IMPORTANT LINKS:

Healthcare News Updates
HealthLeaders: http://www.healthleaders.com/
Modern Healthcare Daily Dose: http://dailydose.messagecontent.com/
CNN Health : http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/
WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/
Management System Quality and Process Improvement
ISO - International Organization for Standardization: http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.openerpage
Baldrige National Quality Program: http://www.baldrige.org/
RAB - Registrar Accreditation Board: http://www.rabnet.com/
Independent Association of Accredited Registrars: http://www.iaar.org/
American Society for Quality: http://www.asq.org/
Quality Digest. http://www.qualitydigest.com/
AIAG - Automotive Industry Action Group: http://www.aiag.org/
The Leapfrog Group: http://www.leapfroggroup.org/
Quality Systems Update: http://www.qsuonline.com/
HealthLeaders: http://www.healthleaders.com/
National Consortium for Healthcare Process Excellence: http://www.nchpe.org/
Health Forum (AHA): http://www.healthforum.com/
Quality HealthLine: http://www.pqsystems.com/Healthline/v200108/Improvement_Tools.cfm
International Society of Six Sigma Professionals: http://www.isssp.net/

Patient Safety Organizations
National Patient Safety Foundation: http://www.npsf.org/
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices: http://www.ismp.org/
The Institute Of Medicine: http://www.iom.edu/
Partnership for Patient Safety: http://www.p4ps.org/
U.S. Pharmacopoeia: http://www.usp.org/
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: http://www.ahrq.gov/
The Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC): http://www.quic.gov/
The National Forum for Health Care Quality Measurement and Reporting (NQF): http://www.qualityforum.org/
National Coalition on Healthcare (NCHC): http://www.nchc.org/
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): http://www.ihi.org/
Interagency Quality Coordinating Task Force: http://www.quic.gov/
The Leapfrog Group: http://www.leapfroggroup.org/

Employer/Purchaser Organizations
The Business Roundtable: http://www.brt.org/
The Buyers Health Care Action Group: http://www.choiceplus.com/
Employer Health Care Alliance Cooperative: http://www.alliancehealthcoop.com/
The Employer's Managed Health Care Association: http://www.emhca.org/
The National Business Coalition on Health: http://www.nbch.org/
The National Health Care Purchasing Institute: http://www.nhcpi.net/
The Pacific Business Group on Health: http://www.pbgh.org/
The Washington Business Group on Health: http://www.wbgh.org/
American Benefits Council: http://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/
National Business Coalition on Health: http://www.nbch.org/

Public Purchasers
U.S. Office of Personnel Management: http://www.opm.gov/
Health Care Financing Administration: http://www.hcfa.gov/

Healthcare Industry Groups
The American Hospital Association: http://www.aha.org/
The American Association of Health Plans: http://www.aahp.org/
The Voluntary Hospital Association, Inc.: http://www.vha.com/

Healthcare Accreditation Organizations
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organziations (JCAHO): http://www.jcaho.org/
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA): http://www.ncqa.org/
College of American Pathologists (CAP): http://www.cap.org/
COLA: http://www.cola.org/
Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc.
The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF)
American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI)
Standards Council of Canada: http://www.scc.ca/

Healthcare Information Organizations
The MEDSTAT Group: http://www.medstat.com/

Comprehensive Medical References:
HealthWeb: http://www.healthweb.org/
PubMed: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/freemedl.cfml
Medscape: http://www.medscape.com/
My Virtual Reference Desk/Health & Nutrition: http://www.refdesk.com/health.cfml

U.S. Government Health Agencies
Agency for Healthcare Policy & Research: http://www.ahcpr.gov/
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/
Department of Health & Human Services: http://www.dhhs.gov/
Food & Drug Administration: http://www.fda.gov/
Healthcare Financing Administration: http://www.hcfa.gov/
Healthfinder: http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Medicare: http://www.medicare.gov/
National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine: http://www.iom.edu/
National Aging Information Center: http://pr.aoa.dhhs.gov/naic/
National Cancer Institute: http://www.nci.nih.gov/
National Center for Health Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
National Eye Institute: http://www.nei.nih.gov/
National Institutes of Health: http://www.nih.gov/
National Institute on Drug Abuse: http://www.nih.gov/
National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
President’s Advisory Commission on Consumer
and Quality in the Health Care Industry: http://www.hcqualitycommission.gov/

