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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/