Links
Patient Information
- AMA – American Medical Association
- CDC – Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
- Family Practice Handbook – also good for patients for specific treatment information
- Health Finder – HHS gateway to over 1,250 consumer health info sites
- Health On the Net Foundation – extensive international healthcare search site
- Mayo Clinic – health information
- Medicine Net – consumer oriented medical info
- Mental Health Internet Guide – links for psychiatric care
- National Library of Medicine – largest single-subject library in US, includes MEDLINE
- Prescription Drug Reference – drug information
- Primary Care Related Resources – primarily for professionals
- RxList – information about prescriptions
- Travelers Information – CDC info for travelers, warnings, immunizations, etc.
- Virtual Hospital – both patient handouts and doctor guides
- MedlinePlus – can retrieve patient education materials
- Travel Advisory by CDC – World wide travel alerts issued by CDC
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Organized Medicine
- American Medical Association – www.ama-assn.org
- California Medical Association – www.cmanet.org
- Los Angeles County Medical Societies – www.lacmanet.org
- Orange County Medical Association – www.ocma.org
- Riverside County Medical Association – www.rcmanet.org
- San Bernardino County Medical Society – www.sbcms.org
- Network of Ethnic Physicians – www.ethnicphysicians.org
- American Assoc. of Physicians of Indian Origin – www.aapiusa.org
- ECFMG – www.ecfmg.org
- National Resident Matching Program – www.nrmp.org
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education – www.acgme.org
- United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) – www.usmle.org
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India Related
- Embassy of India, Washington, DC – www.indianembassy.org
- Consulate General of India, San Francisco – www.indianconsulate-sf.org
- Govt. of India: Directory of Official Websites – www.goidirectory.nic.in/
- India Links: Government, Stats, Organizations – www.indianembassy.org/links/indialinks
- Newspapers & Periodicals – http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/india.htm
- Media Information on India – www.indianembassy.org/indiainfo
- Newspapers & Periodicals – www.garamchai.com/Newspapers.htm
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Legal & Governmental
- Agency for Health Care Policy and Research –
- American Civil Liberties Union –
- American Health Lawyers Association – for info on health law, news & analysis
- Bureau of the Census – obtain stats
- Center for Studying Health System Change – policy issue briefs & publications
- Centers for Disease Control – CDC
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – CMS, formerly HCFA
- Coalition Against Insurance Fraud – legislative updates
- Code of Federal Regulations – searchable; great resource
- Congressional Email Directory – e mail links to legislators
- Congress on the Internet – find text of bills, legislation & codes of law
- Data, Almanacs, Benchmarks & Directories – locate healthcare stats, lists, data files
- Department of Health and Human Services – DHHS
- Department of Justice – DOJ
- Edgar – company reports filed with the SEC
- EMTALA – info about the Federal Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act
- Find Law: Health Law – legislation, Government resources, orgs, publications
- Food and Drug Administration – FDA
- Forum on Privacy & Security in Healthcare –
- Fraud Prevention & Detection – tools from OIG, including self reporting
- Frontline's HMO Documentary (April 14, 1998) –
- General Accounting Office – GAO
- Government Printing Office – GPO, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations
- Health Administration Responsibility Project – consumers for greater ethics for HMOs
- Health Care Compliance Association – HCCA
- Health Coalition on Liability and Access – reform healthcare liability system; antitort
- Health Hippo (Find Law) – collection of legal and regulatory materials
- Health Law Resource – page put together by healthcare attorney
- HIPAA Privacy Rule – helpful resources here for HIPAA compliance
- House of Representatives – U.S. Congress
- Internal Revenue Service – IRS
- Internet Law Library – state & federal laws
- Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Orgs – JCAHO
- Last Acts Campaign – to improve end of life care; death and dying issues
- Medical Law Review – Oxford University Press in UK, abstracts of articles
- MoreLaw.com – jury verdicts and settlements by state and by party type
- National Center for Health Statistics – NCHS (CDC)
- National Committee for Quality Assurance – accreditor of health plan orgs
- National Conference of State Legislatures – health & finance issues
- National Health Care Anti-Fraud Assoc. – NHCAA insurers against provider fraud
- National Health Law Program – justice in health care for low income people
- National Health Policy Forum – policy briefs & statistics
- National Institute on Alcoholism & Alcohol Abuse – NIAAA
- National Institute on Drug Abuse – NIDA
- National Institute of Mental Health – NIMH
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration – OSHA
- Office of Inspector General (HHS) – authorities & notices, downloadable
- Patient Safety Toolkit – from U. of Mich., guidance on disclosure policies
- Policy Information Center – HHS, request copies of government studies
- State Law Search – prepared by the Legal Information Institute
- Supreme Court Collection – search by key word or subject, by Cornell U.
