HIE Overview Video from Kansas, Useful for All States
The Kansas e-Health Advisory Council saw an HIE Overview presentation on November 6, 2009, that was posted earlier this week on the Kansas Health Information Technology Initiative site. The 45-minute presentation (with additional 15 minutes Q&A) appears quite informative for both novices and those involved more closely in the HIE world. Reminded that information exchange is a verb, and that Health Information Organization (HIO) is the entity that governs exchange.

Overview was produced by Greg Smith, instructor at Kansas State University and Greg Smith & Associates, who works on health issues and community health issues in rural communities; and Joe Brisson, of HIT Associates, who has guided HIE implementations at local, state, and federal levels, including a year leading Nationwide Health Information Network Trial Demonstrations under ONC.

Kansas HIT Initiative Multimedia Page
HIE Overview Webinar (wmv)
HIE Overview Slides (ppt)

The Kansas Web site is still in the building stage.