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AcademyHealth
Promotes the health services research and strengthens relationship between users and producers of research. Mission is to increase contribution that health services research makes to improving the health care system and the health status of Americans. [Formerly known as the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy]
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Administration on Aging: Professionals
Compendium of online reports, letters, and related documents and announcements from the Administration on Aging
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Includes reports on outcomes and effectiveness, technology assessment, and healthcare costs and utilization. Formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR).
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AHA Resource Center: Resource Links for Hospital and Health Care Leaders Access Online
AHANews.com
Weekly newsletter of the American Hospital Association
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AMA: HIPAA
Resource links on implementing HIPAA guidelines for physicians.
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American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
Includes student area with scholarship, career, and networking information, as well as the Directory of Fellowships in Health Services Administration.
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Center for Studying Health System Change
Washington-based organization studies how the country's health care systems are changing and how those changes are affecting people at the community level. Funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and affiliated with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Formerly the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA).
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DHHS: Office for Civil Rights – HIPAA
Office of Civil Rights guidance explaining significant aspects of the HIPAA privacy rule.
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District of Columbia Hospital Association (DCHA)
Data and publications including utilization and financial indicators. Links to hospital and associate members.
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GWUMC: HIPAA Website
Information about HIPAA compliance at the George Washington University Medical Center.  Includes information on training, policies, HIPAA and research, compliance concerns, and security updates from the .
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Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Includes the annual HIMSS Leadership Survey results, representing the viewpoints of senior executives and managers regarding IT priorities, barriers, security concerns, staffs, budgets, technology adoption and outsourcing.
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HospitalConnect
Represents and serves all types of hospitals and health care networks. "AHA ensures that members' perspectives and needs are heard and addressed in national health policy development, legislative and regulatory debates, and judicial matters." Produced by the American Hospital Association.
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HSRPROJ: Health Services Research Projects in Progress
Database of health services research projects in progress from leading federal and private funders. Search through NLM Gateway by limiting to "Search Other Collections."
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Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
Includes information about the JCAHO, its standards, the accreditation process, and accredited organizations.
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Managed Care Magazine
Online magazine that advises physicians and HMO plan executives about the challenges of capitation, reimbursement and compensation, contracting, forming networks and Medicare/Medicaid issues
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Maryland Health Care Commission
"The mission of the Maryland Health Care Commission is to plan for health system needs...by providing timely and accurate information on availability, cost, and quality of services to policy makers, purchasers, providers and the public."
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NHS Economic Evaluation Database
Economic evaluations comparing two or more treatments or care alternatives in terms of the costs and outcomes of the alternatives. Produced by the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination.
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Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association
Addresses national, regional and local issues related to healthcare in Virginia. Includes an excellent set of links to sites on health care administration in Viginia.
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