Resource Center

The Resource Center provides information and links related to health records/health information practices around the world.

  Electronic Health Records

Electronic Health Records in Denmark
Development and implementation of electronic health records in Denmark
Experiences with a web-based electronic patient record within an integrated care project
Electronic Health Records in the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
Electronic Health Records in the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
The State of the Electronic Health Record in Canada
The State of the Electronic Health Record in the US.
The State of the Electronic Health Record in the US
Medical Record Content Structure Standards For Hospital Practice
A Clinician’s Guide to Record Standards – Part 1
A Clinician’s Guide to Record Standards – Part 2

 Classifications

Information and to purchase ICD-10 http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en
National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH) www.ncch.com.au

 Associations

Australia – Health Information Management Association of Australia
http://www.himaa.org.au/

Canada – Canadian Health Information Management Association
http://www.himaa.org.au/

China – Chinese Medical Records Association (CHMRA) http://www.aboutus.org/Chmra.org

France – Associacion Francaise des Responsables Archivistes de Dossier Medicaux (ARAD)
Associacion Francaise des Responsables Archivistes de Dossier Medicaux
4 rue Alfred Brinon
69100 Villeurbanne
France

Germany – Deutsche Verband Medizinischer Dokumentare (DVMD)
http://www.dvmd.de/

Indonesia – Perhimpunan Profesional Perekam Medis Dan Informasi Kesehatan Indonesia (PORMIKI)
http://www.pormiki.or.id/

Ireland – Health Management Institute of Ireland
http://www.hmi.ie/

Israel - Israeli Health Information Management Association
Davida Shalti dshalti@clalit.org.il

Italy – L'Associazione Italiana Documentazione Sanitaria (AIDOS) – Italian Medical Records Association (IMERA)
http://www.aidosimera.it/Italiano/index.html

Jamaica – Jamaica Medical Records Association
Veronica Miller-Richards (President JMRA) vernrich21@yahoo.com
Janice Bryan (National Jamaican IFHRO Director BryanJ@MOH.gov.jm
Jamaica Medical Records Association
2-4 King Street
Kingston
Jamaica, West Indies.

Japan – Japan Society for Health Information Management
http://www.jhim-e.jp/

Kenya – Association of Medical Records Officers, Kenya

Korea – Korean Medical Records Association
http://www.kmra.or.kr/

Netherlands – Vereniging voor Zorgadministratie en Informatie (NVMA)
http://www.nvma.nl/

Pacific Islands - Pacific Health Information Network (PHIN)

Philippines – Philippine Medical Records Association Inc
Lourdes Palapal lpalapal@yahoo.com.hk

Spain - La Sociedad Española de Documentación Médica (SEDOM) (Membership Pending)
http://www.sedom.es/

Sweden – The Swedish Society of Clinical Coders, Rikssektionen för Diagnos Kodning (RDK)
http://www.rdk2001.se/rdk2001/extern/in_english.htm

United Kingdom – Institute of Health Records and Information Management (IHRIM)
http://www.ihrim.co.uk/

United States of America – American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
http://www.ahima.org/

International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)
http://www.imia.org/

 Miscellaneous

World Health Organization www.who.int

Medical Records Manual - Download text file (2.3 Mb pdf file): click here
A guide for developing countries ISBN:  92 9061 005 0

Data Quality; A Guide for Developing Countries ISBN; 92 9061 050 6

Order through WHO online bookshop http://www.who.int/bookorders/index.htm