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A Back and Neck Support Store  Our backstore sells therapeutic Swedish memory pillows & mattresses.

Health Care Supply Chain Management  American Healthcare Solutions is an experienced provider of health care supply chain management services for increased efficiency and reduced cost.

Magic of Aloe, Inc. The  Shown are over 220 products of health and beauty aids formulated over 27 years with fresh, pure 100% crystal clear gel of Aloe Vera with collagen, antioxidents, AHA's and liposomes.

PREVENTION Foot Safety Insoles  These puncture-proof, lightweight, comfortable safety insoles might save your feet! Increased comfort for construction workers, hikers, joggers, anyone working on hard surfaces.

Saudi Import Company  A modern pioneering spirit, one of the largest pharmaceutical and health care distributors with a giant share of pharma in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Snorenz-Stop snoring today!

 Wright Stuff The  Health care products that make life a little easier  


Community Health Information Networks

Central Sydney Area Health Service - Sydney, Australia - provides a network of specialty Statewide tertiary referral services, and healthcare to a local population.

ElderConnect - database containing extensive info about extended care facilities, home health care facilities and retirement communities.

HBO & Company - healthcare information solutions company providing information systems and technology for the health enterprise.

Institute for Urban Family Health - focusing on the provision, development, and education of interdisciplinary care.

MEDLINKS - provides healthcare information systems consulting & network services including Internet, Windows NT&95, MEDITECH, Cerner, SMS, & HBO.

NetWellness - Ohio Valley community health information network.

Nevada Health Information Network (NHIN) - PC-based community health information network serving Nevada physicians, employers, and payors.

Why Do We Care? - information for carers in the UK.

Wisconsin Health Information Network    


Conferences

4th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control - theme of this conference is building partnerships for safety promotion and accident prevention. Scheduled to take place 17-20 May 1998.

Case Management - workshop examines the role of the case manager, requirements for establishing a case management system, and future trends in case management

Enhancing Patient Safety and Reducing Errors in Health Care - multidisciplinary leadership conference at the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences. November 8-10, 1998. .

American Council of Science and Health: Medical Care - press releases and articles related to health fraud.

Bunko Squad - Quack, Quack? - how to spot quackery.

Characterization of Quack Theories

FDA Backgrounder: Top Health Frauds

Museum of Questionable Medical Devices - devious displays of quackery, fraud, deceit and deception.

QuackWatch - consumer guide to health fraud, quackery, and intelligent decision making on traditional and alternative health topics.    


Health Promotion

Health Promotion Online

Finnish Office for Health Care Technology Assessment (FinOHTA) - independent public assessment agency within the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES) in Finland.

Health Care Facilities Institute (HFI)

Institute for Family-Centered Care - non-profit organization, provides essential leadership to advance the understanding and practice of family-centered care.

Liverpool John Moores University

Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute - Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute is a non-profit health services research organization.

University of Auckland - Department of Community Health

University of Michigan - study lifestyle behaviors and how they influence one's health, quality of life, vitality and health care utilization throughout a lifetime.

University of Minnesota - resource site for research.

University of York - Health Studies - undergraduate/postgraduate education, training and research in the UK.  


Interior Design  

Healthcare Interiors,Inc.    


Magazines

HealthCare Press - monthly compendiums of research and news on medicaid and managed health care.

Healthcare Informatics Online - articles, a products and services guide, and a collection of product tests or lab reports and spotlights.

Healthcare Review Online

Idea Central: Health Policy Page - edited by Paul Starr; articles and reports on health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, the future of hospitals and medical practice, public health, bioethics, and new technology.

Inside Health Care - presenting information and analysis of health care market trends, business and policy developments.

Managed Care Update - informs physicians and HMO executives on capitation, compensation, outcomes trends; &advises on contracting, alliances, Medicare, NCQA accreditation.

Manisses Communications Group, Inc. - publishes several newsletters for professionals in the fields of behavioral health, long-term care and children's services.

Association of American Indian Physicians - dedicated to excellence in Native American healthcare by promoting education in the medical disciplines, honoring traditional healing practices and restoring the balance of mind, body, and spirit.

National Native American AIDS Prevention Center

Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center    


Organizations

American Association of Healthcare Billing - established to provide members with information and advice on medical billing issues and the problems that can be encountered.

American Health Quality Association - uniting America's community-based health care programs by monitoring care, identifying opportunities for improvement, interpreting, and sharing results.

American Medical Informatics Association - advancing health care through information technology.

American Share Foundation

American Society for Healthcare Risk Management - strives to advance the field through professional development and membership services.

American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services - national organization for administrators of volunteers in hospitals and healthcare systems.

Association for Responsible Medicine (ARM) - patients' rights group whose objective is to reduce the incidence of medical mistakes that cause injury to patients.

