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NAHDO Health Website Listing of Entire Database
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| 3Com CPRI Toolkit |
www.3com.com/healthcare/securitynet/hipaa/document_center.html |
Toolkit for managing information security in health care |
| 3M Health Information Systems |
www.3mhis.com/ |
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| AAMC Patient Care and Research Innovations |
webdb.aamc.org/about/progemph/tdtc/raweb.cfm |
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| AAMC-UHC Clinical - Administrative Data Service |
www.aamc.org |
You must be affiliated with a participating institution in order to view CADS data and reports. The Clinical - Administrative Data Service (CADS) is now a service of the University Health Systems Consortium (UHC) and will remain in operation until an enhanced tool is ready. CADS offers data analysis and reporting services to participating academic medical centers and teaching hospitals. CADS specializes in comparative reports generated on-line from its patient-level administrative data base. Collaboration between participants is encourages through interactive forums and e-mail links. CADS includes data submitted by major academic centers from across the country and reference data from various states. The future, enhanced tool will be the best features of the AAMC CADS combined with UHC Clinical Data Base to create a larger, more comprehensive and valuable set of data with expanded reporting capabilities. |
| Achoo - On-Line Healthcare Services |
www.achoo.com/index.htm |
Internet healthcare directory: a jump-to point providing links to associations, government agencies, organizations, computer & medicine, conferences, databases and directories, educational institutions & hospitals, electronic journals & periodicals, employment, health occupations, mailing lists and newsgroups, and support groups. In addition, links to human health and disease and business of health. Contains over 6,700 health-related links. |
| Achoo: Practice of Medicine Directory |
www.achoo.com/achoo/practice/index.htm |
The Practice of Medicine Directory focuses on the issues relating to the professional practice of medicine. |
| Administration for Children and Families (ACF) |
www.acf.dhhs.gov |
A subsite of the Department of Health & Human Services. This agency is responsible for federal programs which promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. |
| Administration on Aging (AOA) |
www.aoa.dhhs.gov |
An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. This site provides links to state agencies on aging and area agencies on aging. |
| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
www.ahcpr.gov |
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the lead agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services. AHCPR's broad programs of research bring practical, science-based information to medical practitioners and to consumers and other health care purchasers. |
| Agency for Toxic Stubstances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) |
www.atsdr.cdc.gov |
The ATSDR is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The mission of the agency is to prevent exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances form wast sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment. From the site you can access the HazDat database, a database developed to provide access to the information collected by the agency. |
| AHA - HIPAA Page |
www.aha.org/hipaa/hipaa_home.asp |
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| AHRQ's Healthcare Cost Utilization Project (HCUPnet) |
www.ahcpr.gov/data/hcup/hcupnet.htm |
Healthcare Cost Utilization Project has an easy interface for comparing hospital stays at the national level. It uses data from the 1996 Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS). |
| AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey |
www.meps.ahrq.gov/ |
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey is a nationally representative survey of health care use, expenditures, sources
of payment, and insurance coverage for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, as well as a national survey of nursing
homes and their residents. |
| Alabama Department of Public Health |
www.alapubhealth.org/index.htm |
Contains a health statistics section with information on surveillance programs, infant mortality, health status, vital records, a cancer registry, records of births, deaths, marriages, and a useful "At a Glance" section. |
| Alabama Department of Public Health's Health Statistics Home Page |
www.alapubhealth.org/vital/frames3.htm |
The Alabama Department of Public Health's Health Statistics home page has links to information on BRFSS, state cancer registry and vital statistics. |
| Alaska Health and Human Services |
www.hss.state.ak.us/ |
Alaska's Department of Health and Human Services Web site with links to vital statistics, public health and many other health related links |
| Alcohol-Related Injury and Violence Project (ARIV) |
www.traumafdn.org/alcohol/ariv/ |
Alcohol is a major health factor for injury and violence. This project has three goals: 1) to facilitate information exchange about ARIV; 2) to synthesize what is known about ARIV; and 3) to disseminate that synthesis to those who are working to reduce ARIV problems. The site contains recent news articles and fact sheets on topics ranging from alcohol advertisement to college binge drinking and women's drinking problems. The literature review and searchable literature components include full text documents and links to other websites with similar information. |
| allHealth.com |
www.allhealth.com/sponsors/healthgrades/hospital.html |
This page contains a query page about hospital report cards by state and diagnosis/procedure. |
| Alzheimer's Association |
www.alz.org |
Includes resources for caregivers, research and medical information, news and public policy. It provides a reading list on the subject, and a calendar of conferences and events. |
| American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
www.aacap.org |
Includes a "Facts for Families module, and information on initiatives in the areas of clinical practice and public health. |
| American Academy of Dermatology |
www.aad.org/P_Frameset.html |
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| American Academy of Facial & Reconstructive Surgery |
www.facial-plastic-surgery.org/ |
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, A national medical specialty of the AMA is the worlds largest association of facial plastic and reconstructive surgeons. Those physicians performing cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the face, head, and neck. |
| American Academy of Family Physicians |
www.aafp.org |
Includes "Family Medicine Online" - a public area containing information about family medicine and health issues that family physicians are trained to manage. |
| American Academy of Neurology |
www.aan.com/ |
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| American Academy of Neurology |
www.aan.com/public/headache |
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| American Academy of Ophthalmology |
www.eyenet.org |
Includes information about Ophthalmology, and a "Find an Ophthalmologist" module. |
| American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons |
www.aaos.org |
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| American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons |
www.aaos.org/wordhtml/press/trend.htm |
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| American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inc. |
www.entnet.org |
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| American Academy of Pediatrics |
www.aap.org |
Includes sections on publications and services, "You and Your Family", professional education, advocacy, and research. |
| American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
www.aapmr.org/ |
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| American Academy of Physician Assistants |
www.aapa.org/ |
Includes information on AAPA products and services, PA facts, statistics, and government and professional issues. |
| American Accreditation HealthCare/Commission (URAC) |
www.urac.org/ |
A non-profit charitable organization founded in 1990 to establish standards for the managed care industry. URAC’s broad-based membership includes representation from all the constituencies affected by managed care — employers, consumers, regulators, health care providers, and the workers’ compensation and managed care industries. Member organizations of URAC participate in the development of standards, and are eligible to sit on the Board of Directors. |
| American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc. |
www.aacc.org |
Includes publications and contacts. |
| American Association for Medical Transcription |
www.aamt.org/aamt/ |
Includes information in the areas of membership, volunteers , staff, publications , periodicals, calendar of events, products , services, career information, and classified ads. |
| American Association for Respiratory Care |
www.aarc.org |
Includes information on respiratory and pulmonary care - for respiratory care practitioners, and the public. Includes health tips, Clinical Practice Guidelines, government updates, and resource papers on health care. |
| American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases |
hepar-sfgh.ucsf.edu/default.htm |
Includes publications and links to related sites. |
| American Association of Bioanalysts |
www.aab.org |
Includes links to related sites. |
| American Association of Blood Banks |
www.aabb.org/ |
Includes facts about blood, donating blood, and receiving blood. |
| American Association of Health Plans |
www. aahp.org |
Multi-faceted site containing information on Women's Health, Chronic Care, Diabetes, Federal and State Health Policy, Regulatory Affairs (Medicare/Medicaid, HIPAA, FEHBP, FDA, State Children's Health Insurance Program), Barents Report, and AAHP Reports and Statistics. In addition, links are provided to a wide variety of health issues (Women's Health, Federal & State Health Policy, affiliate organizations, etc.). This page also includes a list of State Legislative Links on the Internet. |
| American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging |
www.aahsa.org/ |
Includes consumer information, publications, provider resources and state associations. |
| American Association of Nurse Anesthetists |
www.aana.com/ |
Includes resources for patients and professionals. |
| American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons |
www.aaoms.org |
Includes patient information, areas called Finding Your Surgeon, AAOMS Members Only, and OMS Residency Resources. |
| American Association of Retired Persons |
www.aarp.org |
Contains information on research, volunteer and community programs, issues and advocacy, and member benefits. |
| American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians |
www.abqaurp.org/ |
Includes information on publications and certifying examinations. |
| American Burn Association |
ameriburn.org |
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| American Cancer Society |
www.cancer.org/frames.html |
Includes information on programs and events, research progress, news, and a WWW directory. |
| American College of Emergency Physicians |
www.acep.org/ |
Includes information on meetings, news, employment, chapters, publications, public policies, research, and links to related sites. |
| American College of Health Care Administrators |
www.achca.org |
Includes information in the areas of member benefits, an events calendar, state licensure, a product catalog, a career link, hot links, and certification programs. |
| American College of Healthcare Executives |
www.ache.org |
Includes general information, education, membership, health administration press, career resource center, and publications. |
| American College of Nurse Midwives |
www.midwife.org |
Home page for the American College of Nurse Midwives with information about the organization, their annual report, current new releases relating to midwives, facts about midwives and upcoming events |
| American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists |
www.acog.org |
Home page for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, contains news for women's health, news for Health professionals and general information about the organization and upcoming events |
| American College of Physician Executives |
www.acpe.org |
Contains information on educational seminars, graduate programs, institutes, publications, and career opportunities. |
| American College of Physicians |
www.acponline.org/ |
Includes information about the college, ACP chapters, annual session 1998, managed care, publications, and public policy. |
| American College of Radiology |
www.acr.org |
Includes information on governance, economics, government relations, appropriateness criteria, a calendar, and job listings. |
| American College of Surgeons |
www.facs.org/ |
Includes information on publications, general information on patient choice, choosing a surgeon, and making a decision about an operation. |
| American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine |
www.acrm.org |
Includes areas about the ACRM, the annual conference, newsletter, membership information, special interest groups, and links to other sites. |
| American Dental Association |
www.ada.org |
Contains information on the ADA Publishing Co, Inc., research and clinical issues, areas for patients , consumers, dental practice, dental store, and education. |
| American Diabetes Association |
www.diabetes.org/custom.asp |
Includes information on diabetes, research update, legislation info, and Internet resources. |
| American Dietetic Association |
www.eatright.org |
Contains the following modules: Nutrition Resources, Find a Dietitian, and Annual Meeting and Exhibition. |
| American Digestive Health Foundation (ADHF) |
www.gastro.org/adhf.html |
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| American Geriatrics Society |
www.americangeriatrics.org/ |
Includes a directory of geriatrics Health Care Services in Managed Care, a publications catalog, the AGS/Pfizer Managed Care Report, information on courses and conferences, and a patient education forum. |
| American Health Care Association |
www.ahca.org/ |
Includes sections on Community of Care, consumer information, the Briefing Room, and Health Care links. |
| American Health Information Management Association |
www.ahima.org/ |
Includes information on consumer advice, publications, library services, products , events, careers , colleges, and links to other web sites. |
| American Heart Association |
www.amhrt.org/ |
Includes heart, stroke guide, risk assessment test for heart disease, and sections for home, health , family and Healthcare professionals. |
| American Hospital Association |
www.aha.org |
Includes information on advocacy and representation, campaign for coverage, compliance, partnership for action, insurance, quality initiatives, research , education, data sources, and AHA publications. |
| American Hospital Association |
www.ahadata.com/dat/index.asp |
Customized online data delivery of healthcare providers mailing lists and hospital data analysis from the American Hospital Association's Health Forum. We integrate the AHA annual survey with 3 other major healthcare databases for fast, easy-to-use comprehensive data selection and analysis. |
