These links direct you to reports that may be useful to you as an educator of consumers on HIT and HIE, or of interest to consumers.

Click for the AHRQ report that discusses "Barriers and Drivers of Health Information Technology Use for the Elderly, Chronically Ill, and Underserved"

The Greater Louisville e-Health survey 2007 report presents how community engagement contributed to the success of the research study. The objective of the study was to gain a level of understanding about stakeholder and consumer interests, perceived benefits, issues, and payment interests related to participating in a community-wide Health Record Bank. In the surveys they collected data both before and after education. Physician offices were a channel to getting consumer participation in the study.

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• Surveys and Video

Report about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, including disaster planning and e-health

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The report addresses questions like "who should pay for the PHR"?:

• Lessons on the adoption of consumer online tools

eHI's Fourth Annual Health Information Exchange Survey Findings:

• Consumer's knowledge about HIE is important, for example, in cases where a consumer may be involved in the governance of a HIE

Harris Interactive on behalf of the American Academy of Family Physicians conducted a survey that examined women's opinions on fixing healthcare

• Page 8 addresses women's opinions on HIT.

State of HIT in California

• The report captures the Calfornia consumer's perspective. This can be considered for other states.

Is your employer offering a PHR?

• The report includes best practices for employers offering PHRs.

How is your state attorney general involved in protecting you from online fraud and abuse?

• The report discusses the role of the state attorney general. Kansas had a little over 200 internet consumer complaints in 2007.

The Center for Democracy and Technology Report on "Comprehensive Privacy and Security: Critical for Health Information Technology"

• The report presents important facts and recommendations and for example, notes that privacy of sensitive personal health information is better protected in HIT than on paper.

Hearing between VA and DOD staff

• The report presents a hearing about sharing of electronic health records. Information could be extracted for consumer education.