Media Interest
We welcome inquiries from the media to learn more about the project. Please contact Patricia Ruddick, Project Director of West Virginia Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC).
Resources to DownloadNote these resources for general information:
- A Matter of Record(s). "Sure, turning patients’ folders into electronic files will bring efficiencies to health care. But it’s what you do with the digital data that really counts." (John Buntin, Governing Magazine, April 2009)
- E-Prescribing: The Future of Prescriptions…Today (Mary Angel, West Virginia Executive, Winter 2009, www.wvexecutive.com)
- Legislature has opportunity to lead in health-care reform (Bill Tauzin and Bill Novelli, Charleston Gazette-Mail, 03-28-09)
- New Tools Helps Educate Consumers About Electronic Health Records (Press release, 03-25-09)
- WVU, CAMC ahead in electronic record switch. (The Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, WV)
- Kenneth W. Kizer and Peter J. Groen: W.Va. a leader in health info. (The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV)
- Dr. Michael O. Fidler: Put health records in digital form. (The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV)
- Electronic Patient Records Make Treatments Easier and Faster for Doctors (Martinsburg, WV; Your4State.com / WHAG-TV, Hagerstown, MD.)
- Electronic Health Records Can Make it Easier to Get Through Disaster (commentary from Roger Bryant, State Journal, www.statejournal.com)
- Electronic Health Records Initiative Builds on 2008 Success
- West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin Proclaims December 2008 Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration Month
- Eastern Panhandle Health Care Providers Take Lead in Adoption of Electronic Health Records (Switch Has Quality of Care and Patient Safety Benefits)
- Legislators Receive New Toolkit of Resources on Electronic Health Records for Physicians
- New Toolkit of Resources on Electronic Health Records Is Available
- Background of Electronic Health Records
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Glossary (HISPC Consumer Education and Engagement Collaborative Glossary)
- Our home page as an image (TIFF, 2.93 MB)
- Poster as an image (TIFF, 92 MB)
- New Web Site Provides West Virginians with Information on Electronic Health Records (Press release, 09-03-08)