The Byron Oberst Award

COCIT - Council on Clinical Information Technology - was formerly the Steering Committee on Clinical Information Technology (SCOCIT), formed by the merger of
the Section on Computers and Other Technologies (SCOT) and the Task Force on Medical Informatics (TFOMI)
COCIT Home Page EMR Review Project Alphabet Soup COCIT Members Only Contact Us AAP Home Page

ABOUT COCIT
    ** Change to Councils ** [pdf]
    E-Mail Lists / Networking
    Subcommittees
    Introductory Flyer [pdf]
       and Brochure [pdf]
    Chapter Contacts [pdf]
    Organization Contacts 10/05 [xls]
    The Byron Oberst Award
    Newsletters: Past Issues
    EHR Toolkit
EDUCATION
    Educational Programs
    2007 Technology Learning Center
GOVT / REGULATORY
    Policy Statements
    Partnership for Policy Improvement
    HL7 EHR Info
    HL7 Peds Data Standards
    CCR FAQs and Brochure [pdf]
    CCR Statement of Support
    CMS' HIPAA Web Site
APPL / TECHNOLOGY
    EMR Frequently Asked Questions [pdf]
    EMR Review Project
    EMR "Buddy List" (COCIT Members Only):
        By State     By Vendor
CONTACT / JOIN US
    Membership Info
    COCIT Leadership [pdf]
    Online Nominations Form
    COCIT Directory
LINKS OF INTEREST
    What is Medical Informatics?
    Peds on Hand
    BiliTool Web
    GeneralPediatrics.com
    PediatricEducation.org
    NLM's PubMed
    CHIT Portal
    AHRQ Nat'l Resource Ctr for HIT
    HIMSS 06 Speaker Presentations
    Clinical Informatics Wiki
First placed on the World Wide
Web (WWW): March 28, 1995

SCOCIT (including its predecessors SCOT and TFOMI) has been responsible for, or involved with, the following AAP policy statements, technical reports, and clinical reports:


"E-mail Communication Between Pediatricians and Their Patients"
Pediatrics; Volume 114, Number 1; July 2004, pp 317-321

"Telemedicine: Pediatric Applications"
Pediatrics; Volume 113, Number 6; June 2004, pp e639-e643

"Special Requirements for Electronic Medical Record Systems in Pediatrics"
Pediatrics; Volume 108, Number 2; August 2001, pp 513-515

"Privacy Protection of Health Information: Patient Rights and Pediatrician Responsibilities"
Pediatrics; Volume 104, Number 4; October 1999, pp 973-977



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