Linda has been busy updating the textbook web site located at http://dlthede.net/Informatics/Informatics.html.  The following links to resources are now available:

March 17, 2010 American College of Cardiology. (2008). ACC Unique Patient Identifier Principles. Puts fortu the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) position on Unique Patient Identifiers. (Chapter 21)

http://www.acc.org/practicemgt/HealthCareTechnology/principle_patient.cfm

March 17, 2010 Creating Unique Health ID Numbers Would Improve Health Care Quality, Efficiency, Study Claims (OCt 22, 2008). From Science Daily. Describes benefits and reports on a RAND corporation study. (Chapter 21) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020120103.htm

March 17, 2010 Health Information Exchange. An up to date description of HIEs. Links to some that are now active. It was last updated Feb 10, 2010. (Chapter 16) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_information_exchange