Links are organized into:
Data Standards,
Vital Statistics and Other Data,
Health Information Privacy and Confidentiality.

Data Standards

NCHS Public Health Data Standards Consortium

A site about the consortium convened to discuss the implications of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) for the practice of public health and health services research.

Health Information Management

A British Colombian site that discusses various aspects of data standards, warehousing, and policy.

Health Data Authority Standards

Utah's standards for health data.

Core Health Data Elements

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics report on data and data elements for standardization.

Proposed CDC Health Data Standards

United States Health Information Knowledgebase

A data registry that is categorizing data elements

Health Information and Surveillance Systems Board

CDC committee given the task of integrating public health information and surveillance systems.

National Public Health Performance Standards Program

Information on the National Public Health Performance Standards Program.

MIT Total Data Quality Management

Information on Total Data Quality Management

HIPAA Administrative Simplification & the Impact on Employers

Information on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

Health Level 7

Health Level 7 is one of several Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) operating in the healthcare arena. Health Level Seven's domain for standard development is clinical and administrative data.