- American Hospital Association
- American Health Care Association
- American Heart Association
- Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association
- Association for Healthcare Philanthropy
- National Association for Healthcare Quality
- National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependencies
- American Nurses Association
- American Society of Association Executives
- Arcadia - Homes for sale by owner & holiday rentals
- www.ahrq.gov The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) was established by Congress to improve healthcare quality and fund health services research. Through its search engine, AHRQ's extensive Web site provides consumers research based information on what kinds of treatments work best for various diseases and injuries.
- www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/dqa This page, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, houses three separate information resources--the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB) and the Federal Credentialing Program (FCP). The NPDB contains information on adverse licensure actions, clinical privileges actions and professional society membership actions taken against physicians and dentists. The HIPDB collects data on healthcare fraud and abuse. The FCP promotes the sharing of healthcare professionals' credentials.
- www.bridgemedical.com Through software and service, Bridge Medical is trying to improve healthcare industry quality by focusing on patient safety, data analysis, education and elimination of medical errors. Its website contains news about developing technology and upcoming events, as well as a free e-mail newsletter, The Point of Care. Most of what Bridge Medical deals with involves the continuing development of the use of barcode technology to reduce error.
- www.doctorquality.com DoctorQuality.com is a new Internet based quality benefits management company. Its Web site includes a location for consumers to rate doctors or place anonymous reports of medical errors, a location for doctors to submit data and links to many other healthcare quality resources.
- www.facct.org The Foundation for Accountability (FACCT) is an organization that helps Americans make better healthcare decisions. FACCT believes the ability to create a more responsive healthcare system depends on informed, motivated consumers. Included on the site are pages devoted to measuring adults' and children's healthcare quality, educating consumers about quality and collecting quality data.
- www.healthchoices.org The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) accredits and certifies healthcare organizations. This site tells consumers how to select a health plan based on NCQA's ratings related to access and service, qualified providers, staying healthy, getting better and living with illness.
- www.hmogroup.com This Web site is the home page of the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP). The site includes a detailed section on benchmarks in quality and safety, a standards program that ACHP says "sets an expectation that health plans will pursue broad improvement goals in specific areas responsible for poor health in a significant area of the community."
- www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov The Hospital Quality Alliance regularly updates this website, which compares data from about 4,000 participating hospitals. Users can compare hospitals on 18 quality measures, such as heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia care.
- www.hschange.org The mission of the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) is to inform healthcare decision makers about changes in the healthcare system at both the local and national levels and the effects of such changes on people. HSC says it seeks to provide objective analyses that lead to policy and management decisions, with the ultimate goal of improving the health of the American public. Issues covered include costs, market trends and access to care.
- www.ihi.org The not-for-profit Institute for healthcare Improvement (IHI) provides resources and services to help organizations improve outcomes and lower costs. The site offers information on IHI publications, programs and collaborations. The resources cover a wide range, including the design of clinical office practices, a Chronic Conditions National Congress, patient safety, reduction of medical errors, and innovations in delivery and practice.
- www.irsst.qc.ca L'Institut de recherche Robert-Sauv en sant et en scurit du travail (occupational health and safety research institute) contributes, through research, to the prevention of occupational injuries and diseases and the rehabilitation of affected workers. The Institute supports its occupational health and safety partners by providing information, expertise and tools.
- www.jcaho.org The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), a nonprofit group, accredits nearly 20,000 organizations in the United States. Its site provides a search function to determine whether a facility is accredited, information on how to become accredited, a monthly electronic newsletter, other JCAHO news and a feature that allows consumers to lodge complaints against organizations.
- www.jcipatientsafety.org The Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety has designed a website to serve as a major central resource for information related to all aspects of patient safety. Its content can be used by patients, employers, physicians, nurses and pharmacists as well as all types of healthcare organizations worldwide. The website features a tool for users to search by zip code for specific quality reports of healthcare facilities within their own states.
- www.medicare.gov The official government site for Medicare customers features home health and nursing home comparisons based on various quality measures. For each facility in the extensive directory, Medicare certified agencies collect information about patients' health, skilled care, support services and living conditions. Users may then locate facilities in their areas and compare them. For example, a search for facilities in the Pittsburgh area that offer occupational therapy results in 63 matching facilities that can be compared based on 11 quality measures. The site also offers PDF checklists for users to bring with them when they are visiting healthcare facilities.
- www.medqic.org Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Quality Improvement Organizations have established Medicare Quality Improvement Community (MedQIC), a publicly used website, to support quality improvement in nursing homes, home health agencies, hospitals and physician offices. Users need to provide personal information to register. Registration is free, and once registered users can access their own personalized MedQIC page.
