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Professional Societies,
Non-Profit Organizations, and other Health Associations
American
College of Health Care Executives
News, publications, events,
and other topics related to the administration of health care. http://www.ache.org/
American
College of Integrated Delivery Systems
Journal articles, events
and other news relating to integrated health care delivery systems environments. http://www.acids.org/
American
Hospital Association (AHA)
Features news, updates,
and current events relating to the association. http://www.aha.org/
American
Medical Association (AMA)
Physician’s organization
dedicated to improving the health of America. Links to policy issues, legislative
news, medical resources, and association activities. http://www.ama-assn.org/
American
Nurses Association
Information from the American
Nurses Association on state legislative trends.
http://www.ana.org/gova/state/hod99/staffrat.htm
American
Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for public health
professionals dedicated to disease prevention and health promotion. Informational
resource for legislative affairs, public health news, and medical science
policy. http://www.apha.org/
American
Red Cross Online
Up-to-date information on
current events, how to help ARC causes, and where to find ARC resources. http://www.redcross.org/
Association
for Healthcare Philanthropy
Nonprofit organization of
hospital and health care fundraisers. Information and resources relating
to donations, gifts, fundraising, and health education. http://www.go-ahp.org/
Association
of State Medical Board Executive Directors
Links to the State Boards
that license and regulate medical professionals. http://www.docboard.org/
Association
of State and Territorial Health Officials
Represents the public health
agencies of each of the U.S. states and territories; dedicated to a wide
range of legislative, scientific, educational, and programmatic issues
and activities on behalf of public health. http://www.astho.org/
Association
of University Programs in Health Administration
Dedicated to promote graduate
and undergraduate curriculum reforms and faculty development which respond
to the changing needs of the health services delivery system so as to improve
the health of communities. http://www.aupha.org/
The
Carter Center
Former U.S. President Jimmy
Carter is Chairman of the Interfaith Health Program, whose goals is to
improve health care access for all groups of people. Many links to excellent
health resources. http://www.interaccess.com/ihpnet/
Fedlaw’s
Professional Associations and Organizations
Fedlaw’s hypertext list
of national legal associations and organizations. http://www.legal.gsa.gov/legal91.htm
Idealist
Guide to Nonprofit Organizations
Search for a nonprofit organization
by name, area of focus, or location. Take action by requesting educational
materials, learning about activities, events, and volunteer opportunities.
This site allows you to add your non-profit organization to the 16,000
currently participating organizations. http://www.idealist.org/
National
Committee for Quality Insurance
The nonprofit independent
organization that accredits HMOs offers tips for HMO shopping, questions
to ask, listing of HMO accreditations. http://www.ncqa.org/
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
Organization that makes
grants to improve the health and health care of all Americans. gopher://www.rwjf.org:80/hGET%20/text.html
University
Healthsystem Consortium
Consortium of academic health
centers whose mission is to advance knowledge, foster collaboration, and
promote change to help members compete in their respective health care
markets. http://www.uhc.edu/
World
Health Organization
World health topics, events,
reports, and resources. http://www.who.int/ |