| American Hospital Association Internet Catalog |
www.aha.org/shoppingcart/default.html |
The AHA internet catalog has data that the organization compiles and makes available for purchase to members and non-members. |
| American Hospital Directory |
www.ahd.com |
Provides on-line, comparative data for most hospitals. The database is built from Medicare claims data, cost reports, and other public use files obtained from the federal Health Care Financing Administration. You can look up any acute care hospital in the US that treats Medicare patients. Includes info on hospital characteristics, services provided, outpatient statistics, financial reports, inpatient utilization, and costs and charges. |
| American Juvenile Arthritis Organization |
www.arthritis.org/ |
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| American Lung Association |
www.lungusa.org/ |
Contains the sections Discover Us, Learn About Lung Health, and Participate and Enjoy Yourself. |
| American Medical Association |
www.ama-assn.org |
Includes extensive information on the AMA; advocacy; ethics, education, science, accreditation; and Journals; as well as specific sites for physicians and consumers. |
| American Medical Directors Association |
www.amda.com |
Gives information on upcoming events, membership, CMD certification, comprehensive courses, annual symposium, educational resources, and the AMDA Foundation. |
| American Medical Group Association |
www.amga.org/ |
Includes information on education, public policy and political affairs, quality management and research, products and services, media alerts, publications, and a calendar of events. |
| American Medical Informatics Association |
www.amia.org |
Home page for the American Medical Informatics Association, a national organization dedicated to "Advancing Health Care Through Information Technology." Page provides info on AMIA meetings and educational events, membership and services, AMIA publications, AMIA structure and operations, medical informatics articles, and AMIA background. |
| American Medical Technologists |
www.amt1.com |
Contains information on certification application requirements, continuing education, and annual national meeting , educational conferences. |
| American Music Therapy Association |
www.musictherapy.org |
Includes information on membership, registration, certification, quality assurance, publications, conferences, and affiliations. |
| American Nurses Association |
www.nursingworld.org/ |
Includes information on the American Academy of Nursing, American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Nurses Foundation, Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, and the Ethnic Minority Fellowship Project. |
| American Occupational Therapy Association |
www.aota.org |
Includes consumer information, special interest sections, and a student area. |
| American Optometric Association |
www.aoanet.org/ |
Presents content in four sections: Keeping Your Eyes Healthy, Educational Center, Media Center, and Meet the AOA. |
| American Organization of Nurse Executives |
www.aone.org |
Includes information on current events/news , info, publications, resources, practice , research, career center, education, policy , legislation, and the annual meeting. |
| American Osteopathic Healthcare Association |
www.aoha.org/ |
Includes information on membership and governance, annual convention, osteopathic healthcare systems, osteopathic philosophy, and related organizations. |
| American Pain Society |
www.ampainsoc.org/ |
Includes four sections titled: Resources for Pain Patients, Resources for Professionals, Advocacy and Initiatives, and Calendar of Events. |
| American Pharmaceutical Association |
www.aphanet.org |
The American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA), the national professional association of pharmacists, provides professional information and education for pharmacists and advocates for improved health through the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care. |
| American Physical Therapy Association |
www.apta.org/ |
Includes information on chapters, continuing education, governance, government affairs, insurance , member benefits, minority/international affairs, research, and women's initiatives. |
| American Podiatric Medical Association |
www.apma.org/ |
Includes Foot Facts, foot health information, current events, the Journal of the APMA, and the APMA at the White House. |
| American Psychiatric Association |
www.psych.org |
Includes information on public policy advocacy, news stand, clinical resources, public info, medical education, governance, library , publications, and a schedule of events. |
| American Psychological Association |
www.apa.org/ |
Contains four sections called About Us, PsychNET, Student Info, and Members. |
| American Red Cross |
www.redcross.org/index.html |
Includes information on your local Red Cross, a bulletin board, virtual Includes information on your local Red Cross, a bulletin board, virtual museum, services, and calendar of events. |
| American Social Health Association (ASHA) |
www.ashastd.org |
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| American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science |
www.ascls.org |
Includes ASCLS Positions, information on leadership and committees, conferences and meetings, and publications, as well as related links. |
| American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy |
www.asge.org/ |
Contains the areas of general information, news, on-line library, publications, awards, legislative action, forums, and links to related sites. |
| American Society for Healthcare Engineering |
www.ashe.org |
Includes an information library, forums, ASHE information, career connection, and links to other web sites. |
| American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services |
www.ashes.org |
Includes information about ASHES, membership and application, affiliated societies, publications, calender of events, career opportunities, live chat and conferencing, and links to other web sites. |
| American Society for Healthcare Risk Management |
www.ashrm.org/ |
Contains information about ASHRM, its chapters, education, news, publications, and links to other web sites. |
| American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) |
www.swmed.edu/home_pages/ASHI/ashi.htm |
Contains information abut the ASHI and its goals and objectives. |
| American Society for Microbiology |
www.asmusa.org/ |
Includes information on membership, education, Journals, books, governmental affairs, academy, meetings, and public/media communications. |
| American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition |
www.clinnutr.org |
Includes information about ASPEN, bookstore, newsletter, journals and abstracts, professional development, research programs, chapters, and related links. |
| American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) |
www.asrm.org |
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| American Society of Addiction Medicine |
www.asam.org |
Includes general ASAM information, AMA Physician Select, info on its annual meeting, certification, conferences, Journal of Addictive Diseases, newsletter, public policy, and related links. |
| American Society of Anesthesiologists |
www.asahq.org/ |
Includes information about the ASA, public education, physician information, and the annual meeting. |
| American Society of Clinical Pathologists |
www.ascp.org |
Includes information about the ASCP, a calendar, continuing education, exhibits, government affairs, jobs, media info, and links to other web sites. |
| American Society of Consultant Pharmacists |
www.ascp.com |
Includes information about the ASP, government affairs, publications and products, meetings and education, membership resources, and ConsultNet Newsgroup/Chat. |
| American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services |
www.asdvs.org/ |
Includes volunteer information, membership benefits, ASDVS events, and the ASDVS structure. |
| American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology, Inc |
www.amsect.org/ |
Contains consumer, general, and membership information; a bookstore, calendar of events, training, pediatric perfusion, and related links. |
| American Society of Health-System Pharmacists |
www.ashp.org/ |
Includes information about meetings and education, products and resources, career development, a communication center, professional advocacy, and a journal. |
| American Society of Internal Medicine |
www.asim.org/ |
Includes FAQs, Where We Stand,, publications, and program information. |
| American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPRS) |
www.plasticsurgery.org/mediactr/stats.htm |
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| American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
www.asha.org/ |
Contains three sections: Professionals, Students, and Consumers. |
| American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) |
www.sids.org/ |
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| American Therapeutic Recreation Association |
www.atra-tr.org/ |
Includes information on standards of practice, resources, CEU workshop planning guide , application, newsletter, employment update, and conference and workshops. |
| American Urological Association |
www.auanet.org |
Includes public , patient info, continuing education, practice information, calendar of events, and a WebForum discussion. |
| America's HouseCall Network |
www.housecall.com |
The seventh largest provider of home health services in the US. Site includes listing of services offered, locations, employment, latest news briefs, continuing education, investor information, and health information. The health information section gives guidelines on how to choose a home health care organization, and a summary of home health care needs, |
| Anerexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorder, Inc. (ANRED) |
www.anred.com/ |
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| Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation |
gasnet.med.yale.edu/apsf/ |
Includes clinical information, foundation information, APSF newsletters, and the 1998 APSF Grant recipients. |
| Arizona Department of Health Services |
www.hs.state.az.us/ |
Includes sections on public health services, behavioral health services, information technology services, and ADHS News. It also provides links to other Arizona and health-related web sites. |
| Arkansas Center for Health Statistics |
health.state.ar.us/stats/htm/statshp.htm |
Primary care, maternal/child health, mortality reports, vital statistics, and health counts newsletter. |
| Arkansas Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics |
health.state.ar.us |
Section on "Reports" gives information on HIV/AIDS in Arkansas, communicable diseases, trends in maternal/child health, a primary care sourcebook, health counts, vital statistics, and mortality statistics. |
| Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care |
www.afmc.org/main.htm |
The Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) is an onprofit corporation dedicated to the clinical evaluation and improvement of health care in Arkansas. |
| Army Corps of Engineers (MFO) |
www.hq.usace.army.mil/ |
Contains headquarters news, HQ information resources, and HQ directorates. |
| Arthritis Foundation |
www.arthritis.org |
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| ASPE - Administrative Simplification Page |
aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/Index.htm |
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| Assisted Reproductive Technology Rates |
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/art.htm |
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| Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare |
www.aabh.org |
Includes information on training opportunities, membership, technical assistance, research and development, public policy, and publications. |
| Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. |
www.acpe-edu.org |
Contains general information about CPE and ACPE, a directory of accredited CPE centers, links to CPE centers, and a list of ACPE seminary members. |
| Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions (AFEHCT) |
www.afehct.org/ |
A Healthcare Association dedicated to supporting the use of EDI to improve and reduce the cost of health care. |
| Association for Health Services Research |
www.ahsr.org |
AHSR is the only national membership organization devoted to the promotion of research focused on the delivery, quality, and financing of the United States health care system. Site includes AHSR publications, meeting information, membership information, a database on current research projects, links to AHSR members, and news articles. |
| Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc |
www.apic.org |
Includes sections on infection control, education, professional resources, government relations, and publications. |
| Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation |
www.aami.org/ |
Includes information on meetings and events, standards, GMP/Quality Systems, publications, certification, and job listings. |
| Association of American Medical Colleges |
www.aamc.org |
Includes information on events , news, publications , information resources, student , applicant information, medical education, research, and health care. |
| Association of Clinicians for the Underserved |
www.clinicians.org |
The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary organization established by National Health Service Corps alumni, providers, and scholars. The mission of the ACU is to improve the health of underserved populations by enhancing the development and support of health care clinicians serving these populations. |
| Association of Community Cancer Centers |
www.assoc-cancer-ctrs.org/ |
Includes information on cancer centers, news for patients, cancer treatment, standards, publications, and a cancer resource line. |
| Association of Operating Room Nurses |
www.aorn.org |
Includes information on clinical practice, government affairs, education, publications , services, industry connections, certification, and perioperative nursing today. |
| Association of Rehabilitation Nurses |
www.rehabnurse.org/ |
Contains areas about membership, education, certification, resources, and an online forum. |
| Association of Reproductive Health Professionals |
www.arhp.org |
General information about the association and its upcoming events. Also contains information about reproductive health and services that the organization offers and links to current articles about reproductive health. |
| Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) |
www.astho.org/ |
Includes hot topics, issue areas, and links to state health agencies and public health agencies on the web. |
| Association of Surgical Technologists |
www.ast.org |
Includes information about surgical technology, legislation, publications, continuing education, certification, and formal education. |
| Association of Telemedicine Service Providers |
www.atsp.org |
Includes general information about ATSP, a Telemedicine primer, telemedicine basics, complete information about the annual conference, as well as an advocacy alert and employment solutions. |