- Supreme Court Opinions – search by key word or subject, by Find Law
- Supreme Court Website – searchable Government site
- The Center for Social and Legal Research –
- Thomas – legislative info provided, bills, laws
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice – class action litigation
- United States Code – full text statutes, current to 1994, Cornell Legal Information Institute
- US Government Printing Office – superintendent of documents official site
- US Senate – senate website
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Hospitals & Clinics
- AmericanHospitals.com – locate hospitals by region
- American Hospital Directory – locate hospitals by region
- Global MedNet – locate hospitals by region
- Hospitals & Hospital System Websites – listing of selected hospitals
- Hospital Web – find hospital web pages
- JCAHO Directory of Healthcare Organizations – find accredited providers & listings of services
- MedHunt – search for hospitals, provided by HON Foundation
- Mental Health Centers – database of centers nationally
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Healthcare Finance
- American College of Medical Quality – ACMQ
- America's Health Insurance Plans – 1,300 members
- Association for Benchmarking Health Care – ABHC
- Association of University Programs in Health Administration – AUPHA
- Calendar of Health Observance Dates – up to date listing by month & year
- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) – complete info
- Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) – up to date info from US Dept. of Labor
- CMS Online Manual System – CMS (HCFA) manuals & updates online here
- Data, Trends, Benchmarks, Stats, Directories – locate healthcare data
- Gift Ideas – for associates, physicians, managers
- Glossary of Managed Care Terms – management definitions
- Guide to Hospital Associations – listing of hospital associations by state
- Guide to Professional Associations – find numerous health professions groups
- Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) – instructions, updates
- Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) –
- Healthcare Costs – numerous articles from AHRQ
- Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) –
- Health Care Quality Resources – links to numerous QI, QA or PI resources
- Healthcare Informatics – numerous articles from AHRQ
- Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) – at CMS/HCFA
- Inflation Calculator – based on CPI
- Inpatient PPS rule CMS 1428 P – 2005 Inpatient PPS
- Job Openings – review updated list of healthcare & managed care jobs
- Medicaid Index – all documents online at CMS (formerly HCFA)
- Medicare Index – all documents online at CMS (formerly HCFA)
- New York Stock Exchange –
- Population Index – for preparation of funding requests & market studies
- Provider Reimbursement Manual, Part II – easy to navigate, from CMS (HCFA)
- Salary Surveys – in healthcare
- Signature Series – well written essays regarding managed care
- State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) – thorough information
- State Inpatient Databases (SID) – obtain from AHCPR
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Healthcare Management
- Agency for Health Care Policy and Research –
- AHA Policy Forum –
- American Association of Healthcare Consultants (AAHC) –
- American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) –
- American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ) –
- American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) –
- American Public Health Association (APHA) –
- America's Health Insurance Plans – 1,300 members
- Association for Benchmarking Health Care (ABHC) –
- Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) –
- Calendar of Health Observance Dates – up to date listing by month & year
- Center for Health Care Strategies – Robert Wood Foundation site, articles
- Center for Studying Health System Change –
- Data, Almanacs, Benchmarks & Directories – locate healthcare stats, lists, data files
- European Healthcare Management Association – locate international info
- Federation of American Health Systems (FAHS) – proprietary healthcare systems
- Gift Ideas – for your valued physicians, customers, leaders
- Glossary of Managed Care Terms – management definitions
- Guide to Hospital Associations – listing of hospital associations by state
