Implementing the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (H. R. 3590) will be a complex process for numerous stakeholders. In order to make this process easier, the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have launched Health Reform GPS, a comprehensive Web portal that offers users the information and insights needed to cover, analyze and implement this new law.

Health Reform GPS provides policy-makers as well as journalists, researchers, policy analysts and health reform stakeholders comprehensive information about all phases of the law and the process of implementation. The portal offers regularly posted short essays, called “Health Reform Implementation Notes,” that explain the changes made by the law, provide background about the act, describe the federal implementation process and timetable, and identify the questions and challenges policy-makers will be grappling with in the months ahead. Once posted, health policy experts and the public are invited to comment.

The portal also offers an online “library,” consisting of resources such as federal agency regulations and guidelines, analyses and studies, and other materials from key stakeholders. In addition, the site will offer a health reform glossary of terms and will be searchable through a topical index.

To access the portal click here.