| Association of Telemedicine Service Providers (ASTP) Telemedicine Report |
www.atsp.org/survey/ |
Survey of active U.S. telemedicine programs, a comprehensive report that provides the vital industry statistics needed to make decisions in a highly competitive industy. Highlights industry trends, promising applications, and barriers to growth. The report can be obtained via fax, mail, or online, is available to non-ATSP members for $295 and is free to members. |
| Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) |
www.aupha.com |
AUPHA is a non-profit association of university-based educational programs, faculty, leading executives, and provider organizations. Site contains information, links, discussion forums, and publications associated with health administration programs. |
| Asthma and Allergy Statistics |
www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/allergystat.htm |
A simple fact sheet on asthma and allergies in the U.S. Page gives increases, hospital admissions stats and more on the subject. |
| Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
www.aihw.gov.au/
Web site not responding 3/23/99 |
A useful site for info on Australian health and welfare issues. Site contains Australian publications, Oz health and welfare, links, and a search function. If you search for statistics, you can access stats on hospitals, dental practitioners, and prenatal info. |
| Baby Your Baby |
www.health.state.ut.us/baby_your_baby.html |
Information about the Baby Your Baby program at the Utah Department of Health |
| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) |
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/brfss/ |
The BRFSS, the world’s largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States. Information from the survey is used to improve the health of the American people. |
| Best Practice Network |
www.best4health.org |
The Best Practice Network is a not-for-profit entity whose vision is to provide a place where innovative solutions and best practices can be shared among nurses and other healthcare practitioners to promote healthy communities and provide optimal patient care. |
| Betty C. Jung - Public Health, Health, Careers, Jobs, Cool & Useful Sites |
www.publichealthusa.homestead.com |
Organized access to public health, healthcare, careers, jobs, cool & useful sites for public health, healthcare, educators, and general public |
| BioInformatics Web Server |
www.bis.med.jhmi.edu/ |
The John Hopkins University BioInformatics Web Server features Prot-Web, a collection of protein databases which contain links to one another as well as links to other databases around the world. |
| Boone Country (Missouri) Health Report Card Project |
www.oseda.missouri.edu/special/boonehealth/desfind/index.html |
Reports on the projects' efforts to identify and select priority community health issues. A telephone survey of 1,690 Boone County residents was completed in September and October, 1995. |
| Brain Injury Assocaition, Inc. |
www.biausa.org/ |
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| BryLin Hospitals |
www.brylin.com |
BryLin Hospitals, located in Buffalo, NY, is a comprehensive provider of psychiatric, addiction medicine, and behavioral health services designed to offer the highest quality of patient care in a cost-effective fashion. This site describes BryLin's upcoming events, affiliations, how to contact them, services offered, and history. |
| Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) |
www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/bhpr/ |
A subsite of the Health Resources and Services Administration. Health professions publications are available here by topic. |
| Bureau of Justice Statistics |
www.ojp.usdoj.gov |
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| Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) |
www.bphc.hrsa.dhhs.gov/ |
A subsite of the Health Resources and Services Administration. This agency is dedicated to underserved populations including homeless families, children, migrant workers, and more. From this site you can access a Drug Pricing Database, the Bureau of Primary Health Care Supported Health Centers, profiles of states from a primary care perspective, and info on designated primary medical care, mental health, and dental health professional shortage areas. |
| California Department of Health Services |
www.dhs.cahwnet.gov/ |
Includes information on health publications, health related sites, and services. |
| California Department of Health Services Vital Statistics Query System |
www.dhs.ca.gov/hisp/applications/vsq/vsq.cfm |
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| California Internet Formulary Reference |
ca.mcodrugs.com |
Provides up-to-date information to consumers and physicians about what prescription medications are covered by California group health insurance plans. The Internet Formulary Reference provides information on formularies of regional HMO health plans. InfoScan collects and updates the information about all of the plans that will provide the information. Updated every few months. Drugs can be looked up by condition, drug name, or drug category. |
| California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development |
www.oshpd.state.ca.us |
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| California OSHPD Hospital Query System |
www.oshpd.state.ca.us/hpp/Query/QUERY.htm |
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| CancerNet |
cancernet.nci.nih.gov |
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| Cardinal Health Systems |
www.cardinalhealthsystem.org/ |
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| Catholic Health Association of the United States |
www.chausa.org/CHAHOME.ASP |
Includes directories, a newsstand, information on long-term care, mission services, public policy, sponsorship, and links to other web sites. |
| CDC National Center for HIV, STD & TB Prevention |
www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/nchstp.html |
The National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP) is responsible for public health surveillance,
prevention research, and programs to prevent and control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB). Center staff
work in collaboration with governmental and nongovernmental partners at community, State, national, and international
levels, applying well-integrated multidisciplinary programs of research, surveillance, technical assistance, and evaluation. |
| CDC National Center for HIV, STD, & TB Prevention |
www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb |
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| CDC'c Reproductive Health Information Source |
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/ |
Information on reproductive health for men and women, maternal and infant health, assisted reproduction technology and also racial and ethnic minority reproductive health |
| Center for Devices & Radiological Health (CDRH) |
www.fda.gov/cdrh |
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| Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
www.cdc.gov |
Contains links to scientific data, surveillance data, statistics, standards, laboratory information, and a search function. In addition, from here you can access both CDC Wonder and CDC and ASTDR Electronic Information Resources for Health Officers. Under "Health Information" you will find an extensive alphabetical listing of health related topics. |
| Center for Health System Change |
www.hschange.org/CONTENT/70/?topic=topic01 |
A discussion of Hospital Report Cards. |
| Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis (CHSRA) |
www.chsra.wisc.edu/ |
At CHSRA researchers seek to improve long-term care and health systems by creating performance measures and developing information and decision support systems. |
| Cerner Corporation |
www.cerner.com/HOMEPAGE.htm |
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| Child Trends Inc. |
www.childtrends.org |
Reports on teenage pregnancy, effects of poverty and welfare on children, male fertility, family structure, child health, links to child research projects and abstracts. |
| Child Welfare League of America |
www.cwla.org |
Includes Children '97: Facts , Figures, All the Best! From David Liederman, Ten Easy Ways to Be a Friend of Children, advocacy tips, action alerts, news, events, publications list, upcoming conferences , training, CWLA Managed Care Institute, and consultation services. |
| Chiropractic in the United States: Training, Practice & Research |
www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/chiropr.htm |
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| ChiroWeb |
www.chiroweb.com |
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| Citizen Advocacy Center |
www.cacenter.org |
Provides training, research, conferences, and networking for health care institutions' public members and consumer representatives. |
| City-Match |
www.citymatch.org |
Information about improving the health and well being of women, children and families in urban communities. Also contains links to publications and has information about City Match and the services they offer. |
| COLA |
www.cola.org/ |
Includes press releases, programs, fast facts, education products, employment opportunities, application info, and FAQs. |
| College of American Pathologists |
www.cap.org/ |
Includes information on advocacy, lab improvement/practice, publications, and a section for the public. |
| Colorado Department of Health and Environment |
www.cdphe.state.co.us/cdphehom.asp |
Colorado's Department of Health and Environment Home Page with links to information on vital statistics, health services and environmental protection. |
| Combined Health Information Database |
chid.nih.gov/ |
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| Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons |
www.facs.org/about_college/acsdept/cancer_dept/programs/commission/categories.html |
Contains areas on Comprehensive Cancer Program, Teaching Hospital Cancer Program, Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program, Hospital Associate Cancer Program, and more. |
| Community Health Accreditation Program, Inc. |
www.chapinc.org |
Includes consumer information, standards of excellence, quarterly newsletter, and products , services. |
| Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. |
www.crcpd.org |
Includes information on projects and activities, positions and resolutions, publications of the conference, and future meetings and workshops. |
| Connecticut Department of Public Health Home Page |
www.state.ct.us/dph/ |
The Connecticut Department of Public Health Home Page has links to each of it's agencies and information about them. |
| Conquest 1.1 |
www.ahcpr.gov/qual/conquest.htm |
A clinical performance measure database available through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This database has been comprised of data from JCAHO, HEDIS, HCFA, and Rand. |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission |
www.cpsc.gov |
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| Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Association |
www.dfwhc.org |
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| Dartmouth Atlas |
www.dartmouth.edu/~atlas/ |
Information about The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care in the United States, including sample data and free software. |
| Deaf World Web |
dww.deafworldweb.org |
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| Delaware Bureau of Health Planning |
www.state.de.us/govern/agencies/dhss/irm/dms/dmshome.htm |
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| Delaware Department of Health and Social Services |
www.state.de.us/dhss/irm/dph/dphhome.htm |
Programs and services of the Delaware Division of Public Health, a division of the Department of Health and Social Services. Including state health initiatives and information. |
| Department of Health and Human Services |
www.hhs.gov |
Provides links to a host of HHS agencies. In addition, access to publications and fact sheets of the HHS are available. From this site, you can request HHS information. |
| Department of Veterans Affairs |
www.va.gov/data.htm |
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| Diabetes Research International Network |
www.drinet.med.miami.edu/ |
This site, the home page for the Academy for the Advancement of Diabetes Research and Treatment, offers information on clinical trials and laboratory protocols. |
| DISA.Org |
disa.org/ |
Data Interchange Standards Association |
| Discovery Health Hospital Report Cards |
www.healthgrades.com/discovery/hrc/index.cfm |
This page contains a query page about hospital report cards by state and diagnosis/procedure. |
| Disease Benchmarks |
www.diseasebenchmarks.com |
Disease Benchmarks offers vital data and related tools to healthcare professionals. Data consists of episode-based national and regional benchmarks of patient care—costs, units of use and services utilized. |
| District of Columbia Department of Health |
www.ci.washington.us |
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| Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute |
www-dceg.ims.nci.nih.gov/index.html |
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| Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Utah |
www.ped.med.utah.edu/genpedscrr/index.htm |
Academic division dedicated to teaching, research, and delivery of quality health care. The website was constructed as an INTERNET-based resource for clinicians conducting clincal research. |
| DynKePRO |
kepro.org/DynKepro.htm |
DK was awarded one of two national contracts by the HCFA to become a Clinical Data Abstraction Center (CDAC). This is a five (5) year contract to operate and manage a newly created medicald ata abstraction center under the Medicare Health Care Quality Improvement Program. DynKePRO also provides information management,
research, and customer clinical data analysis services. |
| Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) |
www.ehnac.org/ |
Independent, non-profit accrediting body |
| Eli Lilly and Company Diabetes Page |
www.lilly.com/diabetes |
This site is based on information from Lilly's successful Managing Your Diabetes patient education series. |
| Emory University MedWeb: Biomedical Internet Resources |
www.MedWeb.Emory.Edu/MedWeb/ |
Emory University's new version of MedWeb includes indices by country, region, and keyword. It also includes a search function and a page telling what's new. |
| Employee Assistance Professionals Association |
www.eap-association.com/ |
Contains specific sections for Labor, Management, and Consultants. |
| Essential Links to Medicine |
www.el.com/elinks/medicine/ |
An extensive list of on-line resources to medicine, medical information, facilities, diseases, education, libraries, organizations, news, newsgroups, newsletters, and other health related matters. |
| European Clearing Houses on Health Outcomes (ECHHO) |
www.leeds.ac.uk/nuffield/infoservices/ECHHO/home.html |
A concerted action to establish European Clearing Houses on Health Outcomes |
| Evironmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
www.epa.gov |
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| Expert Health Data Programming, Inc. |
www.ehdp.com/ |
EHDP offers Vitalnet software and services for analyzing large
health data sets such as mortality and hospital discharge data.