(HIPAA)- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HHS guide on HIPAA requirements and implementation dates: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/finalmaster.cfml
HIPAA Privacy Standards - Final Rule: aspe.hhs.gov/admn.simp/index.cfm
HIPAA compliance: www.hipaacomply.com/
HIPAA electronic transaction rules: http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp
Washington Publishing Company (download free HIPAA guides -zip format): hipaa.wpc-edi.com/HIPAA_40.asp
Shared Medical Services ("SMS HIPAA Central"): www.smed.com/hipaa/index.php

Consumer Information Sites
American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations (AAPPO): http://www.aappo.org/
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP): http://www.aarp.org/
American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/
Better Business BureauL http://www.bbb.org/
Citizen Advocacy Center: http://www.cacenter.org/
HealthWatch: http://www.healthwatch.com/
CNN Health Section: http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/
Consumer Coalition for Quality Health Care: http://www.consumers.org/
Employer Quality Partnership: http://www.eqp.org/
Families USA: http://www.familiesusa.org/
Fraud and abuse information and links: http://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/fraud
Fraud alerts: http://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/fraud/UMFA2.cfm
healthfinder® : http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Healthnavigator: http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/TRL/centres/chis/finder.cfml
MayoClinic: http://www.mayohealth.org/
International Food Information Council: http://ificinfo.health.org/
KidsHealth: http://www.kidshealth.org/
Maryland Report Card: http://www.hcacc.state.md.us/
Medicare Rights Center: http://www.medicarerights.org/
MIchigan Quality Council: http://www.michiganquality.org/
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: http://www.nami.org/
National Partnership for Women & Families: http://www.nationalpartnership.org/
National Senior Citizens Law Center: http://www.nsclc.org/
New Jersey Report Card: http://www.state.nj.us/health/
Office of the Inspector General (OIG): http://www.gov/oig/
OncoLink: http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/
Pacific Business Group on Health: http://www.healthscope.org/
Pharmacy and You: http://www.pharmacyandyou.org/
Planned Parenthood Federation: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
State Insurance Commissioners' Web Sites: http://www.aiadc.org/StateInsComm/default.asp
The Center for Health Care Rights: http://www.healthcarerights.org/
The Managed Care Education Connection: http://www.mceconnection.com/mce/

