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Health Policy Monitor Health Policy Monitor: Provides reports on health policy reforms from 15 industrialized countries to enhance global discussions on policy making; resources include current health policy ideas, approaches, model projects, and legislation. (Policy and Regulation) http://www.healthpolicymonitor.org/ MCHB Webcast MCHB Webcast: View live webcasts, webcast archives, conference archives and training resources from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. (Policy and Regulation) http://www.mchcom.com/ International Association of Health Policy International Association of Health Policy: International network of scholars, health workers and activists with the aim of promoting the scientific analysis of public health issues. (Policy and Regulation) http://www.healthp.org/ HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society): Provides leadership in healthcare for the management of technology, information and change through publications, educational opportunities and advocacy. Includes publications, research, online course, and related resources. (Policy and Regulation) http://www.himss.org/ASP/index.asp Center for Law and the Public's Health Center for Law and the Public's Health: Information on the Center at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities. Features resources on public health law, ethics, and policy for public health practitioners, lawyers, policy-makers, and scholars. (Policy and Regulation) http://www.publichealthlaw.net/ 3-A Sanitary Standards 3-A Sanitary Standards: Providing material specifications, design criteria and other necessary information for equipment types to satisfy public health concerns. Online ordering available. (Policy and Regulation) http://www.3-a.org/standards/standards.htm Health Policy Institute of Ohio Health Policy Institute of Ohio: An independent, nonpartisan, statewide center that informs Ohio health policy by forecasting health trends, analyzing key health issues, and communicating current research to policymakers, state agencies, and other decision makers. (Policy and Regulation) http://www.healthpolicyohio.org/ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - AHRQ: Formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Provides practical health care information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions about health care (Policy and Regulation) http://www.ahcpr.gov/ ECRI ECRI: Provides publications, information, and consulting services internationally for healthcare technology assessment and cost effectiveness, risk and environmental management, and patient safety; site includes Includes classification guides, evaluation servic (Policy and Regulation) http://www.ecri.org/ HealthTechCenter HealthTechCenter: A research and education organization dedicated to providing information to healthcare organizations about the future impact of technology on healthcare delivery. Provides in-depth, objective data about emerging healthcare technologies and their potential (Policy and Regulation) http://www.healthtechcenter.org/htc/default.ASP Division of Laboratory Systems Division of Laboratory Systems: Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides standards and guidelines for laboratories as well as training. (Policy and Regulation) http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/DLS/ Medical Outcomes Trust Medical Outcomes Trust: Dedicated to improving health and health care by promoting the science of outcomes measurement, and the development, evaluation and distribution of standardized, high quality instruments that measure health and the outcomes of medical care. Includes onlin (Policy and Regulation) http://www.outcomes-trust.org/ Duke Health Policy Cyberexchange Duke Health Policy Cyberexchange: Portal site for health policy information on the Web. (Policy and Regulation) http://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cyberexchange Healthy Public Policy at MJSahl Consulting Healthy Public Policy at MJSahl Consulting: Provides consulting assistance for health care management and public health; services include management and administrative support, needs assessment, literature reviews, research analysis, and grant writing assistance. (Policy and Regulation) http://home.earthlink.net/%7ehealthypublicpolicy/ 601Help 601Help: Provides information about compliance with IEC 60601-1, the international product safety standard for electrical medical equipment, as well as the standard's national variants. Includes explanations and interpretations of requirements, links to other sit (Policy and Regulation) http://www.601help.com/ Harvard Business Online Harvard Business Online: Offers electronic access to current and past Harvard Business Review articles and collections, Harvard Business School Press books, cases, newsletters, eLearning programs. Provides research on business topics, including leadership, strategy, communicatio (Policy and Regulation) http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation: Provides multidisciplinary leadership and programs that enhance the ability of the professions, health care institutions, and industry to understand, develop, manage, and use medical instrumentation and related technologies safely and effectively. (Policy and Regulation) http://www.aami.org NCQA: National Committee for Quality Assurance NCQA: National Committee for Quality Assurance: Provides information about the quality of national managed care plans to enable consumers to evaluate health plan performance. Includes links to accreditation and certification programs, compliance audits, health plan report cards, and credentialing data (Policy and Regulation) http://www.ncqa.org/ M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Health Services Research M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Health Services Research: Promotes oncology research, developing standards for quality patient care, and facilitating oncology health policy at state, national and international levels. Contains information on research programs, policy statements, and publications. (Policy and Regulation) http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/hsr MTO Negligence: Ontario, Canada MTO Negligence: Ontario, Canada: Describes how decisions resulting in revocation of driver's licenses are based on diagnosis of visual deficiency rather than ability to operate a motor vehicle safely. Provides advice and links to related web sites. (Policy and Regulation) http://www.angelfire.com/on4/ontariomtovision Cerner Corporation Cerner Corporation: Designs clinical information systems and financial applications to improve health care delivery. Products and services integrate information technology and health care issues, such as patient safety, e-health, and operational performance, for use by phys (Policy and Regulation) http://www.cerner.com/default.asp Melanoma Research Project Network Melanoma Research Project Network: Comprehensive information on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of melanoma and skin cancer. Includes decision-finding and self-examination modules, interactive sessions, publications, and links to related sites. [May not support all browsers.] (Policy and Regulation) http://www.melresproj.com/