Table 3.

Contributions from other stakeholders

	Examples	Potential contributions
Quality improvement organizations	National Committee for Quality Assurance, http://www.ncqa.org/ The Leapfrog Group, http://www.leapfroggroup.org/ National Quality Forum, http://www.qualityforum.org/	Measurement standards and metrics Quality report cards Certification
National policy and advisory boards	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, http://www.ahrq.gov/ Institute of Medicine, http://www.iom.edu/ US Preventive Services Task Force, http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, http://www.cms.gov/ Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention Working Group, http://www.egappreviews.org/ Health Resources and Services Administration, http://www.hrsa.gov/ Food and Drug Administration, http://www.fda.gov/	Research Evidence-based best practice recommendations Evidence-based reviews Coverage and reimbursement decisions
HIT policy and advisory boards	Health Level Seven International, http://www.hl7.org/ Clinical Decision Support Consortium, http://www.partners.org/cird/cdsc/ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, http://www.healthit.gov/ Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel, http://www.hitsp.org/ Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, https://www.cchit.org/ National Institute of Standards and Technology, http://www.nist.gov/	Research Best practice recommendations Technology standards Implementation incentives EHR certification
Specialty societies	American Society of Human Genetics, http://www.ashg.org/ American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, http://www.acmg.net National Society of Genetic Counselors, http://www.nsgc.org/ National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics, http://www.nchpeg.org/ College of American Pathologists, http://www.cap.org Association for Molecular Pathology, http://www.amp.org/ American Medical Informatics Association, http://www.amia.org/	Clinical practice guidelines Patient education materials Policy statements Laboratory standards and guidelines
Patient advocacy groups	Community advisory boards Local patient guilds and associations Disease-specific patient support organizations Genetic Alliance, http://www.geneticalliance.org/ Consumers Union, http://consumersunion.org/ National Partnership for Women and Families, http://www.nationalpartnership.org/ American Association of Retired Persons, http://www.aarp.org/	Research Information on patient perspectives Help in defining and implementing communication strategies
Health-care payers	Specific health plans, employers, and associations America’s Health Insurance Plans, http://www.ahip.org/	Coverage standards Utilization review data Relevant patient programs: case management, disease management, health promotion, and behavior change programs

EHR, electronic health record; HIT, health information technology.