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Online Resources for Finding Reliable Health Information

By Cara Christ|2017-06-29T08:54:21-07:00June 29th, 2017|Prevention|

Looking for health information online can be overwhelming and confusing. Since 1997, healthfinder.gov has been sharing reliable health information with health professionals and consumers. As part of this work, they have developed criteria for websites they will link to from healthfinder.gov. These guidelines reflect quality standards that are a part of Healthy People 2020 and the [...]

What’s Health-e Connection?

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:04-07:00August 15th, 2012|General|

Arizona Health-e Connection - better known as AzHeC- is a state-wide public/private collaborative for advancing the adoption of health information technology and health information exchange. We have a seat on the board which advances the secure and private sharing of electronic health information. Here's their 2011 Annual Report. The Arizona Health-e Connection team has been working closely with Janet Mullen and Paula [...]