- Guide to Professional Associations – find numerous health professions groups
- Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) –
- Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) –
- Health Care Quality Resources – links to numerous QI, QA or PI resources
- Hospitals & Healthcare Companies – find providers on the internet
- Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) – find health plan resources
- Map Quest – prepare individualized maps for appointments and trips
- Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) –
- Medical Outcomes Trust – science of outcomes measurement
- National Association of Health Services Executives –
- National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPH) –
- National Rural Health Association –
- New York Stock Exchange –
- Population Index – reports for preparation of funding requests and market studies
- Salary Surveys – in healthcare
- Signature Series – well written essays regarding managed care
- World Health Organization (WHO) –
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Information Technology
- American Health Information Management Association –
- American Medical Informatics Association –
- Association for Electronic Healthcare Transactions –
- Association of Telehealth Service Providers – telemedicine resources
- Association of the Medical Directors of Information Systems –
- Center for Health Information Management –
- Community Health Information Technology Alliance –
- Computer based Patient Record Institute –
- Electronic Privacy Information Center: Medical Privacy –
- Foundation for eHealth Initiative –
- Healthcare Informatics – numerous articles from AHRQ
- Healthcare Information Management Systems Society –
- Health Level Seven (HL7) – sets standards for transactions
- Forum on Privacy & Security in Healthcare –
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) – IS org
- Healthcare Information Systems Directory – varied IS systems & software
- Health Privacy Project – public awareness regarding health privacy
- Inside Healthcare Computing – newsletter, info & archives
- Medical Records Institute – organization promoting electronic health records
- National Association of Health Data Organizations –
- Telemedicine Information Exchange – all types of healthcare IS applications links
- The Informatics Review – journal of Assoc. of Med. Directors of Info. Systems
- The Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance –
- Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange –
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Salary Surveys
- Allied Health Professions Salaries – from AMA
- American College of Emergency Physicians – ER docs only
- Bureau of Labor Statistics –
- CompGeo Online – Healthcare salary info
- Data, Almanacs & Lists – books & printed almanacs
- Employee Benefits Resource Institute –
- Economic Research Institute – list a few current healthcare position salaries
- Health Administration Educators – from AUPHA
- Health Care Compliance Association – surveys of compliance professionals
- Healthcare Occupations – CareerInfoNet from Dept of Labor
- Health Professions – from Center for Health Careers
- Home Care Salaries – from HomeCare magazine
- Hospital Associations – some will have salary info
- Hospital Executive Pay – shows averages of top positions
- Medical Device Industry – find link to salary survey here
- Modern Healthcare Magazine – salary surveys online
- Nurse Case Manager Salaries – pdf file
- Nurse Practitioner – from Advance
- Nurse Practitioner – from nurse.net
- Nursing – ANA national averages
- Pharmacy Compensation – from Pharmacy Week
- Physical Therapists & PTAs – from Advance
- Physician Salaries – from Merritt Hawkins, very good reports
- Physician Salaries – from Physician Search
- Salary.com –
- Salary Relocation Calculator – estimate cost of living effect on salary
- School of Social Work – Univ. of Penn. graduate surveys
- US Dept. of Labor / Healthcare – has earnings reports, outlooks & more
- WageAccess – chart of healthcare salaries
- Wage Web – salaries for hospital jobs
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Other Organization
- Orange County Medical Association – Orange County Medical Association
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Misc
- Pam Pohly s Net Guide Link – Pam Pohly s Net Guide Link