- www.ncqa.org The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of healthcare. This website features understandable and free information for employers and consumers. The organization also generates feedback that helps physicians, health plans and others identify areas for improvement and make changes to improve the quality of patient care.
- www.nahq.org The National Association for Healthcare Quality is an organization for healthcare quality professionals. The site provides a job mart, links to publications, awards and conferences and information on healthcare quality certifications.
- www.nchc.org The National Coalition on Healthcare (NCHC) is a nonprofit alliance of about 100 groups dedicated to achieving affordable healthcare for Americans. It lists business, labor, consumer and primary care provider groups as members. The site features many policy studies, including one on reducing medical errors and improving safety. There is a search engine.
- www.npsf.org The homepage of the National Patient Safety Foundation provides information on educational conferences, research programs and publications about patient safety. Click on "resources" to find a bibliography, discussion forum, online fact sheets and links to other patient safety organizations and resources.
- www.nist.gov/public_affairs/healthcare.htm This National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) site offers information on quality in healthcare in a number of areas such as screening and prevention, diagnostics and treatments, delivery, efficiency and help for manufacturers. The site describes work done by NIST in the healthcare arena, research grants and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award's healthcare category.
- www.patientsafety.org Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS) is a nonprofit organization that campaigns for research and laws protecting healthcare consumers. Its website offers information about CAPS as well as free patient safety news, papers, reports, links and online discussions.
- psnet.ahrq.gov The Agency for Health-care Research and Quality offers this Patient Safety Network website de-signed for healthcare providers, administrators and consumers who want to learn about patient safety. The website features journal articles, a healthcare quality glossary and weekly updates on patient safety findings.
- www.qsrhelp.com/forum/index.html This Medical Device Forum is a place for medical device industry professionals to share ideas, discuss current issues or seek solutions regarding the design, manufacture or regulation of medical devices. The forum is conveniently divided into various topics, including engineering and design, federal register notices, production and process control, and regulatory affairs.
- www.qualityforum.org/news/qfacrnew2.htm The National Quality Forum (NQF) is a not-for-profit membership organization for healthcare professionals. Members are currently recruiting hospitals to voluntarily use the standards they're developing for measuring and reporting healthcare quality. This portion of the NQF website provides a free look at those experimental standards and news on current NQF projects.
- www.qualityhealthcare.org/qhc Established by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, this not-for-profit site provides information and discussion groups covering the latest developments in healthcare quality. Free registration gives users access to newsletters, e-mail updates, networking forums, feedback opportunities and downloads. One valuable registration benefit is a downloadable improvement tracker, a tool organizations can use to document healthcare improvement projects, collect data and keep track of changes over time.
- www.talkingquality.gov This site is designed to help consumer advocates, state officials and benefit managers educate their audiences about healthcare quality. It’s maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The website includes step-by-step instructions on how to implement a quality measurement and reporting project, as well as the “Planning Workbook,” a downloadable resource for developing customized plans to present quality healthcare information.
- www.urac.org The Utilization Review Accreditation Committee (URAC) promotes improvement in healthcare quality by establishing standards, educational programs and an accreditation process. Its website provides extensive information on all URAC accreditations, including case management, claims processing, health website and vendor certification. URAC, a nonprofit organization, charges for its accreditations, but the explanations of accreditations on the website are useful and free.
- www.super-fit.com/p90x.html P90X is a revolutionary system of 12 sweat-inducing, muscle-pumping workouts, designed to transform your body from regular to ripped in just 90 days.
- http://www.topsiteseeker.com/nonium/Health-Care.htm Nonium provides best of the health-care weblinks.
- http://www.netcelsius.com/biomed/Health-Care.htm At Academy Bio-Medical Co., we offer Affinity Purified Antibodies that includes Human Apolipoprotein and Oxidation Products listed under the Polyclonal Antibodies category. Check out our antibodies product lines now!
- http://www.alltopwebsites.com/sucanonhealth/Drugs--&--Medication.htm Sucanon Diabetes type 2 Medicine is the Effective Treatment of Diabetes type 2.This best Herbal medication for diabetes improves natural insulin secretion and makes life active. Visit sucanonhealth.com for Diabetes type 2 Natural Medication.
- www.drpregnancy.co.uk Dr Pregnancy is an online destination for women who are interested inbecoming pregnant, who are pregnant, and for mothers with young children.
- www.mdhealthline.com Menopause - Doctor recommended herbal alternatives for prescription medication.
- http://www.biosyn.com Bio-Synthesis provide quality Blast Biosyn Pepidebody, Custom PNA Synthesis, PNA Synthesis, Peptide Synthesis Technique, Peptide Synthesis and Peptide Synthesis Chemistry.
- http://www.amidlifecrisis.co.uk AMidlifeCrisis focuses on handling midlife crisis, middle age and aging.