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Internet
Search Tools
The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems
at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus,
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for details.
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Snohomish County Medical Society
The
professional
organization comprised of physicians practicing in Snohomish County,
Washington.
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General Administrative Sites
AISHealth.com
Highly targeted news, data and strategic information for managers in hospitals,
managed care plans, and other health care organizations with free daily information updates.
Center
for Studying Health System Change (HSC)
A nonpartisan policy research organization that designs and conducts studies focused on the U.S. health care system.
Led by noted healthcare researcher Paul B. Ginsburg, they are committed to chronicling trends in the health care
system and drawing implications that are devoid of bias.
The Commonwealth Fund
The mission of this private foundation is to promote a high
performing health care system that achieves better access, improved
quality, and greater efficiency for all. Unique publications are
created and published though their support of independent research
on health care issues.
Duke
Health Policy Gateway
Duke University's Center for Health Policy, Law & Management provides an extensive links site with many health
care information web sites listed.
Government
Resources
A categorized selected list of national, state, and international
government resources helping you locate most major health-related
agencies.
Health Forum
Combining hospital and managed care information through units of The Healthcare Forum and the AHA.
The Health
of Washington State
Department of Health's state wide appraisal of health in Washington state from the perspectives of the people,
health risks faced, and health systems that exist. Utilize the Table of Contents on the left-side of the page.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
An independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation acting as an independent
voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general
public. Checkout the Kaiser
Daily Health Policy Report providing summaries of news stories with links
to the original articles and a fully searchable archive. With
health care emerging as the top domestic issue in the
United States, Kaiser launched
a new
Health Reform website
providing analysis of health reform issues, regular
public opinion surveys, and news and video coverage from the
evolving issue.
Joint Commission
Previously known as JCAHO, it provides insight into how it evaluates and accredits more than 19,500 health care organizations in the United States.
National
Conference of State Legislatures
Comprehensive information and research on state issues concerning health.
NIST National Quality
Program
Home of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award that provides the framework, core-values, and methods to improve
company performance.
RAND Health
A division within the RAND Corporation, it concentrates on improving health and health care systems through extensive
research projects.
Stateline.org: Healthcare Issues
Funded by The Pew Charitable
Trusts, this nonprofit online news publication reports each weekday on healthcare
and state government policy issues.
The Urban Institute
Investigates, researches, and publishes on social and economic problems.
The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation
Established in 1972, it is the largest US foundation devoted to improving the health and health care of all Americans.
Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
Disaster and Emergency
Preparedness Resources
An organized grouping of Internet sites which lead to information that would be useful to anyone who may be charged
with the planning and organizing of emergency response to disasters.
National
Safety Council
This website offers resources for businesses, families, and emergency
responders. Some areas are member-only resource centers.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
AHA HIPAA Standards Resource
AHA has mounted a major association-wide initiative to position members to implement these new requirements efficiently
and effectively.
AMA
HIPAA Resource
The AMA has provided this tool which will help physicians understand how to comply with the parts of the HIPAA
Final Rule on Transaction and Medical Code Sets as necessary.
HIPAA
Act (final
rule as published in the Federal Register on 2/20/03, scroll
down to locate it under Health and Human Services
Department)
The Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (formerly HCFA) provides
the complete HIPAA Act with additional resources
to aid in the understanding and implementation of the new guidelines. Available in either text format or in Adobe
Acrobat PDF.
HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Tool Kit for Small Group and Safety-Net Providers
Prepared by the Pacific Health Policy Group of the California HealthCare Foundation providing a basic understanding
of HIPAA requirements and how to implement them presented in Adobe Acrobat PDF.
HIPAA
Glossary
Part of the Workgroup
for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) web site, it provides
a detailed glossary of the terminology of HIPPA in Adobe Acrobat PDF
format.
HHS HIPAA Administrative Simplification Resource
All medical records and other individually identifiable health information used or disclosed by a covered entity
in any form, whether electronically, on paper, or orally, are covered by the final rule.
Cornell
Legal Research Encyclopedia
A topical and jurisdictional arrangement of legal resources in
all available formats organized by subject, United States, countries, and international law.
