  
  

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US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

• Health Information Technology Home
  Links to other HHS sites
  http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/
  
  
• AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology - Electronic Medical Records Systems
  http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=650&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=25&mode=2&in_hi_userid=3882&cached=true
  
  
• Personal Health Record – Overview
  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  http://www.medicare.gov/PHR/Overview.asp
  
  

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Other Federal Government Resources

• VA/DoD Health IT Sharing (HITS) Program
  Healthcare for veterans and eligible service members, including National Guard soldiers and reservists. Responsible for the oversight and coordination of VA/DoD health IT projects and programs within VA.
  Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense
  http://www1.va.gov/vadodhealthitsharing/
  
  
• Indian Health Service E.H.R. Initiatives
  http://www.ihs.gov/CIO/EHR/index.cfm
  
  

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Associations & Foundations

• American Health Information Management Association: AHIMA
  http://www.ahima.org/
  
  
• American Medical Informatics Association: AMIA
  http://www.amia.org/
  
  
• EHRs and PHRs
  California HealthCare Foundation
  http://www.ihealthbeat.org/EHRs-and-PHRs.aspx
  
  
• Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT)
  “certification body for electronic health records and their networks, and a private, nonprofit initiative.”
  http://www.cchit.org/
  
  
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society : HIMSS
  Electronic Health Record Page
  http://www.himss.org/ASP/topics_ehr.asp
  
  
• HL7: Health Level 7
  Standards for clinical information systems
  http://www.hl7.org/
  
  
• Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), The American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
  http://www.ansi.org/standards_activities/standards_boards_panels/hisb/hitsp.aspx?menuid=3
  The official Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) site is at http://www.hitsp.org/
  
  
• Health Record Banking Alliance (HRBA)
  Organization for storing and archiving electronic health records
  http://www.healthbanking.org/
  
  
• International Medical Informatics Association: IMIA
  Group of major regional national informatics associations
  AMIA is the US member
  http://www.imia.org/
  
  
• International Organization for Standardization: ISO
  http://www.iso.org/
  Standards (for purchase) & ISO documents
  http://www.iso.org/iso/search.htm?qt=electronic+health+record&sort=rel&type=simple&published=on
  
  
• MLA-NLM Personal Health Record (PHR) Project Task Force - Final Report, 2008-2009
  Medical Library Association and National Library of Medicine
  http://www.mlanet.org/about/annual_report/08_09/2008_09_ar_task_forces.pdf
  
  
• Public Health Informatics Institute: PHII
  http://www.phii.org/
  
  
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
  Links to information about electronic health records.
  http://www.rwjf.org/search/gsa/search.jsp?q=health+records&src=sw
  
  

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International

• e-Health: European Union (EU)
  http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/health/index_en.htm
  
  

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Publications

• Computational Technology for Effective Health Care: Immediate Steps and Strategic Directions (2009)
  National Academy of Sciences
  Commissioned and partially funded by the NLM
  http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12572
  
  
• Government Health IT Magazine and Web site
  http://www.govhealthit.com
  
  
• Health Information Management Journal (HIM Journal)
  Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA) Ltd.
  http://www.himaa.org.au/HIMJ/journal.html
  
  
• Journal of AHIMA
  American Health Information Management Association
  http://www.ahima.org/journal/index.asp
  
  

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Last reviewed: 10 August 2009
Last updated: 10 August 2009
First published: 24 July 2009
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