Helpful Links for Physicians

American Academy of Family Physician’s Center for Health Information Technology The center is dedicated to increasing the availability and use of low-cost, standards-based information technology among family physicians.

American Society of Health System Pharmacists  The national professional provides information about generic drugs.

Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology Voluntary private-sector organization that certifies HIT products.

DOQ-IT University Offers learning modules to help physicians adopt health information technology and apply care management strategies. The PDF of the Physician Reference Card offers instructions to register.

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society The health care industry's membership organization provides leadership on health information technology and management systems.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices The nonprofit organization devoted entirely to medication error prevention and safe medication use also offers information about generic drugs.

Medical Group Management Association The MGMA's mission is to continually improve the performance of medical group practice professionals and the organizations they represent.

National Council on Patient Information and Education The coalition of over 125 diverse organizations offers information about generic drugs.

Physician Focused Quality Initiative A CMS overview.

Physician Quality Reporting Initiative A CMS overview with information, updates, downloads and links.

State Snapshots The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in June 2007 released its State Snapshots based on 129 quality measures drawn from more than 30 sources, including government surveys, health care facilities and health care organizations.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration The federal consumer protection agency offers information about generic drugs. 

U.S. National Library of Medicine and the Institutes of Health The world's largest medical library offers information about generic drugs. 

Welcome to Medicare Exam A CMS overview.

West Virginia e-Health Initiative A collaboration of health professionals, associations and the business community focused on electronic health record implementation in West Virginia.