Association of Academic Health Centers - seeks to influence public dialogue on significant health and science policy issues, to advance education for health professionals, to promote biomedical and health services research and to enhance patient care.

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) - for support and development of health care clinicians serving underserved populations. A division of the ACU is the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Alumni & Support Network.

Association of Ontario Health Centres - non-profit group representing community health centres (CHCs) and some health service organizations (HSOs) in the province.

CLYSIS - healthcare organization emphasizing tort reform because of deaths associated with defensive medicine/medical overtreatment.

Calgary Regional Health Authority

California HealthCare Foundation - mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities and to promote improvements in Californians' health status.

California State Hospice Association - CSHA is an association of hospices dedicated to quality hospice care including a list by county, information, and FAQs.

Canadian Association of Blue Cross Plans - affiliation of eight Blue Cross Plans across Canada.

Canadian Center for Pollution Prevention

Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHAUSA) - national leadership organization of Catholic healthcare sponsors, systems, facilities, and related organizations and services.

Center for Health Care Strategies - a policy center promoting the development and implementation of effective health and social policy for all Americans.

Center for International Health Information - CIHI - USAID resource that disseminates health and population statistics on developing countries.

Central Office on ICD-9-CM - official US clearinghouse for issues related to ICD-9-CM, a classification system that groups related disease entities and procedures for the reporting of statistical information.

Citizen Advocacy Center - provides training, research, and conferences, for consumer representatives on health care regulatory and governing boards in professional managed care.

Commonwealth Fund, The - supports independent research on health and social policy issues.

Computer-based Patient Record Institue

Families USA Foundation - articles and reports on health care, reform, politics, Medicare and Medicaid, and other health care issues of women, senior citizens, and lower-income people.

Greater Detroit Area Health Council - advocates change and improvement in the way health care services are delivered, paid for, and used.

Health Care Compliance Association - collaborative forum promoting integrity and ethical behavior through the development of compliance programs throughout the entire health care industry.

Health Care Liability Alliance - national advocacy coalition that supports effective federal health care liability reform.

Health Futures - Jackson, MS - offers managed care organizations, human resource managers and consumers information on health/medical costs, hospital services and business news.

Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) - advocate for voluntary and public health care facilities throughout New York State.

Healthcare Leadership Council - exclusive forum for the leadership of the health care industry.

Healthcare Open Systems & Trials (HOST) - a nonprofit consortium created promote the development of the appropriate telemedicine applications to improve healthcare.

Institute of Health Services Management

Integrated Healthcare Associations - promotes the continuing evolution of managed health care under integrated systems.

International Affairs Directorate of Health Canada - health care related information focusing on international visits and trade.

Irvine Health Foundation - Non-profit, grantmaking foundation for prevention, services, research, policy; youth, seniors, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence.

Macabbi OnLine Book - non-profit organization.

Massachusetts Association of Health Boards - promotes and protects public and environmental health at the community level, through regulation, education, community outreach and enforcement.

Medical Records Institute - impartial clearinghouse of info on the subject of computerizing health record info.

Microsoft Healthcare Users Group - encourages interaction among users and developers of Microsoft-based technologies in healthcare.

Nashville Health Care Council - consortium of health care industry leaders working together to establish Nashville's position as the nation's capital of the health care industry.

National Assembly of National Voluntary Health and Social Welfare Organizations - association of national nonprofit health and human service organizations.

National Coalition of Hispanic Health & Human Services Organizations (COSSMHO) - focusing on the health, mental health, and human services needs of the diverse Hispanic communities.

National Coalition on Health Care - nonpartisan coalition working for better, more affordable, and more equitable health care for all Americans.

National IPA Coalition (NIPAC) - trade association for managed care physician organizations.

National Managed Health Care Congress (NMHCC) - educational forum for all constituents in the managed health care industry including purchasers, providers, payors and suppliers.

National Organization of Physicians Who Care - nonprofit patient advocacy organization devoted to preserving the patient's right to choose their physician and ensure quality medical care.

National Subacute Care Association - dedicated to advancing subacute care as a viable part of the healthcare continuum.

New Jersey Hospital Association - trade group representing NJ hospitals and health systems. Provides advocacy, education, research, information and policy development.

Orange County Medical Association - serving OC physicians since 1889; physician department verifies credentials for JCAHO, AAAHC, and NCQA.

Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems - trade association representing hospitals, health systems, health plans and medical groups.

Pacific Health Association - alliance of state health associations in California, Oregon and Washington that provides health care information and membership services.

Partnerships for Quality Education - three-year initiative to develop partnership models for training primary care doctors to provide managed care.

