Advocacy groups

  • Health IT

Center for Medical Interoperability – working to advance data sharing in medicine, founded by health systems

EHR Association (EHRA) – Trade group of EHR vendors run under the HIMSS umbrella organization.

Hyperledger Project: An open-source collaborative on blockchain technology.

Patient Privacy Rights

Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT): Washington-based civil liberties group focused on digital technology.

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): Landmark civil liberties group and open Internet advocate.

Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC): One of the first civil liberties and public privacy advocates, located in Washington, D.C.

Open Notes: Movement to make clinician notes more accessible to patients (@myopennotes)

CTel Robert J. Waters Center for Telehealth and e-Health law: In 1995, CTeL was created in response to a need for a legal and regulatory organization that focuses on issues impacting the advancement of telehealth.

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