FindLaw
FindLaw provides a comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals,
businesses, and individuals.
Hieros
Gamos Research Center Health Law Section
This section focuses on health care law and regulations. Health care issues also fall under its insurance and employment
sections.
National
Elder Law
Network (NELN.org)
Serves as a repository for legal and other materials relevant to the practice of elder law that are national in
scope.
NOLO'S
LEGAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
Choose among hundreds of articles -- every one written in plain-English that Nolo is famous for -- on many different
legal topics. All for FREE!
Reference Guide on Medical Testimony
The Federal Judicial Center provides this section on medical testimony from the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence 2d ed. Both are presented in Adobe Acrobat PDF.
AHA
News
Weekly health news; some site features require free registration.
The American Journal
of Managed Care
This peer-reviewed publication is dedicated to disseminating clinical information to managed care physicians, clinical
decision makers, and other healthcare professionals.
American
Medical News
Now features major articles in full text from every section of the newspaper.
Cost
and Quality Quarterly Journal
Providing a unique blend of clinical, financial, and legal information that can be read online with selectively
offered current and archived articles.
Health
Affairs
Topics cover health policy and managed care with some articles at website in full text.
Full text of all issues
with some restrictions are available back to 1994 in ProQuest
Direct.
Health
Data Management
A leading source for news and in-depth analysis on using information technology to achieve business goals and improve
the quality of care.
Health Facilities Management
The AHA publishes this timely publication for those professionals charged with the management of healthcare facilities.
Health Futures Digest
This is a monthly digest of news and commentary on long-range, leading edge technological innovations and their
consequences and implications for healthcare policy and practice.
Health
Progress
CHA's official journal, providing bimonthly analysis of issues facing the leaders of Catholic health care today.
Healthcare
Informatics
Provides timely information, analyze and interpret major
trends influencing the healthcare market.
Hospitals & Health Networks
Some site features require free registration.
Journal
of Clinical Outcomes Management (JCOM)
A peer-reviewed journal published monthly examining the impact of health care services and products on the health
of patients and populations and provide information to inform evidence-based practice.
Managed
Care
Information and news on managed care with resources from the Internet.
Managed Healthcare Executive
Provides in-depth analysis on the business of healthcare needed to provide high-quality care and contain costs.
Medical
Economics
Full text articles with some site features requiring free registration.
Modern
Healthcare
Business newsweekly serving healthcare management that is edited to keep healthcare executives current with news
and trends in the field.
Modern Physician
A monthly publication providing up-to-date news and information on management, legal, labor, regulatory, socio-economic
and financial issues as they impact physician executives with management responsibilities.
Physician's
Weekly
Highlights and analysis of medical news every week.
Trustee
From the AHA with some site features requiring free registration.
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Managed Care / Health Insurance
AIS
Managed Care
Specialized business research, news, and information targeted for health care managers.
America’s Health Insurance
Plans (AHIP)
This is the nation's principal association of health plans, representing more than 1,000 plans to include health
maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred provider organizations (PPOs), other similar health plans and utilization
review organizations (UROs).
Glossary
of Terms in Managed Health Care
Pam Pohly Associates award winning site provides definitions of commonly used managed care terms.
HealthLeader-InterStudy
Reliable source for timely and accurate managed care data and analyses.
MCOL: Managed Care
On-Line
Knowledge resource website for managed care professionals.
State
Coverage Initiatives
A national initiative of The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that works with states to plan,
execute, and maintain health insurance expansions, as well as to improve the availability and affordability of
health care coverage. One of the unique resource tools is the State Coverage
Matrix which provides specific strategies states have used to
expand or sustain insurance coverage. There are also publications and state reports, as well.
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Medical Outcomes, Practice Guidelines, Research,
Standards, Etc.
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research charged
with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care.
CARF: The Rehabilitation
Accreditation Commission
Develops and maintains standards for programs and services delivered
to people in need of rehabilitation.
College of American Pathologists
Practice parameters and guidelines in pathology. Look under the Practice
Resources section and make your choice.