U.S. and Canadian Health Care Associations & Societies
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: http://www.aacap.org/
American Academy of Family Physicians: http://www.aafp.org/
American Academy of Medical Administrators: http://www.aameda.org/
American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons: http://www.aanos.org/
American Academy of Ophthalmology: http://www.aao.org/
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inc.: http://www.entnet.org/
American Academy of Pediatrics: http://www.aap.org/
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: http://www.aapmr.org/
American Academy of Physician Assistants: http://www.aapa.org/
American Association of Bioanalysts: http://www.aab.org/
American Association of Blood Banks: http://www.aabb.org/
American Association for Medical Transcription: http://www.aamt.org/
American Association of Health Plans: http://www.aahp.org/
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging: http://www.aahsa.org/
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: http://www.aana.com/
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons: http://www.aaoms.org/
American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians: http://www.abqaurp.org/
American College of Emergency Physicians: http://www.acep.org/
American College of Health Care Administrators: http://www.achca.org/
American College of Healthcare Executives: http://www.ache.org/
American College of Nurse Midwives: http://www.acnm.org/
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: http://www.acog.org/
American College of Physicians: http://www.acponline.org/
American College of Physician Executives: http://www.acpe.org/
American College of Radiology: http://www.acr.org/
American College of Surgeons: http://www.facs.org/
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine: http://www.acrm.org/
American Dental Association: http://www.ada.org/
American Dietetic Association: http://www.eatright.org/
American Geriatrics Society: http://www.americangeriatrics.org/
American Health Care Association: http://www.ahca.org/
American Health Information Management Association: http://www.ahima.org/
American Hospital Association: http://www.aha.org/index.asp
American Medical Directors Association: http://www.amda.com/
American Medical Association: http://www.ama-assn.org/
American Medical Group Association: http://www.amga.org/
American Medical Technologists: http://www.amt1.com/
American Music Therapy Association: http://www.musictherapy.org/
American Nurses Association: http://www.nursingworld.org/
American Occupational Therapy Association: http://www.aota.org/
American Optometric Association: http://www.aoanet.org/
American Organization of Nurse Executives: http://www.aone.org/
American Osteopathic Assoc.: http://www.health.gov/nhic/NHICScripts/Entry.cfm?HRCode=HR3022
American Pain Society: http://www.ampainsoc.org/
American Pharmaceutical Association: http://www.aphanet.org/
American Physical Therapy Association: https://www.apta.org/
American Podiatric Medical Association: http://www.apma.org/
American Psychiatric Association: http://www.psych.org/
American Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org/
American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/index.cfml
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science: http://www.ascls.org/
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: http://www.asge.org/
American Society for Healthcare Engineering: http://www.ashe.org/
American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services: http://www.ashes.org/
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management: http://www.ashrm.org/
American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI): http://www.ashi-hla.org/
American Society for Microbiology: http://www.asmusa.org/
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: http://www.clinnutr.org/
American Society of Addiction Medicine: http://www.asam.org/
American Society of Anesthesiologists: http://www.asahq.org/
American Society of Clinical Pathologists: http://www.ascp.org/
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists: http://www.ascp.com/
American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services: http://www.asdvs.org/
American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology, Inc.: http://www.amsect.org/
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists: http://www.ashp.org/
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: http://www.asha.org/
American Therapeutic Recreation Association: http://www.atra-tr.org/atra.cfm
American Urological Association: http://www.auanet.org/index_hi.cfm
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation: http://gasnet.med.yale.edu/apsf/
Associated Hospital Service: www.ahsmedicare.com/
Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare: http://www.aabh.org/
Association for Health Services Research: http://www.ahsr.org/
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.: http://www.apic.org/
Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc.: http://www.acpe.edu/
Association of American Medical Colleges: http://www.aamc.org/
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved: http://www.clinicians.org/
Association of Community Cancer Centers: http://www.clinicians.org/
Association of Operating Room Nurses: http://www.aorn.org/
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses: http://www.rehabnurse.org/
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials: http://www.astho.org/
Association of Surgical Technologists: http://www.ast.org/
Association of Telemedicine Service Providers: http://www.atsp.org/
Best Practice Network: http://www.best4health.org/
Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/casm.cfm
Canadian Anethesiologists’ Society: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cas.cfm
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/caep.cfm
Canadian Association of Gastroenterology: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cag.cfm
Canadian Association of General Surgeons: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cags.cfm
Canadian Association of Internes and Residents: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cair.cfm
Canadian Association of Medical Microbiologists: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/camm.cfm
Canadian Association of Pathologists: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cap.cfm
Canadian Assoc. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/capmr.cfm
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cape.cfm
