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Professional Links
Academy for Health Services Research and Health
Policy
http://www.academyhealth.org
The academy provides a professional home and technical assistance resource
for researchers and policy professionals.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.ahrq.gov
This site is a good place to start any Internet search on outcomes, practice
guidelines, evidence-based practice and quality improvement.
American Hospital Association Quality Initiatives
http://www.aha.org
This site links to the AHA's programs and services to respond to patients'
needs with improvements in care.
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
http://www.ashrm.org
ASHRM is the a professional society for health care risk management professionals
and leaders working in health care risk management.
Brown-Spath & Associates
http://www.brownspath.com
High quality resources on performance improvement topics. Free online
download for Patient Safety Training Resources and FMEA training.
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
http://www.medqic.org
Created by CMS, this is a comprehensive online resource for quality improvement
information for Medicare's National Quality Improvement Priority Topics.
The site is organized by settings and clinical topics and includes resources
for each Medicare Priority Topic. You can search the entire database for
literature, tools, and other information.
The Community Guide
http://thecommunityguide.org
The Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide) tries to
answer the question which deals with community or "population based
interventions. The Community Guide, led by the independent Task Force
on Community Preventive Services addresses a variety of health topics
important to communities, public health agencies and health care systems.
It is summarizing what is known about the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness
of population based interventions designed to promote health, prevent
disease, injury, disability and premature death as well as exposure to
environmental hazards.
Foundation for Accountability
http://www.facct.org
The Foundation for Accountability is dedicated to helping Americans make
better health care decisions. FACCT’s board of trustees is made up
of consumer organizations and purchasers of health care services and insurance
representing 80 million Americans.
Healthcare Leadership Council
http://www.hlc.org
The HLC is a forum for the leadership of the health care industry to jointly
develop policies, plans and programs. Its membership consists of several
Fortune 500 companies.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
http://www.ihi.org
IHI offers resources and services to help health care organizations to
make improvements that enhance clinical outcomes and reduce costs.
National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)
http://www.nahq.org
NAHQ is the nation's leading organization for healthcare quality professionals.
Founded in 1976, NAHQ currently comprises more than 7,000 individual members
and 150 institutional members.
National Association of Medical Staff Services
http://www.namss.org
This international professional organization strives for the development
of individuals responsible for managing credentialing, privileging, practitioner/provider
organizations and regulatory compliance in the diverse healthcare industry.
National Committee for Quality Assurance
http://www.ncqa.org
This site is a source for information about the quality of the nation’s
managed health care plans.
National Guideline Clearinghouse Agency for Health
Care Policy and Research
http://www.guideline.gov
The clearinghouse is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice
guidelines sponsored by the AHRQ in partnership with the American Medical
Association and the American Association of Health Plans.
National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov
This site includes information on health, grants, science, institutes
and news.
The National Quality Forum
http://www.qualityforum.org
The National Quality Forum is a not-for-profit membership organization
created to develop and implement a national strategy for health care quality
measurement and reporting.
Quality Indicator Project
http://www.qiproject.org
The Association of Maryland Hospitals & Health Systems runs this site,
which contains reporting on quality activities around the country.
Quality Management Advisory Service
http://www.qmas.org
The Quality Measurement Advisory Service assists state and local health
care coalitions, purchasing groups and health information organizations
in their efforts to measure health care quality for value-based purchasing
and other purposes.
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