Vitalnet serves as the virtual data center for a country, state,
or city. EHDP also offers consulting and contract programming. |
| Family Violence & Sexual Assault Institute |
www.fvsai.com |
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| Family Violence Prevention Fund |
www.fvpf.org/ |
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| Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association |
www.fasa.org/ |
Includes information on membership, meetings, and publications. |
| Federation of American Health Systems |
www.fahs.com |
Contains information on committees, publications, special events, and links to other web sites. |
| FEDSTATS |
www.fedstats.gov |
Maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, the FEDSTATS site provides easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by over 70 US agencies. Press releases also available. |
| Feminist Majority Foundation |
www.feminist.org/other/bc/bchome.html |
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| Firefighter Investigation & Prevention Program |
www.cdc.gov/niosh/firehome.html |
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| FitnessLink |
www.fitnesslink.com |
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| Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration |
www.fdhc.state.fl.us/ |
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| Florida Department of Health |
www.doh.state.fl.us/ |
Florida's Department of Health Home Page with links to public health statistics and vital statistics and other health information. |
| Florida Health Stat.com |
www.floridahealthstat.com/ |
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| Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging (FPECA) |
usfweb.usf.edu/fpeca |
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| Food and Drug Administration |
www.fda.gov/ |
Contains information on foods, human drugs, biologics, animal drugs, cosmetics, medical devices/radiological health, freedom of information, field operations, regulations, toxicology research, and medical products reporting. |
| Food and Drug Law Materials |
www.law.cornell.edu/topics/food_drugs.html |
Statutes and court decisions dealing with food and drug law. An be searched by key terms. |
| Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER) |
www.fcer.org |
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| GE’s Long Term Care Website |
www.ge.com/longtermcare |
The site includes long term care statistics, a look at the different insurance products available, information about the part Medicare and Medicaid play in financing long term care, and a cost estimator to help people determine the approximate cost of a policy at their age, in their state. The site also lists a toll free number consumers can call for further information (800-456-7766), as well as information about the GE regional office nearest their zip code. These offices support more than 1200 long term care specialists. |
| Georgia Community Health |
www.state.ga.us/gch/ |
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| Georgia Division of Public Health |
health.state.ga.us |
GDPH is the lead agency entrusted by the people of the state of Georgia with the ultimate responsibility for the health of communities and the entire population. |
| Georgia Division of Public Health |
health.state.ga.us |
Georgia Division of Public Health (GDPH) is the lead agency entrusted by the people of the state of Georgia with the ultimate responsibility for the health of communities and the entire population. |
| Georgia Division of Public Health - Health Data |
health.state.ga.us/healthdata/ |
Source for public health information in Georgia, with statistics, reports and other health information. |
| Gerontological Society of America |
www.geron.org |
Includes information on publications, a newsletter, conference calendar, news releases, annual meeting, and membership. |
| GeroWeb |
www.iog.wayne.edu/orglinks.html |
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| Hawaii Department of Health |
www.state.hi.us/doh/ |
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| Hawaii Health Information Council |
www.hhic.org/index.asp |
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| HCFA - HIPAA OnLine |
www.hcfa.gov/medicaid//hipaa/online/default.asp |
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| HCFA - HIPAA Page |
www.hcfa.gov/hipaa/hipaahm.htm |
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| HCFA and HHS Initiatives |
www.hcfa.gov/hcfainit.htm |
Listing of Health Care Financing Administration Initiatives and Department of Health & Human Services Initiatives |
| Health & Welfare Agency Data Center (California) |
www.cahwnet.gov |
Provides links to federal, state, and local resources on the web. The Health and Welfare data Center provides cost-effective, large-scale computer processing and telecommunications services to the California Health and Human Services departments. |
| Health Care Financing Administration |
www.hcfa.gov |
Contains all background information on Medicare, Medicaid, child health and other initiatives. Statistics for Medicare, Medicaid, and the Child Health Insurance Plane are available. Also contains consumer publications. |
| Health Forum/AHA |
www.ahadata.com |
Customized online data delivery of healthcare providers mailing lists and hospital data analysis from the American Hospital Association's Health Forum. We integrate the AHA annual survey with 3 other major healthcare databases for fast, easy-to-use comprehensive data selection and analysis. |
| Health Forum/AHA |
www.ahadata.com |
Customized online data delivery of healthcare providers mailing lists and hospital data analysis from the American Hospital Association's Health Forum. We integrate the AHA annual survey with 3 other major healthcare databases for fast, easy-to-use comprehensive data selection and analysis. |
| Health Forum/AHA |
www.ahadata.com |
Customized online data delivery of healthcare providers mailing lists and hospital data analysis from the American Hospital Association's Health Forum. We integrate the AHA annual survey with 3 other major healthcare databases for fast, easy-to-use comprehensive data selection and analysis. |
| Health Forum/AHA |
www.ahadata.com |
Customized online data delivery of healthcare providers mailing lists and hospital data analysis from the American Hospital Association's Health Forum. We integrate the AHA annual survey with 3 other major healthcare databases for fast, easy-to-use comprehensive data selection and analysis. |
| Health Gate |
www.healthgate.com/ |
Medical database searches, plus information on over 100 health topics and access to its many "Healthy Living" magazines. |
| Health Grades |
www.healthgrades.com/ |
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| Health Industry Distributors Association |
www.hida.org/ |
Includes a calendar of events, directories, information on products, services, annual trade show, HIDA headlines, and government issues. |
| Health Information Technology Institute |
hitiweb.mitretek.org |
Contains the institute's mission, an organizational chart, a showcase, information on partnership, and links to sites of interest. |
| Health Information Tennessee (HIT) |
web.utk.edu/~chrg/hit/index.htm |
HIT is a public health informatics project to disseminate
data interactivelyto identify population health problems and high risk
groups, and
to assess need for prevention, treatment, and
rehabilitation
services in Tennessee. |
| Health Law Trends |
www.arentfox.com/mewlett/health/health.htm |
An electronic journal dealing with legal issues in health care. |
| Health Net |
www2.healthnet.com/general/ppg_reports/default.asp |
Report Cards for Metropolitan areas of California |
| Health Professional Shortage Areas |
www.bphc.hrsa.dhhs.gov/databases/hpsa/hpsa.cfm |
This is a database provided by the Bureau of Primary Health Care. |
| Health Resources and Services Administration |
www.hrsa.dhhs.gov |
The HRSA directs national health programs which improve the health of the nation by assuring quality health care to underserved, vulnerable and special-need populations and by promoting appropriate health professions workforce capacity and practice, particularly in primary and public health. Provides links to the HIV/AIDS Bureau, the Bureau of Primary Health Care; the Bureau of Health Professions; the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and the Office of Minority Health. |
| Health Scope |
www.healthscope.org/ |
The PBGH California Consumer HealthScope is an independent source of information to help you select the best quality health plans, hospitals, and medical groups. |
| Health Services Cost Review Commission (Maryland) |
www.op.state.md.us/hscrc
Not in service 3/23/99 |
Contains consumer's guide, data regulations and annotated code, required forms for filing a request for data, policy papers, wage & salary surveys, annual financial disclosure report, press releases, governor's report, financial conditions report, current rate orders, legal & financial manual, and few other things. |
| Health Services Research Journal |
www.xnet.com/~hret/hsr.htm |
The online version of the Health Services Research Journal. |
| Health Tech Strategies, LLP and Nonprofit Management, Inc. |
www.nonprofitmgt.com/privacy |
Offers workshops on Privacy and Security issues, focusing on complying with HIPAA regulations. |
| Healthcare Association of New York State |
www.hanys.org |
The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) serves as the key advocate for more than 550 non-profit and public hospitals, health systems, nursing facilities, home care agencies, hospice, and adult day care programs, and other related health care facilities throughout New York State. |
| Healthcare Cost Utilization Project Quality Indicators On Line (HCUP QI) |
www.nahdo.org/ahcpr/main/index.htm |
This HCUP QI site gives you on-line information about HCUP hospital measures. It is designed to allow policy makers, public health professionals and the public to do interactive searches of national rates of hospital utilization, access and quality. |
| Healthcare Financial Management Association |
www.hfma.org/ |
Contains a profile, history, press room, staff directory, jobs/classified listings, publications, career development, certification, and a resource directory. |
| Healthfinder |
www.healthfinder.gov/ |
Healthfinder is a free gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Healthfinder can lead you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public. |
| HealthInsight of Utah and Nevada |
www.healthinsight.org/ |
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| HealthInsight of Utah and Nevada |
www.healthinsight.org/ |
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| HealthLink New Mexico |
www.healthlinknm.org/HDS/consumerreports.shtml |
Consumer reports for health plans and other health related issues. |
| Healthnavigator |
www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/chis/finder.html |
This Ontario (Canada) Ministry of Health site provides resource guides on a variety of health topics, such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, hormone replacement therapy, cancers in men, nutrition, back pain, depression, and naturopathic medicine. General information is given for each topic, as well as organization information and print and electronic resources. |
| HealthWeb |
www.healthweb.org |
Provides links to information resources on the Web selected by librarians and information professionals at leading academic medical centers in the Midwest. Selection emphasizes quality information aimed at assisting health care professionals as well as consumers in meeting their health information needs. |
| Healthy People 2000 |
odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/pubs/hp2000/ |
Information about the Health People 2000 project and contains links to publication, progress reports, fact sheets and goals for Healthy People 2010. |
| Healthy Start National Resource Center |
www.healthystart.net/ |
Home page about the Healthy Start program, database on ways to reduce infant mortality, information about perinatal health and continuing education |
| Hepatitis Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/index.html |
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| HHS Data Council |
aspe.os.dhhs.gov/datacncl/ |
The HHS Data Council coordinates all health and non-health data collection and analysis activities of the Department of Health and Human Services, including an integrated data collection strategy, coordination of health data standards and health information and privacy policy activities. |
| HIPAA - HHS |
aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/kkimpl.htm |
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| HIV/AIDS Bureau |
www.hrsa.gov/hab/ |
A subsite of the Health Resources and Services Administration. The HIV/AIDS Bureau administers the Ryan While Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act. The CARE act is intended to improve the quality and availability of care for people with HIV/AIDS and their families. The bureau's factsheets are available from this site. |
| HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report |
www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/stats/hasrlink.html |
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| Hospital Data Interactive Query System of Utah |
hlunix.hl.state.ut.us/hda/databases.htm |
Online query system that allows user to create customized tables and graphs from Utah's hospital discharge database. |
| Housing and Urban Development |
www.hud.gov |
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| Humana |
www.humana.com |
Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is one of the nation's largest publicly traded managed health care companies with approximately 6.1 million medical members located primarily in 15 states and Puerto Rico. Humana offers coordinated health care through a variety of plans -- health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, point of service plans and administrative service products -- to employer groups, government- sponsored plans and individuals. |
| Idaho Department of Health & Welfare |
www.state.id.us/dhw/hwgd_www/home.html |
Includes information on the Department of Health and Welfare, the Board, child support services, family and community services, health, medicaid, and welfare. |
| Illinois Department of Public Health |
www.idph.state.il.us |
Statistics available for births, teen births, marriage/divorce, infant mortality, death, abortion, various diseases including AIDS/HIV, a childhood lead poisoning surveillance report, and a link to the Illinois State Cancer Registry. See: "View Statistics." Also includes links to other health sites. |
| Illinois Department on Aging |
www.state.il.us/aging/ |
Contains a demographics section reporting a breakdown of the elderly population by age and area and economic status. |
| Illinois Healthcare Cost Containment Council |
www.state.il.us/agency/hcccc |
Hospital Care Buyer's Guides for Illinois, quarterly reports, and data product user guides available for download. Includes links to other health related agencies. |
| Illinois State Medical Society |
www.isms.org |