Canadian Association of Radiologists: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/car.cfm
Canadian Cardiovascular Society: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/ccs.cfm
Canadian Critical Care Society: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cccs.cfm
Canadian Dermatology Association: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cda.cfm
Canadian Federation of Medical Students: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cfms.cfm
Canadian Infectious Disease Society: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cids.cfm
Canadian Life Insurance Medical Officers Association: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/climoa.cfm
Canadian Medical Protective Association: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cmpa.cfm
Canadian Neurological/-surgical/Clinical -physiologists Soc: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cnncns.cfm
Canadian Opthamological Society: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cos.cfm
Canadian Orthopaedic Association: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/coa.cfm
Canadian Paediatric Society: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cps.cfm
Canadian Psychiatric Association: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cpa.cfm
Canadian Rheumatology Association: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cra.cfm
Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/csam-1.cfm
Canadian Society of Internal Medicine: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/csim.cfm
Canadian Society of Nuclear Medicine: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/csnm.cfm
Canadian Society of Otolarynology Head & Neck Surgery: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cso.cfm
Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/csps.cfm
Canadian Thoracic Society: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cts.cfm
Canadian Urological Association: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cua.cfm
College of Family Physicians of Canada: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/cfpc.cfm
Catholic Health Association of the United States
Child Welfare League of America: http://www.chausa.org/
College of American Pathologists: http://www.cap.org/
The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF): http://www.carf.org/
COLA: http://www.cola.org/default.asp
Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc.: http://www.chapinc.org/
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc.: http://www.crcpd.org/
Employee Assistance Professionals Association: http://www.eap-association.com/
Federation of Medical Licensing Authorities of Canada: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/fmlac.cfm
Federation of Medical Women of Canada: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/fmwc.cfm
Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association: http://www.fasa.org/
Federation of American Health Systems: http://www.fahs.com/
Gerontological Society of America: http://www.geron.org/
Health Information Technology Institute: http://hitiweb.mitretek.org/
Health Industry Distributors Association: http://www.hida.org/
Healthcare Financial Management Association: http://www.hfma.org/
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): http://www.ihi.org/
Intravenous Nurses Society: http://www.ins1.org/
Last Acts: http://www.lastacts.org/
Medical Group Management Association: http://www.mgma.com/
Medical Library Association: http://mlahq.org/
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: http://www.nami.org/
National Association for Healthcare Quality: http://www.nahq.org/
National Association for Home Care: http://www.nahc.org/
National Association Medical Staff Services: http://www.namss.org/
National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers: http://www.naatp.org/
National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors: http://www.naadac.org/
National Assoc. of Dental Plans: http://www.nadp.org/
National Association of Health Data Organizations: http://www.nahdo.org/
National Association of Hispanic Nurses: http://www.nahnhq.org/
National Association of Institutional Linen Management: http://www.nailm.com/
National Association of Insurance Commissioners: http://www.naic.org/splash.cfm
National Association of Medical Staff Services: http://www.namss.org/
National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems: http://www.naphs.org/
National Association of Social Workers, Inc.: http://www.naswdc.org/
National Association of State Alcohol & Drug Abuse Directors: http://www.nasadad.org/
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors: http://www.nasmhpd.org/
National Cancer Institute of Canada (Clinical Trials Group): http://www.cth.queensu.ca/
National Cancer Registrars Association: http://www.ncra-usa.org/
National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting & Prevention: http://www.nccmerp.org/
National Council of State Boards of Nursing: http://www.ncsbn.org/
National Hospice Organization: http://www.nhpco.org/
National League for Nursing: http://www.nln.org/index.cfm
National Medical Association http://www.natmed.org/
National Rural Health Association: http://www.nrharural.org/
National Safety Council: http://www.nsc.org/
National Student Nurses Association: http://www.nsna.org/
National Therapeutic Recreation Society: http://www.nrpa.org/branches/ntrs.cfm
National VA Chaplain Center: http://www.chaplain.med.va.gov/
Occupational and Environ. Med. Assoc. of Canada: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/oemac.cfm
Partners in Care (PIC): http://www.rand.org/health/pic.products/
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/rcpsc.cfm
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada: http://www.cma.ca/inside/affiliates/sogc.cfm
Sigma Theta Tau: http://www.nursingsociety.org/
Society of Critical Care Medicine: http://www.sccm.org/
Society of Nuclear Medicine: http://www.snm.org/
Visiting Nurse Associations of America: http://www.vnaa.org/

Condition and Illness Organizations and Societies
Alzheimer's Association: http://www.alz.org/
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases: http://www.aasld.org/
American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org/
American Diabetes Association: http://www.diabetes.org/
American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.org/
American Lung Association: http://www.lungusa.org/
Leukemia Society of America: http://www.leukemia.org/

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