The Office of Health Data Analysis supports the Utah Health Data Committee in its legislative mandate to collect, analyze, and disseminate health care information to the public and to support health care reform initiatives. Users can access this site to view Utah hospital data and to perform ad hoc quiries on available public data. It also compiles profile information about other health care providers, such as physicians and nurses. This lecture course is designed to provide an overview on epidemiology and the Internet for medical and health related students around the world. The concept of the course is described in the British Medical Journal as the Global Health Network University.
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AHRQ, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the lead agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services. A rich reference library that includes many CDC sponsored data studies and reports. The ASTM mission is to be the foremost developer and provider of voluntary consensus standards, related technical information, and services. DISA encourages growth and participation in ASC X12 transactions. HL7 was founded in 1987 to develop standards for the electronic interchange of clinical, financial and administrative information among independent health care oriented computer systems.