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here</h2><div class="breadcrumb" id="breadcrumb-expanded"><a href="/web/20140720010259/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/">Home</a> 禄 Health IT Tools and Resources</div></div> <a id="main-content"></a> <h1 class="title" id="page-title">Health IT Tools and Resources</h1> <div class="tabs"></div> <div id="hit-content"> <div class="region region-content"> <div id="block-system-main" class="block block-system"> <div class="content"> <div id="node-5" class="node node-page clearfix"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p>AHRQ and its community of contractors and grantees have developed tools to help health care organizations plan for, implement and evaluate health information technology (IT). These tools describe and recommend strategies for addressing some of the common challenges organizations encounter when working with health IT systems. The tools are freely available, but proper citation should be used when referenced on the Web or in print.</p> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="hit-last-modified-date">Last Modified: April 2013</div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-healthitdisplays-healthittoolsboxes" class="block block-healthitdisplays"> <div class="content">  <h2>Tools and Resources</h2> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Flowchart denoting the Workflow Assessment for Health IT Toolkit" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/workflow_assessment_for_health_it_toolkit_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Workflow Assessment for Health IT Toolkit</h3> <p>This toolkit is designed for people and organizations interested or involved in the planning, design, implementation, and use of health IT in ambulatory care.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-evaluation-measures-quick-reference-guides"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of a Hand Holding a Stamp of Approval" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/health_it_evaluation_measures__quick_reference_guides_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Health IT Evaluation Measures: Quick Reference Guides</h3> <p>These Health IT Evaluation Measures: Quick Reference Guides provide details about individual measures that can be incorporated into a health IT evaluation plan.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/ahrq-funded-project-resources-archives"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of Archive Folders denoting the AHRQ Funded Project Archives" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ahrq_funded_project_resources_archives_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>AHRQ Funded Project Resources Archives</h3> <p>This toolkit provides sample resource documents, such as project schedules, business associate agreements, and requests for proposals (RFPs) from organizations that have successfully adopted health IT applications and systems.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-evaluation-toolkit"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of a Stethoscope and Doctor's Notes" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/health_it_evaluation_toolkit_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Health IT Evaluation Toolkit</h3> <p>Evaluations allow us to determine whether or not what one has set out to accomplish has been accomplished, and to help us to understand what has worked in a given project and what has not.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/ahrq-health-it-projects-publication-database"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of a Laptop with Documents on its Screen" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ahrq_health_it_projects_publication_database_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>AHRQ Health IT Projects Publication Database</h3> <p>This database serves as a central repository for publications stemming from AHRQ's health IT-funded projects. Users can search by different categories to find articles that may be pertinent to their own research projects.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-literacy-guide"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of a Magnifying Glass over some Newspaper Text" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/health_it_literacy_guide_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Health IT Literacy Guide</h3> <p>This guide and checklist provide resources for the development of health information technology(IT). Similarly, purchasers of health IT can use this guide and checklist to evaluate a health IT product.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/childrens-electronic-health-record-ehr-format"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of a Female Doctor Showing a Child's Electronic Health Record on a Wireless Device to the Child's Mother" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/children_s_electronic_health_record__ehr__format_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Children's Electronic Health Record (EHR) Format</h3> <p>The Format provides information about critical functionality, data elements and other requirements that need to be present in an EHR system to address health care needs specific to the care of children, especially those enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-survey-compendium"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of a Survey Checklist" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/health_it_survey_compendium_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Health IT Survey Compendium</h3> <p>Surveys are useful tools for collecting both quantitative and qualitative data when evaluating health information technology (health IT) projects.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/consumer-health-information-technology-home-guide-human-factors-design"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Report Cover of the Consumer Health IT Human Factors Design Guide" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/consumer_health_it_human_factors_design_guide_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Consumer Health IT Human Factors Design Guide</h3> <p>This guide provides guidance and human factors design considerations that will help designers and developers create consumer health IT applications that are useful resources to achieve better health.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/implementation-toolsets-e-prescribing"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of a bottle of prescription pills on top of a laptop keyboard" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/implementation_toolsets_for_e_prescribing_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Implementation Toolsets for E-Prescribing</h3> <p>AHRQ funded the development two e-prescribing implementation "toolsets" one aimed at health care provider organizations, ranging from small independent offices to larger medical groups and "safety net" clinics, and the other aimed at independent pharmacies.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/designing-consumer-health-it-guide-developers-and-systems-designers"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of Mechanical Gears" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/guide_for_consumer_hit_developers_and_designers_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Guide for Consumer Health IT Developers and Designers</h3> <p>This guide provides guidance and human factors design considerations that will help designers and developers create consumer health IT applications that are useful resources to achieve better health.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/pediatric-documentation-templates"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of a Girl Being Examined by two Doctors" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/pediatric_documentation_templates_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Pediatric Documentation Templates</h3> <p>Having templates for acute and chronic conditions can assist providers by increasing the efficiency with which a visit is documented and enhancing adherence to clinical guidelines for those conditions.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/health-information-exchange-hie-evaluation-toolkit"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of a circular computer network" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/health_information_exchange_evaluation_toolkit_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Health Information Exchange Evaluation Toolkit</h3> <p>Evaluations allow us to determine whether or not what one has set out to accomplish has been accomplished, and to help us to understand what has worked in a given project and what has not.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/pediatric-rules-and-reminders"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of a Stethoscope" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/pediatric_rules_and_reminders_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Pediatric Rules and Reminders</h3> <p>Reminders are elements of clinical decision support (CDS) that can be an effective mechanism for improving adherence to clinical guidelines.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-bibliography"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of Health IT Books Stacked on top of each other" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/health_it_bibliography_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Health IT Bibliography</h3> <p>The Health IT Bibliography is a collection of resources for health care and information technology (IT) stakeholders searching for information on how health IT can transform care delivery processes and improve quality, safety, and efficiency.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/health-information-security-and-privacy-collaboration-toolkit"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of a Safe Lock" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/the_health_information_security_and_privacy_collaboration_toolkit_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>The Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration Toolkit</h3> <p>This toolkit provides guidance for conducting organization-level assessments of business practices, policies, and State laws that govern the privacy and security of health information exchange (HIE).</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of a Crossroads between Costs and Benefits" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/health_it_costs___benefits_database_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div class="hit-tools-text-wrapper"> <h3>Health IT Costs and Benefits Database</h3> <p>This database contains literature articles about the costs and/or benefits of health information technology, and is searchable by the user in a variety of ways.</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="hit-tools-wrapper"> <a href="health-it-tools-and-resources/time-and-motion-studies-database"> <div class="hit-tools-image"><img alt="Picture of a Track Record Document" src="/web/20140720010259im_/http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/time_and_motion_studies_database_80x80.jpg"/></div> <div 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