International Medical Device Regulators Forum – Group working to accelerate international medical device regulatory processes
Medical Device Innovation Consortium – A public-private partnership developed to work with government and industry stakeholders to advance solutions that promote patient access to innovative medical technologies
Medical Device Manufacturers Association: Trade association for leading medical device manufacturers.
ACT – The App Association: Trade association representing thousands of app developers
The Internet Association: Trade group representing top names in tech, including Google, Netflix, Facebook and Uber.
USTelecom: Trade group representing broadband companies.
FHIR Foundation: Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR), pronounced “fire,” is a standard for exchanging health information electronically and securely. The FHIR Foundation is run by HL7 and advocates for the FHIR standard.
Personal Connected Health Alliance: Stakeholder group promoting health and wellness in a connected environment. Members include Roche, Samsung and Phillips.
Commonwell Health Alliance: Vendor organization focused on interoperability, with members including Cerner, athenahealth, AllScripts and McKesson.
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)
American Medical Group Association (AMGA)
Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Security (AEHIS) – Focused on security regulations for medical devices, data security breaches and other security issues.
Association of Clinical Research Organizations – Biotech member-based group that advocates for integrating research applications with EHRs.
Alliance for Connected Care – Pro HIT group, with Anthem, Intel, CVS Health as members
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA)
American Telemedicine Association: An international resource and advocate promoting the use of advanced remote medical technologies.
Center for Connected Health Policy
eHealth Initiative: Member-based group that provides research and surveys on health IT issues.
Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS): Leading trade group promoting business through information technology. Hosts a premier annual conference on health IT.
Health Level Seven International (HL7): Founded in 1987, HL7 is a not-for-profit standards developing organization on a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery and evaluation of health services. HL7 has more than 1,600 members from over 50 countries, including 500 corporate members representing healthcare providers, government stakeholders, payers, pharmaceutical companies, vendors/suppliers, and consulting firms.
International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth
Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center