Where can I get good introductory resources for Healthcare Standards

Sep 21, 2011

I am very new to the healthcare / IT and standards, but since I have changed jobs recently, now have to grasp what’s going on in terms of interoperability of healthcare systems within a rather short period of time. HL7, IHE websites are overstuffed with terminology incomprehensible for me. It left me wondering - do resources like “Healthcare interoperability for dummies” exist? Any advise (links to resources, training seminars, books, etc) on how to start digging into the field would be very appreciated, thanks! Well, the best place to look  for good material like this is books. Here’s my recommendation list. I was going to add one of my own, but I can see that’s never going to happen - hence the blog.

In addition to my blog which contains some information (see the roadmap, particularly the section on interoperability basics), Keith Boone covers the ground well. The problem with blogs is that they’re pretty scattered  - that’s their nature.

I feel as though there should be more good resources out there, but I don’t know of them. Further suggestions are welcome in the comments.