The Illinois State Medical Society is a professional membership society for physicians whose common purpose is to promote the science and art of medicine, protect the public health, elevate the standards of medical education and unite the medical profession behind those purposes. |
| Illinoise Cost Containment Council |
www.state.il.us/agency/hcccc/default.htm |
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| Illinoise Department of Public Health |
www.idph.state.il.us/ |
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| Indian Health Service (HIS) |
www.ihs.gov |
The Indian Health Service is an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. |
| Indiana State Department of Health |
www.state.in.us/isdh |
Contains links to state data and statistics including marriage, abortion, epidemiologic info, day care, Head Start, cancer, and other diseases. |
| Intercultural Cancer Council |
icc.bcm.tmc.edu/home.htm |
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| Internation Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFGD) |
www.execpc.com/iffgd |
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| International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety |
www.iahss.org/ |
The International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety is a not-for-profit professional organization of healthcare security and safety executives around the world. It works to improve and professionalize security and safety in healthcare facilities through the exchange of information and experiences among healthcare security and safety executives. |
| International Food Information Council |
ificinfo.health.org/ |
Includes food safety and nutrition information, information for reporters, publications, information for educators, and additional resources. |
| International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD) |
www.execpc.com/iffgd |
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| Internet Medical and Health Care Resources |
www.teleport.com/~amrta/iway.html |
An extensive list of Internet sites related to medicine. |
| Intravenous Nurses Society |
www.ins1.org/ |
Includes information on standards, certification, education, scholarships, awards, and publications. |
| Iowa Department of Public Health |
idph.state.ia.us |
Contains vital health statistics: births, deaths, and marriages. Access to divisions of Family & Community Health, Health Protection, Planning & Administration, Substance Abuse & Health, and a directory of programs. |
| Island Peer Review Organization |
www.ipro.org/ |
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| ISQua |
www.isqua.org.au/ |
The International Society for Quality in Health Care has hundreds of members in over sixty countries and offers a unique opportunity for individuals and organisations with a common interest in quality in health care, to share expertise and experience in an international, multi-disciplinary forum. ISQua is also developing special interest groups and has started a directory to encourage exchange with national organisations committed to quality in health care. |
| JAMA Asthma Information Center |
www.ama-assn.org/special/asthma/asthma.htm |
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| JAMA Contraception Information Center |
www.ama-assn.org/special/contra/contra.htm |
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| JAMA Migraine Information Center |
www.ama-assn.org/special/migraine/migraine.htm |
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| JAMA Sexually Transmitted Disease Center |
www.ama-assn.org/special/std/std.htm |
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| JAMA Womens Health Information Center |
www.ama-assn.org/special/womh/womh.htm |
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| Join the Fight Against Breast Cancer |
www.fight-breastcancer.com |
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| Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
www.jcaho.org/ |
The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation’s predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. |
| Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance (JHITA) |
www.jhita.org |
AHIMA, AMIA, CHIM, CHIME and HIMSS joined together to form the Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance (JHITA) with the intent of pursuing a wide variety of objectives related to the common good of the Alliance membership. |
| Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law |
www.pitt.edu/~jhppl/index.htm |
Read current and past issues and abstracts of the journal. |
| Kansas Department of Health and Environment: Center for Health and Environmental Statistics |
www.kdhe.state.ks.us/ches |
Links to office of vital statistics, state regulations, and other health care information. |
| Kansas Information for Communities |
kic.kdhe.state.ks.us/kic/ |
Query system with birth data running from 1990-1999 and death data running from 1990-1998 |
| Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services |
cfc-chs.chr.state.ky.us/chshome.htm |
Links to Dept for Medicaid services, health department |
| KIDS COUNT |
www.aecf.org/aeckids.htm |
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| KidsHealth |
www.kidshealth.org |
One of the largest sites on the Internet providing expert health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation Center for Children's Health Media, KidsHealth has separate areas for kids, teens, and parents - each with its own focus, tone, and design. |
| Last Acts |
www.lastacts.org/ |
Last Acts is a call-to-action campaign designed to improve care at the end of life. Our goals are to bring end-of-life issues out in the open and to help individuals and organizations pursue the search for better ways to care for the dying. |
| Law Journal Extra! Health Law |
www.ljx.com/practice/health/index.htm |
This journal publishes articles and columns dealing with current issues in health law. Also, prints recent court decisions and legistlation and provides links to other resources. |
| Leukemia Society of America |
www.leukemia.org/ |
Includes information on educational materials and publications, patient services, research, chapter finder, events, news and media, and links to other resources. |
| Lewis and Clark Library System |
www.lcls.lib.il.us/ste/physic.htm |
This page has hospital data for comparisons, Healthcare Report Cards and HealthGrades. |
| Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals |
www.dhh.state.la.us |
Vital Records--> Health statistics: leading causes of death, influencing factors on health status; Medicaid Annual Handbooks; Links to Louisiana Office of Public Health, Mental Health, Management and Finance, Alcohol and Drug Abuse. |
| Macular Degeneration Foundation Eyesight Informer |
www.eyesight.org |
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| Maine Department of Health |
www.state.me.us/bms/report/ar2.htm |
Medicaid annual report. |
| Maine Health Data Organization |
janus.state.me.us/dhs/bohodr/ |
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| Making the Health Care System Work for You: A Guide for Patients |
www.mhalink.org/guide/patientguide.stm |
A resource provided by the Massachusetts Hospital Association and The Picker Institute. It answers frequently asked questions; recommends further questions for you to ask your doctors, nurses, and hospital staff; and offers strategies to help you get the most out of your hospital care. |
| March of Dimes |
www.modimes.org |
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| March of Dimes |
www.modimes.org/stats/stats.htm |
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| Maryland Health Care Access & Cost Commission |
www.hcacc.state.md.us |
Includes reports on benefit plans, mandated health insurance service, health expenditures, HMO performance, and Electronic Data Interchange progress. Links to other state sites. |
| Maryland Health Resources Planning Commission |
www.mhrpc.state.md.us |
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| Maryland Insurance Administration |
www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/25ind/html/47insur.html |
Life and Health insurance rate guides |
| Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile (MassCHIP) |
www.state.ma.us/dph/ose/mchphome.htm |
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| Massachusetts Division of Healthcare Finance and Policy |
www.magnet.state.ma.us/dhcfp/ |
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| Massachusetts Health Data Consortium |
www.mahealthdata.org/ |
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| Massachusetts Health Data Consortium |
www.mahealthdata.org/ |
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| Massachussetts Department of Health |
www.magnet.state.ma.us/dph/ |
The Massachussetts Department of Health Home Page has links to statistics, programs and publications relating to health. |
| Massachussetts Health Data Consortium - HIPAA Page |
www.mahealthdata.org/mhdc/mhdc2.nsf/documents/hipaa-index |
|
| Mayo Health O@sis |
www.mayohealth.org |
Source of reliable health information from Mayo Clinic. The Web site is a natural extension of Mayo's long-standing commitment to provide health education to its patients and the general public. You'll find easy-to-read, relevant information for a healthier life. You'll discover a growing database of explanations on how to treat common and not-so-common illnesses, as well as information on disease prevention. |
| McKenna & Cuneo L.L.P. |
www.mckennacuneo.com/ |
Washington DC based law firm - they sponsor seminars, including HIPAA |
| Med Web: Biomedical Internet Resources |
www.gen.emory.edu/MEDWEB/keyword/bioethics.html |
An extensive list of Internet biomedical resources. |
| Medical Group Management Association |
www.mgma.com |
Contains a member center, a vendor center, and information on CRAHCA and ACMPE. |
| Medical Law Review |
www.oup.co.uk/medlaw/ |
A journal publishing articles of international interest which provide analysis and comment on current issues. |
| Medical Library Association |
mlahq.org/ |
Includes information on advocacy, networking, career services, and the MLA catalog. |
| Medical Matrix |
www.bedmatrix.org/ |
Medical Matrix is a web resource that offers a databse of Internet clinical medicine resources. Registration is required, but is free. |
| Medical Matrix |
www.slackinc.com/matrix/medline.html |
Source for medically related web sites each with a brief description. |
| Medical Newsletters and Journals |
www.dsg.ki.se/journal/medweb.html |
A large listing of medical newsletters and journals. |
| Medicare |
www.medicare.gov/ |
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) administers Medicare, the nation's largest health insurance program, which covers 39 million Americans. Medicare provides health insurance to people age 65 and over and those who have permanent kidney failure and certain people with disabilities. |
| Medicare Compare |
32.97.224.58/comparison/default.asp |
The Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) Medicare Compare Database is an interactive database which includes detailed information on Medicare's health plan options. Medicare Compare allows you to comparison shop; and find the plans that will work best for you. |
| Medicare Provider Analysis Reports (MedPAR) |
www.hcfa.gov/stats/medpar/medpar.htm |
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| Medline |
www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/freemedl.html |
The National Library of Medicine offers PubMed and Internet Grateful Med, two free systems to search MEDLINE. They both provide an easy way to search the 11 million references and abstracts in the MEDLINE database; link to about 400 journals, and offer document delivery services. |
| Medscape |
www5.medscape.com |
Thousands of full-text, peer-reviewed articles, medical news, medline and interactive quizzes. |
| Medscape |
www.medscape.com |
Leading interactive, multi-specialty, commercial Web service for clinicians and consumers. Medscape pools information from clinical journals, medical news providers, medical education programs, and material created expressly for Medscape. The site provides free access to MEDLINE, AIDSLINE, and TOXLINE, as well as searching of the National Drug Data File. |
| Mental Health Law and Policy |
hal.fmhi.usf.edu/mhlpstatement.htm |
News and issues in mental health law. |
| Merck & Co., Inc. |
www.merck.com/ |
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| Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary |
www.m-w.com/book/office/medpbk.htm |
Provides content and ordering information for several of their reference books, including the Medical Dictionary. |
| Michigan Department of Community Health |
www.mdmh.state.mi.us/ |
The Michigan Department of Community Health has links to it's various agencies including health and vital statistics, health promotion and publication and community public health. |
| Milliman & Robertson, Inc. |
www.milliman.com/index.asp?menu_sec=Home&content=home/mr_home_default.html |
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| Minnesota Department of Health |
www.health.state.mn.us/index.html |
Contains news and announcements, facts and figures, consumer information, and professional information, library, health reform and policy, and public health alerts. |
| Mississippi State Department of Health |
www.msdh.state.ms.us/ |
Contains a calendar, birth certificate & health statistics, health info, regulations, document archive, and links to related web sites. |
| Missouri Department of Health |
www.health.state.mo.us |
Statistical reports, birth and death records, health initiatives, publications. |
| Missouri Information for Community Assessment (MICA) |
www.health.state.mo.us/GLRequest/index.html |
This index is intended to serve as a ready reference to help locate data and information contained in the Department of Health Home Page for specific behaviors/conditions. Most of the data is contained in Community Data Profiles (static data tables) and Missouri Information for Community Assessment (MICA) (interactive data system). |
| Montana Department of Health and Human Services
Web address not responding 3/16/99 |
www.dphhs.mt.gov |
Under "Resource Room" you can access information on communicable diseases, CHIP, teen pregnancy, vital statistics, the cancer registry, and more. |
| Multimedia Medical Reference Library |
www.med-library.com/ |
Contains information on numerous medical conditions such as AIDS, Diabetes, and Alzheimer's. It also provides information in the general areas of cardiology, dermatology, neurology, sleep medicine, and much more. |
| Multiple Sclerosis Foundation |
www.msfacts.org |
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| My Virtual Reference Desk/Health and Nutrition |
www.refdesk.com/health.html |
Contains an alphabetical listing of links to the many topics related to the areas of health and nutrition. |
| NAHDO's Healthcare Cost Utilization Project Qualtiy Indicators On-Line (HCUP QI) |
www.nahdo.org/ahcpr/main/index.htm |
This HCUP QI site gives you on-line information about HCUP hospital measures. It is designed to allow policy makers, public health professionals and the public to do interactive searches of national rates of hospital utilization, access and quality. |
| National Abortion & Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) |
www.naral.org |
