The New Jersey Health IT Coordinator’s Office is conducting a survey of clinical laboratories to better understand the current capacity among the State's labs to receive and transmit health data in an electronic format.  If you received an invitation for this survey, click here to begin the New Jersey Assessment of Health IT in Clinical Laboratories.

On December 19, 2011, attestation system for New Jersey's Medicaid EHR Incentive Program became operational. Attestation is available on the NJMMIS website located at: http://www.njmmis.com/. For more general program information and details on eligibility, registration, and attestation, go to: http://www.nj.gov/njhit/ehr/

1. ONC / Federal Health IT Program Resources

• HealthIT.gov - Federal consumer and physician website
• What Patients Need to Know About EHRs - Tri-fold [PDF]
• Talking to Your Patients About EHRs [PDF]
• Health IT: Advancing America's Health Care [PDF]
• Protecting Your Privacy and Security [PDF]

2. NJ Health IT Program Resources

• New Jersey Health IT Program Website
• NJ-HITEC - New Jersey's Regional Extension Center for physicians
• Program Information Sheet [PDF]
• New Jersey Health IT Basics [PDF]

3. Theme 1: Introduction to EHRs

• Archived Webinar
• NJ HIT Champion Program Meeting #1 Slides (10 MB)
• Theme 1 Introduction to EHRs Slides (for distribution) (9 MB)

4. Health IT Videos

• A Check Up on Health Care IT by award-winning cartoonist Ed Stein
• The Future of Health Care: Electronic Health Records Produced by Office of National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT
• The Meaningful Yoose Rap

Colleen Woods, New Jersey Health IT Coordinator, who is part of the Governor’s Office, will host a webinar titled: “Introduction to Electronic Health Records and Health IT: What it Means to Healthcare Providers and Patients.”  Keynote from: David Blumenthal, MD, MPP - Former National Coordinator for Health IT (2009-2011).  Click here to pre-register for the webinar. 

This will be the first in a 2012 monthly webinar series from the New Jersey Health IT Coordinator’s Office.

The first champion meeting was held on January 18th at 11am.  Please contact Lindsay Faust ( lindsay.faust@northhighland.com ) for additional details if you are interested in becoming a Champion.

The DVHIMSS Winter Symposium focused on the rapidly changing health information exchange environment in the Delaware Valley.  In the morning session, leaders from the region discussed the progress and challenges for HIE and EHR adoption and the benefits being realized today. Workshops in the afternoon focus on implementing the “Direct” approach to information exchange.  View the New Jersey Health IT Coordinator's presentation here

For upcoming NJ-HITEC EHR provider events, click on the following link and scroll to the bottom of the page for the calendar of events: http://www.njhitec.org/news&events.html