eHealth Initiative. To be updated.

White paper by the Continua Health Alliance on the emergence of connected health and wellness solutions.

Literature review of the importance of patient empowerment

Sandlot Solutions. This eHealth Initiative white paper illustrates how EHR data can be leveraged to achieve not only achieve Meaningful Use, but also improve care delivery and outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, improve drug discovery protocols, and provide better data to enhance patient safety

Health policy brief on how care transitions can save money and improve care.

Optum Health. This eHealth Initiative white paper explores the sustainability and interoperability challenges facing public and private HIEs, as well as factors critical to their success.

Funded by the California Healthcare Foundation, this brief examines how eHealth tools can improve the management of cancer among socially disadvantaged populations. Further findings are discussed in the final report.

This report was developed by the National Council on Heart Disease and Technology, a multi-stakeholder workgroup led by representatives from eHealth Initiative, American College of Cardiology, NextGen, American Heart Association, and the American Stroke Association. This report aims to inform the field and provide a roadmap towards achieving a robust, interoperable learning health system for heart disease.

Health information exchange (HIE) holds the potential to radically transform care by ensuring that accurate and up-to-date information is available to providers at the point of care. However, for reasons of expense, culture, or competition, some healthcare providers have been reluctant to integrate or adopt health IT systems capable of robust electronic data exchange. This paper describes the characteristics of successful enterprise HIE implementations and presents ten reasons why providers should participate in data exchange. Sponsored by RelayHealth.