Links
AAAHC - Accreditation Association of Ambulatory
Health Care
AAASC - American Association of Ambulatory
Surgery Centers
AAAPCC -American Association of Poison Control Centers
ACMQ - American College of Medical Quality
AHCA - American Health Care Association
[nursing homes, long term care, subacute care, assisted living]
AHA News
American Heart Association
AMA - American Medical Association
AMRPA - American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association
ANSI - American National Standards Institute,
Healthcare Informatics Standards Board
ANA - American Nurses Association
AOA - American Osteopathic Association
http://www.do-online.osteotech.org/
AORN - Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses
APHA - American Public Health Association
ASLME - American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
ASSE - American Society of Safety Engineers,
Healthcare Division
AHME - Association for Hospital Medical Education
APIC - Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
AAMC - Association of American Medical Colleges
BCBSA - Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/
CARF - Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
Clinical Quality Improvement Page
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/practicemgt/quality.html
DHHS - Department of Health and Human Services
Healthfinder
Healthcare Business Coalition
Health Forum,
including AHA Press and Forum Leadership Network
[formerly Healthcare Forum, American Hospital Publishing, Healthcare infoSource, and Health infoSource]
http://www.healthforum.com/healthforum_app/index.jsp
http://www.ahapress.com/ahapress_app/index.jsp
Institute for Safe Medication Usage
IOM - Institute of Medicine
JCAHO Joint Commission
NAHQ - National Association for Healthcare Quality
NACHRI - National Association of Children’s Hospitals
and Related Institutions
http://www.childrenshospitals.net
NQF - National Quality Forum,
National Forum on HealthCare Quality Measurement
NAPH - National Association of Public Hospitals
and Health Systems
NCID - National Center for Infectious Diseases
NCQA - National Committee for Quality Assurance
[managed care, HMOs, health plans, accreditation, HEDIS, Quality Compass]
NICHSR - National Information Center on Health
Services Research and Health Care Technology
NIH - National Institutes of Health
NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Health
and Safety
NLN - National League for Nursing
National Library of Healthcare Indicators
http://www.jointcommission.org/PerformanceMeasurement/
NLM - National Library of Medicine
P4PS - Partnership for Patient Safety
Quality Indicator Project
[MHA: The Association of Maryland Hospitals and Healthsystems]
SHEA - Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
[infection control]
WHO - World Health Organization
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