HSTAT Clinical Practice
Guidelines
Access to the full-text of documents useful in health care decision making.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Offers practical ideas and information on how to improve health care especially
Patient-Centered Care and Patient Safety.
Institute of Medicine
Provides objective, timely, authoritative information and advice concerning
health and science policy to government, the corporate sector, the professions and the public. Choose the area
of interest from the choices in the "white box".
Medical Outcomes
Trust
Information on outcomes measurement and the instruments that measure health and the outcomes of medical care;
most services are by subscription.
National Committee on
Quality Assurance
Assesses and reports on the quality of the nation's managed care plans.
National Coordinating
Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP)
An independent body comprised of 20 national health care organizations collaborating and cooperating to address
the interdisciplinary causes of errors and to promote the safe use of medications.
Washington State
Health Care Authority
Launching point for information on health care in Washington State.
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Patient Safety Resources
AHA
Quality and Patient Safety
The American
Hospital Association (AHA) tools and resources that hospitals
can use to measure quality of care, continually improve patient safety and quality, and create a "culture
of safety" that supports candid analysis of errors and error prevention.
AHRQ WebM&M:
Morbidity and Mortality Rounds Patient Safety Web Journal
The Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality created this online journal and forum on
patient safety and health care quality. It features expert analysis of medical errors reported anonymously by readers,
interactive learning modules on patient safety (“Spotlight Cases”), and forums for online discussion. CME credit
is available. Registration allows you to submit casesand Forum participation.
Center
on Patient Safety
Patient safety and quality improvement in health systems is prominenfrom the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Offers practical ideas and information on how to improve health care especially
Patient-Centered Care and Patient Safety.
Joint Commission Facts about Patient Safety
Joint
Commission provides shortcuts to its resources on vital patient safety issues. Users can
find facts about national patient safety goals, patient safety-related standards, sentinel event policy, sentinel
event alerts, patient safety coalitions, legislative efforts, patient safety resources, and information on the
Joint Commission Office of Quality Monitoring.
Professional Organizations (Administrative)
AcademyHealth
The professional society for health services researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners, with extensive resources
in health research and policy.
American College of
Healthcare Executives
Working towards the goal of improving the health status of society by advancing healthcare
management excellence.
American
Hospital Association
The national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals,
health care networks, and their patients and communities. Use the
HospitalConnectSearch to reliable hospital information, organized by
specific areas of interest.
Catholic Healthcare
Association
Represents the largest single group of the nation's not-for-profit
hospitals.
Center for Health
Administration Studies
Located at the University of Chicago it conducts interdisciplinary
studies of local, national, and international health services delivery.
Clinical Laboratory Management
Association
For those responsible for laboratories and clinical services in hospitals
and health-care networks, group practices, and independent settings.
Healthcare Financial
Management Association
Information on financial management in hospitals, ambulatory care facilities,
managed care organizations, and other healthcare organizations.
The Health
Forum
Provides an integrated portfolio of communications, information,
education and research products and services that advance leadership for health.
King
County Medical Society
The membership medical society for physicians practicing in King County, Washington.
Medical Group
Management Association
The leading organization representing medical group practice
nationwide improving the effectiveness of medical group practices and the knowledge and skills of the individuals
who manage/lead them.
National
Academy of Sciences
A private, non-profit, society of distinguished scholars dedicated to the
furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Unique projects and reports are
hallmarks of their research.
National Institute
for Health Care Management Foundation
The NIHCM Foundation conducts research, policy analysis and educational
activities on a range of health care issues.
Save
Health Care in Washington
This is a campaign to protect and expand affordable health care for every Washington resident. The Washington State
Hospital Association, Community Health Network of Washington health plan and Washington State Medical Association
make up the bulk of membership.
Snohomish County Medical Society
The professional
organization comprised of physicians practicing in Snohomish County,
Washington.
Snohomish
Health District
As the municipal corporation responsible for public health
in the 20 incorporated cities and towns within the county, it
provides a wide range of programs and services that protect and promote
the public health.
Washington State Hospital
Association
Leadership role in improving the health status of the citizens of Washington
State.
Washington State Medical
Association
Promotes and protects the health of the public in Washington
State.