RAND Health- working to improve health care systems and advance understanding of how the organization and financing of care affect costs, quality, and access.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - RWJF makes grants to improve the health and health care of all Americans. The site contains information on applying for a grant, national programs, a full library of RWJF publications and much more.

Sleep Well Baby Featuring a large selection of white noise machines, alarm clocks and international sound machines. Be sure to also check out our selection of fountain misters and other assorted relaxation items.

Southern Division of General Practice - 500 general practice physicians in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.

The Oak Group | Medical Case Management MCAP Clinical Review Criteria, used in healthcare by insurance and hospitals, guides Case Management and Utilization Review to determine the appropriate level of care based on medical necessity and best practice standards. MCAP is the easiest, fastest and most reliable case review tool in healthcare offering criteria sets for Medical, Surgical and Behavioral Health case reviews. MCAP is delivered through CritView software which provides data collection and reporting so that healthcare administrators can address issues of resource allocation and quality improvement. Healthcare organization use MCAP to improve case management results and identify opportunities for improving the process and quality of care.

West Virginia Medical Institute (WVMI) - work cooperatively with physicians, providers, and consumers to improve health care quality through data analysis, peer review, outcomes research, and educational outreach.        


Patient's Rights

Nightingale Network - comprised of health care professionals and laypersons is dedicated to the promotion of health care as a human right.

National Coalition for Patient Rights - non-profit organization dedicated to the premise that patients have the right to privacy when they consult a health-care professional.

Patients' Bill of Rights - introduced by Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle in the Senate on March 31, 1998.

Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1998

Patients' Rights in New York State - information on, health care proxy, prepaying funeral costs, assisted suicide and euthanasia, bioethics policy, and advance directives. Medical Records Privacy

Citizens for Choice in Health Care - founded to support individual choice and privacy in health care decisions for all citizens in Minnesota and around the nation.

Exposed: Medical Privacy - special report on medical privacy, from the Washington Post.

For the Record - from the Committee on Maintaining Privacy in Health Care Applications of the National Information Infrastructure of the National Research Council.

Medical Record Privacy - from the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

Medical Records Privacy Resources

Medical Records, Privacy & Confidentiality

Privacy - Medical & Psychiatric Records and Drug Testing - from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Privacy and Medical Databases - from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.        


Policy

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) - supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services.

Americans for Free Choice in Medicine (AFCM) - non-profit, non-partisan educational organization based upon three fundamental principles; individual rights, personal responsibility and free enterprise in the health care industry.

Approach to National Health Care: Vouchers and MSAs - discusses a novel approach to national health care, combining federal, fixed, lifetime vouchers, mandatory MSAs, and a safety net.

Federal Focus, Inc - non-profit research/educational foundation that provides nonpartisan research and analysis of policy and technical issues associated with the Executive Branch of the Federal government.

Funding First - Lasker Foundation initiative for medical research publishes Comment, a bi-weekly commentary on current issues affecting biomedical research.

Harvard Medical School - department faculty, staff, trainees, activities in the department, major research projects, directions, and other related links are listed.

Health Policy Cyberexchange - resource of links related to health policy on the internet.

Health Policy Information

Health Policy Leadership Institute - health policy and political advocacy training in Washington, D.C. for medical and pre-medical students.

Healthcare Policy and Legislation

Idea Central: Health Policy Page - edited by Paul Starr; articles and reports on health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, the future of hospitals and medical practice, public health, bioethics, and new technology.

Information for State Health Policy Program - serves as a model for state health agencies in the use of electronic communication to disseminate health information.

Institute for Health Freedom - nonprofit research and educational entity founded to educate Americans about ways to obtain and preserve the freedom to choose their own health care providers.

National Academy for State Health Policy - a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to excellence in state health policy and practice. Conducts policy analysis, provides training, and more.

National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare - grassroots senior citizens' advocacy and education association.

National Health Policy Forum (NHPF) - information dissemination and discussion program.

Policy Information Exchange (PIE) - provides objective and unbiased Health and Mental Health policy information

State Health Policy at the Intergovernmental Health Policy Project (IHPP) - A non-partisan, non-advocacy center for research on state-level health policy. Check out biweekly updates to state health notes.

Nightingale Network - comprised of health care professionals and laypersons is dedicated to the promotion of health care as a human right.

Physicians for a National Health Program - a nationally recognized center of expertise on health care reform.

Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN) - nationwide network of individuals and organizations, both local and national, committed to achieving health care for all.

Universal Health Care: Singer-Payer  

Philippine National Health Insurance Act Of 1995

Health Economics Resource Page - comprehensive guide to health economics, pharmacy and medical resources on the web. quality of life resources, and medical databases also available here.

Health Guide, The - lists consumer health, nursing, and health administration information.

Healthcare & Healthy Lifestyle Index

State and National Healthcare Organizations