National Abortion and Reproductive
Rights Action League -- the leading political force dedicated to securing
our freedom to choose. Our web site is part of the campaign to reach
millions of Americans with vital information about reproductive choice. |
| National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine |
www.nas.edu/ |
Contains information on agriculture, behavioral; social sciences, biology, business, economics, careers, fellowships, chemistry, computers, technology, earth sciences, education, engineering, environmental issues, health, medicine, and much more. |
| National Aging Information Center |
pr.aoa.dhhs.gov/naic/ |
Includes a bibliographic database, a database reference system, an eldercare locator database, information on publications, statistical resources, and a calendar of events. |
| National Alliance for the Mentally Ill |
www.nami.org/ |
Includes information on affiliates, books, campaign, medical info, meetings, a helpline, policy, statistics, and links to other web sites. |
| National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) |
www.icpsr.umich.edu/nacda |
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| National Archives and Records Administration |
www.nara.gov |
Contains links to all federal registry publications including the Code of Federal Regulations. Within the Code of Federal Regulations, searches can be done by keyword, citation, title, volume, or related document. In addition, there is an alphabetical listing of agencies included in the CFR. |
| National Archives and Records Administration - Federal Register |
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/ |
Compilation of their publications available on the web |
| National Association for Chiropractic Medicine (NACM) |
www.chiromed.org |
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| National Association for Continence |
www.nafc.org/ |
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| National Association for Healthcare Quality |
www.nahq.org/ |
Includes information on education, certification, publications, products, government relations, career center, resource center, recognition , awards, and related links. |
| National Association for Home Care |
www.nahc.org/ |
Includes information on meetings/conferences, publications, legislative/regulatory, state associations, affiliates, news bureau, consumer information, and a HomeCare/Hospice Agency locator. |
| National Association for Medical Equipment Services |
www.names.org/ |
Includes information on government relations, products , services, meetings , education, membership, a rehab section, employment exchange, and links to other sites. |
| National Association Medical Staff Services |
www.namss.org/ |
Includes information on products , services, certification programs, discussion groups, and vendor opportunities. |
| National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers |
www.naatp.org/ |
Includes information on services, mission , history, a newsletter, alerts, surveys, and links to other web sites. |
| National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors |
www.naadac.org/ |
Includes information on 1998 public policy conference, NAADAC ethical standards, NAADAC position statements, certification, government relations, and links to other web sites. |
| National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) |
www.childrenshospitals.com |
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| National Association of Dental Plans |
www.nadp.org |
Link to the representative and recognized resource of the dental HMO/PPO industry. NADP's mission is to promote and advance the dental HML/PPO industry to provide consumer access to affordable, quality dental care. |
| National Association of Governors Council on Physical Fitness & Sports (NAGCPFS) |
www.fitnesslink.com/govcouncil/index.html |
FitnessLink is a fitness information resource for news, articles and tips on health, fitness, sports performance, diet, exercise and more. Featuring credible, no-fluff editorial, FitnessLink is a valuable fitness search engine, providing reviews and rated links to hundreds of top-quality fitness Web sites. |
| National Association of Health Data Organizations |
www.nahdo.org/ |
Contains a NAHDO overview, information on upcoming meetings, publications, and a national health information resource center (NHIRC). |
| National Association of Health Data Organizations |
www.nahdo.org/nahdo/ediq/index.htm |
A NCHS/CDC funded project to develop an interactive query system for state emergency department data sets. This project includes the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) maintained by NCHS and three state emergency department public use files. |
| National Association of Hispanic Nurses |
www.incacorp.com/nahn |
Includes the NAHN mission, purpose, objectives, history, and information on the annual conference. |
| National Association of Institutional Linen Management |
www.nailm.com/ |
Contains information on conferences, education, international office, district/chapter news, Clean '99, and a news stand. |
| National Association of Insurance Commissioners |
www.naic.org/ |
Includes information on insurance regulators, news, calendar, committee activity, financial data reporting, producer initiatives, white papers and manuals, and products and services. |
| National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems |
www.naphs.org/ |
Contains help for consumers, a resource catalog, and news releases. |
| National Association of Social Workers, Inc. |
www.naswdc.org/MAIN.htm |
Includes information on finding a social worker, NASW insurance trust, code of ethics, advocacy, NASW credentials, and links to other web sites. |
| National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors |
www.nasadad.org/ |
Contains NASADAD news, calendar, publications page, the national prevention network, and links to AOD web sites. |
| National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors |
www.nasmhpd.org/ |
Includes a calendar of events, research/publications, and a director's forum. |
| National Back Pain Association |
www.backpain.org |
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| National Bike Safety Network |
www.cdc.gov/npic/bike/default.htm |
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| National Cancer Institute |
www.nci.nih.gov/ |
Includes information for patients, public, and the mass media, an international cancer information center, even calendar, intramural research, extramural research, technology transfer, and office of international affairs. |
| National Cancer Registrars Association |
www.ncra-usa.org/ |
Includes information on the organization's history and membership |
| National Cener for Infectious Diseases (NICD) |
www.cdc.gov/nchswww |
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| National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion |
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp |
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| National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Promotion |
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/women.htm |
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| National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Promotion |
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ohp.htm |
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| National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine |
nccam.nih.gov |
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| National Center for Health Care Statistics |
www.cdc.gov/nchswww/ |
Primary source of vital and health statistics for the United States. This page provides links to NCHS news releases, statistics, products, and more. A link to the Fedstats site provides statistics and information produced by governement agencies for public use. |
| National Center for Health Statistics - National Nursing Home Survey 1995 (NCHS-NNHS) |
www.cdc.gov/nchswww/about/major/nhcs/nhcs.htm |
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| National Center for Injury Prevention & Control (NCIPC) |
www.cdc.gov/ncipc |
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| National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect Information |
www.calib.com/nccanch |
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| National Coalition for Adult Immunization (NCAI) |
www.nfid.org/ncai/ |
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| National Conference of State Legislatures |
www.stateserv.hpts.org |
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| National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention |
www.nccmerp.org |
The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention is an independent body comprised of seventeen national organizations who are meeting, collaborating, and cooperating to address the interdisciplinary causes of errors and to promote the safe use of medications. |
| National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF) |
www.ncahf.org |
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| National Council of State Boards of Nursing |
www.ncsbn.org/ |
Contains NCLEX(r) Examination info, Interactive NCLEX(r) Diagnostic Profile, an online library, a consumer connection, events calendar, publications, programs and services, and other web resources. |
| National Digestive Disease Information Clearinghouse |
www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/ddstats/ddstats.htm |
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| National Eye Institute |
www.nei.nih.gov/ |
Contains information for the specific groups of researchers, health care professionals, public and patients, educators, and media. |
| National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) |
www.nfid.org |
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| National Health Expenditures of the Health Care Financing Administration - Office of the Actuary |
www.hcfa.gov/stats/nhe-oact/nhe.htm |
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| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
www.nhtsa.dot.gov |
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| National Hospice Organization |
www.nho.org |
Contains information on conferences and education, general information, and an area for members only. |
| National Information Center on Deafness - Gallaudet University (NICD) |
www.gallaudet.edu/~nicd/index.html |
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| National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health |
www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html |
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| National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) |
www.niaid.nih.gov |
NIAID, part of the National Institutes of Health, supports biomedical research to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, Asthma and allergies. |
| National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases (NIAMS) |
www.nih.gov/niams |
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| National Institute of Child Health & Development (NICHD) |
www.nih.gov/nichd |
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| National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) |
www.nidcr.nih.gov |
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| National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) |
www.niddk.nih.gov/ |
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| National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) - Weight Control Information Network |
www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm |
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| National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases Health Information: Nutrition & Obescity |
www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/nutrit.htm |
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| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) |
www.niehs.nih.gov |
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| National Institute of General Medicine Sciences (NIGMS) |
www.nih.gov/nigms/news/facts |
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| National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) |
www.nimh.nih.gov |
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| National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS) |
www.ninds.nih.gov |
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| National Institute on Aging (NIA) |
www.nih.gov/nia |
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| National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders |
www.nih.gov/nidcd |
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| National Institute on Drug Abuse |
www.nida.nih.gov/ |
Includes information on drugs of abuse, publications, events, organization, funding, and related web sites. |
| National Institutes of Health |
www.nih.gov/ |
Includes information on health, grants, science, institutes, and news. |
| National Kidney & Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC) |
www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/nkudic.htm |
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| National Kidney Foundation |
www.kidney.org |
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| National League for Nursing |
www.nln.org/index.htm |
Includes information on NLN centers, membership, councils, testing services, tests, publications and products, and a calendar of events. |
| National Library of Medicine |
www.nlm.nih.gov |
A link to factsheets provides a long list of links including online databases and databanks, indexing systems, and unified medical language system. |
| National Longitudinal Survey of Youth |
stats.bls.gov/nlshome.htm |
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| National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) |
www.marrow.org/2ndpage.html |
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| National Maternal & Infant Health Survey |
www.cdc.gov/nchswww/products/catalogs/subject/nihs/mins.htm |
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| National Medical Association |
www.natmed.org/ |
Includes a calendar of events, NMA policy compendium, house of delegates news, journal, and a discussion group for web pages. |
| National Mental Health Association (NMHA) |
www.nmha.org |
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| National Nursing Home Database |
www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/home.asp |
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| National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse |
www.aerie.com/nohicweb |
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| National Osteoporosis Foundation |
www.nof.org |
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| National Partnership for Women and Families - HIPAA Page |
www.nationalpartnership.org/healthcare/hipaa/guide.htm |
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| National Program for Playground Safety |
www.uni.edu/playground |
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| National Quality Forum |
www.qualityforum.org/ |