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Public Health
AcademyHealth
The professional society for health services researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners, with extensive resources
in health research and policy.
Canadian Guide to Clinical Preventive Health Care
The Health
Care Network at Health Canada has designed this as a practical
guide to a wide variety of preventive health interventions.
Cancer Control
P.L.A.N.E.T.
This portal provides access to data and resources that can help
planners, program staff, and researchers to design, implement
and evaluate evidence-based cancer control programs. Information
is found by individual cancer control topics.
CDC
Wonder Public Health Database
Makes the information resources of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) available to public health professionals and
the public at large. It provides access to a wide array of public
health information.
Community Tool Box
Created and maintained by the Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development at the University of Kansas
it provides over 6,000 pages of practical skill-building information on over 250 different topics in support of
promoting community health and development.
Database
of Country and Regional Indicators
This database contains up-to-date information from 72 key indicators
in such areas as HIV/AIDS, treatment access, general health, mortality, education, the economy, population, fertility,
and human development, for 194 countries and 10 regions.
Guide
to Clinical Preventive Services, 2009, with Periodic Updates
Updates some recommendations and evaluates
additional new topics. Recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
are being released incrementally.
Health
Policy Monitor
This site presents current health policy ideas, approaches, model projects, or pieces of legislation in various
stages of preparation or implementation.
Medscape
Public Health & Prevention
This is a collaboration with the American Public Health Association. Here you will find news, reports from recent journals, continuing education information,
conference information, and more. Free one-time registration
required.
National
Rural Health
Association
Addressing healthcare issues in the rural
environments.
Partners in Information
Access for the Public Health Workforce
This is a collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries
with numerous resources and links to even more.
Preventing Chronic
Disease (PCD)
Published by the National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Preventing Chronic Disease
(PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal focusing on preventing
diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.
Rural Assistance
Center (RAC)
A rural health and human services "information portal" providing information from myriad sources and
provides easy access to that information.
World
Health News
This is an online news digest from the Center for Health Communication at the Harvard
School of Public Health.
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Reference Sources
Acronyms
and Initialisms for Health Information Resources
Acronyms for global information and data resources in health, medical, and veterinary sciences with some linked
to selected related web sites.
Administrators
In Medicine
This web site presents a health professional licensing database with information supplied voluntarily by the respective
state medical boards.
Almanac
of Policy Issues: Health
Health-related issues, including health insurance coverage, public health initiatives, health-related research,
and major federal programs like Medicaid and Medicare, are the focus of this section in the Almanac of Policy Issues.
American
Board of Internal Medicine
Find a board certified physician in the discipline of internal
medicine and its subspecialties, and areas of added qualifications.
American
Board of Medical Specialties Certified Doctor Verification Service
Contains all physicians certified by an ABMS member board.
American Hospital
Directory
Provides summary data (both AHA and CMS [formerly HCFA] data) for most hospitals. Click on "Free Services" then
choose hospital name and/or state.
American
Medical Association (AMA) DoctorFinder
The American Medical Association provides information on over 650,000 doctors with verified licensure and credential
data.
Directory of America's Hospitals
Looking for a hospital? With more than 6,000 hospitals in the United States, this can be daunting. The American Hospital
Association and U.S.News & World Report
have collaborated to create this resource where you can specify the hospital's location (by region, state, or distance
from any ZIP code), type, specialization, and services offered. Best of all it's FREE!
General Information Resources
(regional and national)
An organized page of categorized local reference links.
Health
Policy, & Economics
A group of textbooks from our Online Textbooks page we have
made available here for your convenience.
HealthGrades.com
A source for healthcare ratings information on hospitals, health plans and physicians.
Health
Professions Quality Assurance (HPQA) of Washington State
Washington State
Department of Health (DOH)posts license status of all healthcare
professionals that includes information on the state's 260,000 healthcare professionals in 54 professions, from
acupuncturists to X-ray technicians.
King
County Medical Society Find a Physician
Search by name, zip code, medical specialty, and search language.
Meaningful
Use OneSource (choose from the left-hand column)
On-line
Medical Dictionary
Resource with detailed definitions of medical terms.