The National Quality Forum is a not-for-profit membership organization created to develop and implement a national strategy for health care quality measurement and reporting. A shared sense of urgency about the impact of health care quality on patient outcomes, workforce productivity, and health care costs prompted leaders in the public and private sectors to create the National Quality Forum as a mechanism to bring about national change. |
| National Rehabilitation Information Center |
www.cais.com/naric |
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| National Rural Health Association |
www.NRHArural.org |
Includes information on conferences, conference papers, and a profile. |
| National Safety Council |
www.nsc.org/ |
Includes library resources, research , statistics, training resources, and council publications. |
| National Sleep Foundation |
www.sleepfoundation.org |
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| National Stroke Association |
www.stroke.org |
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| National Student Nurses Association |
www.nsna.org/ |
Includes a career center, chapter links, information on continuing and graduate education, conventions, NSNA news, NSNA Foundation, and state activities. |
| National Therapeutic Recreation Society |
www.nrpa.org/branches/ntrs.htm |
Contains NTRS leadership directory, information on publications, philosophical position, awards programs, and a photo contest. |
| National VA Chaplain Center |
www.chaplain.med.va.gov/ |
Contains vision , mission statements, chaplain education center, clinical pastoral education, bio medical ethics, alternative dispute resolution mediation, and a research center. |
| National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) |
www.4women.org |
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| National Women's Health Organization |
www.healthywomen.org |
Information about the organization and links to current new articles. |
| NCHICA |
www.nchica.org/organization/Default.asp |
North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc |
| NCHICA - HIPAA Home Page |
www.nchica.org/activities/HIPAA/HIPAA_intro.html |
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| NCHS Fast Stats A to Z |
www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/Default.htm |
Links to a variety of federal and state data sources for a variety of health information |
| Nebraska Health and Human Services Home Page |
www.hhs.state.ne.us/ |
The Nebraska Health and Human Services Home Page has links to all their agencies including statistics and research, public health, medicaid and many others. |
| Nevada Bureau of Health Planning and Statistics |
health2k.state.nv.us/ |
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| Nevada Health Division |
www.state.nv.us/health/ |
Includes health division services/program web pages, For Your Health, health division phone directory, and links to other public health resources. |
| New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services |
www.dhhs.state.nh.us/Index.nsf?Open |
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has links to state initiatives, programs, statistics and healt services. |
| New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services |
www.state.nj.us/health/ |
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services has links to vital statistics, occupational health information, state programs and other health related sites. |
| New Mexico Health Policy Commission |
hpc.state.nm.us/ |
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| New York Department of Health |
www.health.state.ny.us |
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| North Carolina Department of Public Health Home Page |
www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dph/ |
The North Carolina Department of Public Health Home Page has links to their health statistics pages, epidemiology and local health service pages, among many other informative links. |
| North Dakota Health Department |
www.health.state.nd.us/ndhd |
Under "Administrative Services" is info on vital records which includes vital statistics such as birth, death, fetal death, and marriage. There is also a link to "North Dakota Vital Statistics on the Web." The button to "Preventive Health" includes the Division of Disease Control, a North Dakota Weekly Influenza Report, Maternal/Child Health, and the Tobacco Prevention program. Maternal/child health includes info on programs and services, performance measures and annual objectives. This user-friendly site had an extensive topical index and search function as well. |
| Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) |
www.osha.gov/oshstats/work.html |
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| Office of Disability, Aging & Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) |
aspe.os.dhhs.gov/daltcp/home.htm |
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| Office of Population Research |
opr.princeton.edu/archive/index.html |
Contains links to databases on fertility for various locations around the world and also reports on new studies about fertility. |
| Office of Technology Assessment |
www.ota.nap.edu/index.html |
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| Office of Womens Health, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
www.cdc.gov/od/owh/whhome.htm |
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| Office of Womens Health: Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
www.cdc.gov/od/owh/whstd.htm |
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| Ohio Department of Health Home Page |
www.odh.state.oh.us/ |
The Ohio Department of Health Home Page has links to state data and statistics and health and education resources. |
| Oklahoma Department of Health |
www.health.state.ok.us/ |
The Oklahoma Department of Health Home Page has links to state health statistics, various state health programs and current state health news. |
| OncoLink |
cancer.med.upenn.edu |
OncoLink was founded in 1994 by University of Pennsylvania cancer specialists with a mission to help cancer patients, families, health care professionals and the general public get accurate cancer-related information at no charge. Through OncoLink you can get comprehensive information about specific types of cancer, updates on cancer treatments and news about research advances. |
| Ontario Hospital Association |
www.oha.com/OHA/6ppwebpg.nsf/09c4b87d6d203548852565fe0052cf42/1fea6c125c51a780852566aa001e6395?OpenDocument |
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| Oregon Health Division |
www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/welcome.htm |
Includes information on publications, programs, county health departments, vital records, and WWW links. |
| Osteoporosis & Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center |
www.osteo.org |
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| Parents' Resource Institute for Drug Education (PRIDE) Surveys |
www.pridesurveys.com/ |
National Drug Use and Violence Statistics and general drug information |
| Passport Health Communications, Inc. |
www.passporthealth.com |
Through Passport OneSource, clients can access data from six of the country's top 10 health insurers and 32 state Medicaid databases via the Internet. This time-critical information is used to confirm patient eligibility, level of benefits, claims status, provider panels and referrals. This spring, the company unveiled HealthLeaders (www.healthleaders.com) a free online health leadership community for healthcare executives and administrators. Passport was recently presented with the Microsoft, Microsoft Healthcare Users Group award for best product in the Managed Care/Payer-Administrative/Financial Systems category. |
| Pennsylvania Department of Health |
www.health.state.pa.us |
Under "Public Health Programs" you can choose a specific program (ranging from WIC to STDs). Under each program, you can find stat sheets and facts. |
| Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council |
www.phc4.org/ |
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| Pharmacy and You |
www.pharmacyandyou.org |
Sponsored by the American Pharmaceutical Association. It is designed to bring you the latest information about how to work with your pharmacist to help you make the most of your medicine. |
| Pharmacy Resources |
www.cpb.uokhsc.edu/pharmacy/pharmint.html |
An extensive collection of links to pharmacy schools, associations, and journals. |
| Physical Activity & Health |
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/sgr.htm |
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| Planned Parenthood Federation of America |
www.plannedparenthood.org |
Contains planned parenthood fact sheets (statistics) on abortion, birth control, international family planning, and teen pregnancy: see "media & fact sheets. |
| Pregnancy Risk Assessment Program |
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/srv_prams.htm |
Information about the Center for Disease Control's Pregnancy Risk Assessment Program (PRAMS). |
| President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry |
www.hcqualitycommission.gov/ |
The Commission advises the President on changes occurring in the health care system and recommend such measures as may be necessary to promote and assure health care quality and value, and protect consumers and workers in the health care system. Includes a complete copy of the final report entitled Quality First: Better Health Care for All Americans and the Consumer Bill of Rights. |
| Protegrity |
www.protegrity.com/ |
Protegrity is a provider of privacy solutions that protect Franchise Data, the critical information that dictates the success and future of an organization. |
| Public Health Information Guide |
128.196.106.42/ph-hp.html |
Directory intended to help locate resources that are related to public health. |
| QuadraMed - HIPAA-iQ |
www.hipaa-iq.com/ |
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| QuadraMed Corporation Inc. |
www.quadramed.com/ |
|
| Quarterly Journal of Cost and Quality |
www.cost-quality.com |
Online access to The Quarterly Journal of Cost and Quality. This site contains table of contents full text of some articles from each issue. |
| Recent publications from Utah's Office of Health Care Statistics |
hlunix.hl.state.ut.us/hda/consumerreports.htm |
Online access to reports published by OHCS, including hospitalization, ambulatory surgery, emergency departtment visits, report cards |
| Reproductive Health Program |
www.utahrhp.org/ |
Information about the Reproductive Health Program at the Utah Department of Health and has links to other related sites. |
| Rhode Island Department of Health |
www.health.state.ri.us |
Link to nursing home survey information, health policy and data briefs (such as patterns of inpatient hospital use). |
| RJC Lab: List of Cardiovascular Sites on the World Wide Web |
atrium.mit.edu/Resources/cardiosites.html |
A list of cardiovascular web resources from MIT. |
| Rx2000 Institute - HIPAA Page |
www.rx2000.org/KnowledgeCenter/hipaa/hipaa.htm |
Contains links to general HIPAA information, audio chats, publications and conferences. The majority of the links are for members only. |
| RxList |
www.rxlist.com |
A free, comprhensive online drug name cross-index. |
| Safety & Health Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
stats.bls.gov |
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| Sigma Theta Tau |
www.nursingsociety.org |
Includes information on programs, research, membership , chapters, publications, |
| SMS HIPAA Central |
www.smed.com/hipaa/index.php |
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| Social and Scientific Systems, Inc. |
www.s-3.com/ |
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| Social Security Administration (SSA) |
www.ssa.gov |
The home page of the Social Security Administration details all major services provided and any new information. This includes info on Medicare and links to other relevant sites. |
| Society of Actuaries |
www.soa.org |
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| Society of Critical Care Medicine |
www.sccm.org/home/sccm_home_set.html |
Includes information on education, journals, project impact, advocacy, governance, and links to other web sites. |
| Society of General Internal Medicine |
www.sgim.org/ |
Information and news about the society. |
| Society of Nuclear Medicine |
www.snm.org/ |
Includes public awareness, health care policy, education , research, publications, government relations, news, and abstract information. |
| Solucient |
www.solucient.com |
The largest repository of health care intelligence and benchmark information in the industry, Solucient delivers comprehensive, results-oriented solutions to grow your business, contain costs and ensure quality care. |
| South Carolina Budget and Control Board |
www.state.sc.us/dhec/services.htm |
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| South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control |
www.state.sc.us/dhec.division2.htm |
Links to Child Health, Emergency medical services, environmental health, family planning, home care, health care facilities, healthy communities, preventive health, prenatal care, regulations, school health, state health plan, WIC, Women's Health. |
| South Dakota Department of Health |
www.state.sd.us/doh |
Links to all departmental programs. Statistics available for STDs, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, accidents, prenatal risk assessment summary, vital statistics, county info, behavioral risk factors, and youth risk. |
| Spinalcord Injury Information Network |
www.spinalcord.uab.edu |
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| St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay, WI |
www.stvincenthospital.org/rptcards/default.cfm |
Reports for a single hospital |
| State of Illinois Department of Insurance |
www.state.il.us/INS |
Contains consumer information and industry information. Industry information includes bulletins, license information, and process forms. |
| State of New Mexico Department of Health |
www.state.nm.us/state/doh.html |
Site appears under construction. Will have links to Border Health Office, Health Facilities Licensing and Certification Bureau, Public Health Division - WIC Program, and Scientific Laboratory Division. |
| Statistical Abstracts of the United States |
www.census.gov/statab/www |
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| Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) |
www.samhsa.gov |
An agency of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; consists of the Center for Mental Health Services, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. |
| Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation |
www.breastcancerinfo.com/bhealth/html/facts_and_figures.asp |
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| TeleSCAN Telematics Services in Cancer (European) |
telescan.nki.nl/ |
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| Tennessee Department of Health |
www.state.tn.us/health |
Extensive statistics resource including tables, reports, references, and maps: HIT, Health Information Tennessee. Tables include population, surveys, community diagnosis tables, highway crashes, TennCare, Communicable diseases, manpower, hospitals, mortality, nursing homes, and home health. Reports include Community Diagnosis Status Reports, State of the Child, HIV/AIDS surveillance reports, and surveys of Youth. |
| Texas Health Care Information Council |
www.thcic.state.tx.us |
The THCIC is a statewide health care data collection system that collects health care charges, utilization data, and provider quality data, and outcome data to facilitate the promotion and accessibility of cost-effective, good quality health care in Texas. Logic for Hospital Discharge Data - Audits/Edits, and the 1998 HMO Quality Check-up reports. Links to other states providing hospital data. |
| The Alan Guttanmacher Institute |
www.agi-usa.org |
Information about reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. Includes links to various family planning periodicals and current new releases on various reproductive health issues. |
| The American Chiropractors Association |
www.amerchiro.org |
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| The American Medical Association's page on The Domain of Privacy |
www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3653.html |
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| The Arthritis Foundation |
www.arthritis.org/ |
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| The Association for Health Services Research |
www.ahsr.org/ |
The Association for Health Services Research is the only national membership organization devoted to the promotion of research focused on the delivery, quality and financing of the United States health care system. |
| The Berry List |
www.berrylist.com |
Sites for the practicing actuary, containing large data health data sets. |
| The Breast Cancer Roundtable |
www.seas.gwu.edu/student/tlooms/MGT243/source_map3.html |
Devoted to current issues on breast cancer. A map showing the U.S. allows you to choose a state and obtain breast cancer statistics and support services for that state. This site is a work in progress: only six states are listed thus far. In addition, vital statistics from the U.S. and the world are available from this site. Site contains references and information for both health professionals and the general public. |
| The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms: Arson and Explosives National Repository |
www.ustreas.gov/itstrat/atf.htm |
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| The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) |
www.fars.idinc.com/fars95_96/fars.cfm |
Contains data on all crashes in the United States that occur on a public roadway and where a fatality is involved in the crash. This Web site represents the first stage in making FARS data readily accessible to the public. Through this web interface all of the 1995 and 1996 FARS data is searchable and downloadable. This site also provides links to frequent user-specified queries, FARS documentation, the 1995 and 1996 Traffic Safety Factbook, and an On-Line Forum. |
| The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy |
www.fedstats.gov |
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| The Managed Care Education Clearinghouse |
www.gwumc.edu/mcec/main.htm |
One-stop resource for health professionals teaching and learning about managed care. This site is designed to supply and evaluate Internet resources, link to new and existing curricula, and share educational material related to managed care. |
| The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) |
www.ncqa.org |
The premier source for information about the quality of the nation’s managed care plans. |
| The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) |
www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/ |
The NCVHS serves as the statutory [42 U.S.C. 242k(k)] public advisory body to the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the area of health data and statistics. In that capacity, the Committee provides advice and assistance to the Department and serves as a forum for interaction with interested private sector groups on a variety of key health data issues. |
| The National Fraud Information Center |
www.fraud.org |
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| The National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) |
www.nhlbi.nih.gov |
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| The National Program for Playground Safety |
www.uni.edu/playground |
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| The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) |
www.menopause.org |
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| The Office on Research on Womens Health (ORWH) |
www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/index.html |
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| The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF) |
carf.org/ |
Contains general information, a catalog of publications, and a calendar of events. |
| The WPC's page on HIPAA |
www.wpc-edi.com/HIPAA/ |
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| Thrive Online |
www.thriveonline.com |
Information relating to a variety of health topics including physical, emotional, psychological and environmental . Including current news articles, recipes and various other |
| Trauma Verification Program of the American College of Surgeons |
www.facs.org/about_college/acsdept/trauma_dept/traumgrd.html |
Includes continuing medical education courses in trauma, publications and services, National Tracs, National Trauma Data Bank, and verification programs. |
| Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems |
www.tbims.org/database.html#fandf |
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| U.S. Census Bureau |
www.census.gov |
The U.S. Census Bureau provides reports on a variety of social, demographic, and economic information. This site allows a search by state or category. |
| United Cerebral Palsy Associations |
www.ucpa.org |
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| United Network for Organ Sharing |
www.unos.org |
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| University HealthSystem Consortium |
www.uhc.edu/ |
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| University of Utah - School of Medicine - Department of Family and Preventative Medicine |
www.med.utah.edu/dfpm/ |
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| UNLV Center for Public Data Research |
www.unlv.edu/Research_Centers/Public_Data_Research/ |
The Center for Public Data Research services the community by making specific Nevada hospital related data available to both the private and public sectors. Provides 12 standard hospital reports (for 1992) including hospital census comparisons, hospital charge comparisons, payer census comparisons, payer charge comparisons, revenue code analysis, and patient origin census and comparisons. |
| US Census Bureau - Database News in Aging |
www.census.gov/population/www/dbna/dbaging-toc.html |
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| US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: National AIDS Clearinghouse (NAC) |
www.cdcnpin.org |
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| US Department of Agriculture |
www.usda.gov/nass |
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| US Department of Health & Human Services: Office of Population Affairs |
www.dhhs.gov/progorg/opa |
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| US Department of Health & Human Services: Youth Info |
youth.os.dhhs.gov |
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| US Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics |
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs |
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| US Fire Adminstration |
www.usfa.fema.gov/usfa |
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| US Food & Drug Administration |
www.fda.gov |
Home page for the Food and Drug Administration. |
| Utah Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) |
codes.med.utah.edu/utah/reports/query/codes91.html |
NHTSA funded site |
| Utah Department of Health |
hlunix.ex.state.ut.us |
Under "Researchers" is a listing of other Utah sites containing statistics on vital records, health data, the census, justice statistics, and the census comparisons. |
| Utah Maternal and Child Information Internet Query Module (MatCHIIM) |
hlunix.hl.state.ut.us/matchiim/main/ |
This site allows policy makers, MCH professionals, and the public to do interactive searches of statistics on birth, death, hospitalization, and population data for Utah. |
| Utah Office of Health Care Statistics |
www.healthdata.state.ut.us/ |
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| Utah ST-1Report on the States Hospitals (.pdf) |
hlunix.hl.state.ut.us/hda/Reports/st1_1998.PDF |
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| Vector Research Inc. |
www.vectorhome.com/TestHouse/netscape/vrihome-netscape-test.htm |
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| Vermont Health Department |
www.state.vt.us/health/ |
"Publications" section includes regulations, reports, statistics, studies, newsletters, posters, and fact sheets. Link to Vermont MEDNET: a health information network for Vermont. |
| Violence Against Women Office |
www.usdoj.gov/vawo |
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| Virginia Center for Health Statistics |
www.vdh.state.va.us/stats/index.html |
Online Info Center, downloadable files, aggregate data, individualized data, price list, related links. Information useful to the researcher in delineating and investigating health trends. Copies of reports are not free; prices are listed. |
| Virginia Department of Health |
www.vdh.state.va.us |
Linked to Virginia Center for Health Statistics, all local health districts of Virginia, the Virginia Board of Health, Offices of Radiological Health, Family Health services, Emergency Medical services, Epidemiology, Environmental Health Services, Primary Care, Medical Examiner, Vital Records, and Water Programs. |
| Virginia Health Information (VHI) |
www.vhi.org |
Virginia Health Information is a nonprofit health data organization that collects and disseminates a wide variety of health information for businesses, consumers, policymakers and providers of health care. From their website consumer publications can be downloaded. Detailed financial and operational information on Virginia hospitals and nursing homes can also be accesses. Ordering information on large scale databases can also be viewed and downloaded. |
| Virginia Health Information (VHI) |
www.vhi.org |
Virginia Health Information is a nonprofit health data organization that collects and disseminates a wide variety of health information for businesses, consumers, policymakers and providers of health care. From their website consumer publications can be downloaded. Detailed financial and operational information on Virginia hospitals and nursing homes can also be accesses. Ordering information on large scale databases can also be viewed and downloaded. |
| Visiting Nurse Associations of America |
www.vnaa.org |
Includes FAQs, information on selecting agency, getting care, and links to other web sites. |
| Washington Business Group on Health |
www.wbgh.org/ |
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| Washington D.C. State Center for Health Statistics
Web site not responding 3/16/99 |
www.washingtondc.gov/agencies/detail.asp?id=27 |
Access to vital records division (birth certificates, death certificates), research and analysis division (vital statistics data sheets), and health information system division. |
| Washington Publishing Company (WPC) |
www.wpc-edi.com |
Washington Publishing Company (WPC) specializes in managing and distributing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) information, primarily in the form of documentation for organizations that develop, maintain, and implement EDI standards. |
| Washington State Department of Health |
www.doh.wa.gov/ |
Includes information on publications, various topics, a toolbox, and links to other web sites. |
| WEDI |
wedi.org/index.cfm |
Workgroup for Electronic Data Exchange |
| WEDI - HIPAA Information |
wedi.org/public/articles/index.cfm?cat=9 |
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| WEDI - SNIP |
wedi.org/SNIP/ |
Workgroup for Electronic Data Exchange - Strategic National Implementation Project |
| Welcome to the Interactive Hospital Performance Report |
www.phc4.org/idb/hpr/ |
Here you can construct your own individualized Hospital Performance Report (HPR) from 73 treatment categories: 21 from the "original hard copy" report and 52 additional DRGs available only on this site. |
| West Virginia Health Care Authority |
www.hcawv.org |
Contains the WVHCA's Facility Database - access any West Virginia health care facility. |
| Wisconsin Consumer Guide to Health |
www.dhfs.state.wi.us/guide/ |
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| Wisconsin Consumer Guide to Health - Hospital Stays & Surgeries |
www.dhfs.state.wi.us/guide/charges/index.htm |
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| Wisconsin Office of Commissioner of Insurance - Information about Wisconsin
Health Maintenance Organizations |
badger.state.wi.us/agencies/oci/hmo_info.htm |
Choosing a health plan is one of the more important decisions you will make in your life and it can be one of the more confusing decisions as well. From this web page, you can access managed care health plans definitions, managed care health plans frequently asked questions, OCI publication "Consumer's Guide to Managed Care Health Plans in Wisconsin," profiles of the twenty-three health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that serve the residents of Wisconsin, and HMO quarterly statement summary information. |
| Wisconsin Office of Health Care Information |
badger.state.wi.us/agencies/oci/ohci |
Access to information gathered, analyzed, and disseminated by the OHCI. Focuses are hospitals, hospital discharges, planned outpatient surgeries, and physicians, nurses, and other health care providers in Wisconsin. |
| Women's Health Hotline |
www.libov.com |
Display articles about women's health and the prevention of heart disease in them. |
| Women's Health Information Center |
www.ama-assn.org/special/womh/womh.htm |
Links to current articles relating to women's health, current research abstracts and information on sexually transmitted diseases and contraception. |
| World Health Organization |
www.who.org |
Founded in 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations with 191 Member States. WHO promotes technical cooperation for health among nations, carries out programs to control and eradicate disease, and strives to improve the quality of human life. |
| Worldwide Congress on Pain |
www.pain.com/ |
Offers a library of over 1700 pain articles, Ask the Pain Doctor, pain societies and associations, Ask Mary (a chronic pain sufferer), a list of pain specialists and clinics, discussion forums and more. |
| Wyoming Department of Health Home Page |
wdhfs.state.wy.us/WDH/default.htm |
The Wyoming Department of Health home page has links to their different agencies and contact information. |
| YourDoctor.com |
www.yourdoctor.com |
A next-generation Internet healthcare site providing a unique platform in which all healthcare information, goods and services are presented in context for the user. |
| Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System |
www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr_ss.html |
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