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Statistical Resources
(international, national, state, and regional)
Advance
Data Reports
These reports provide early release of data from the National Center for Health Statistics' health and demographic
surveys. Many of these releases are followed by detailed reports in the Vital Statistics System
series.
AgingStats.Gov
This web site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics encompasses the efforts of ten federal
agencies that produce or use statistics on aging.
American
Fact Finder
Provides quality data about the people in cities of the United States.
America's Health: United Health Foundation State Health Rankings
The United
Health Foundation compiles a comprehensive, multi-dimensional,
yearly analysis of the relative healthiness of the American population using information supplied by various sources
as an Adobe Acrobat PDF. View America’s
Health Rankings™, A Call to Action for People and Their
Communities: 2009 Edition in its entirety by clicking on the title.
City-Data.com
This web-based resource has collected and analyzed data from numerous
sources to create as complete and interesting profiles of all U.S.
cities as possible.
County and City Data Book: 2007
Compiled since the 1940s, this resource incorporates demographic and
economic information about the United States from Census Bureau
surveys, as well as information from other government and private
organizations. The data cover topics such as population, housing,
vital statistics, health care, social programs, education, labor
force, wholesale and retail trade, and weather. Adobe
Acrobat Reader required.
DataFerret
A collaboration between the U.S.
Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control
is a data mining tool that accesses data stored in TheDataWeb through the internet.
You can select a databasket full of variables and then recode those variables as you need.
Data and
Surveys
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) presents statistics on medical and
healthcare costs, expenditures, and utilization.
Directory
of Health and Human Services Data Resources
Compilation of information about virtually all major data collection systems sponsored by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
GlobalHealthFacts.org
Another project of the Henry
J. Kaiser Family Foundation that provides up-to-date and easy-to-access
data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators.
Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Data and Statistics
HRSA presents demographic data for health status and health care access targeted in
the areas of primary health care, health care provider resources, maternal and child health, public health, rural
health, and HIV/AIDS.
Health,
United States, 2010
National trends in health statistics on such topics as birth and death rates, use of ambulatory care and inpatient
care, health personnel and facilities, financing of health care, health insurance and managed care, and other health
topics including a chartbook and trend tables. You will also find editions back to 1993 in their entirety.
Healthcare
Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
HCUP data are used for research on hospital utilization, access, charges, quality and outcomes which are used to
describe patterns of care for uncommon and common diseases, analyze hospital procedures, including those that are
performed infrequently, and study the care of population sub-groups such as minorities, children, women, and the
uninsured.
Kaiser
Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online
A new resource containing the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health
coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.
Kids
Count Data Book
First published in 1990, it is a national and state-by-state project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation
to track the status of children in the United States.
National
Vital Statistics Data
Formerly known as the Monthly Vital Statistics Report, it presents monthly and cumulative data on births, deaths,
marriages and divorces, and infant deaths for States and the United States with brief analyses of the statistics.
State
and County Quick Facts
Quick Facts tables are summary profiles showing frequently requested data items from various Census Bureau programs.
Profiles are available at the national, state, and county level.
2011 State
Rankings List
Presents timely, relevant, and quality data about the individual states in the United States.
State Scorecard on Health System
Performance 2009
The Commonwealth Fund
created this map to view state-specific rankings and results compared to
benchmarks, and to view the number of lives and dollars each state could
save by achieving benchmark levels of performance.
Statistical
Abstract of the United States
2012
Contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United
States
Statistics on the Aging Population
The Administration
on Aging provides comprehensive data resources on the aging
characteristics
of America and Americans.
Surveillance,
Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program
An authoritative source of information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States from the National Cancer Institute.
2009 State Snapshots
Provides state-specific health care quality information, including
strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement to better
understand health care quality and disparities in their State.
Vital
and Health Statistics
Also known as "The Rainbow Series", it provides data on the Nation's official vital events compiled from
state reports. Not all reports are available full text online but may be available in paper at local academic health
science libraries.
Washington
State Data Book
Presents information about Washington, its people, economy, and government. Divided into eleven major sections
including population and human services.
Washington
State Health Data
Compiled by the Washington State Department of Health.
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