Healthcare Quality Organizations

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Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

Administrators in Medicine (AIM)

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality

American Academy of Family Physicians

American Board of Medical Specialties  

American Cancer Society 

American College of Healthcare Executives

American College of Obstetrician and Gynecology 

American College of Physician Executives

American Health Information Management Association

American Health Quality Association (QIO's)  

American Hospital Association  

American Medical Association   

American Nurses Association   

American Optometric Association

American Osteopathic Association

Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals

Associations for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology

BOJ Extra! Survey prep for Briefings on The Joint Commission

Center for Healthcare Accreditation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/Physician Quality Reporting Initiative

College of American Pathologists

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Credentialing Resource Center - (subscription required)

DNV - National Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations, integrates the international Organization
            for Standards' ISO 9001 quality management system standards with the Medicare conditions of paraticipation. 
            According to DNV, ISO 9001 enables hospitals to identify and document the clinical and administrative processes
            that contribute to desirable outcomes in order to institute them as standard practices.  DNV joins the Joint
            Commission and American Osteopathic Association as the only national hospital accreditation organizations
            approved by CMS.

Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMATLA) - A resource for current information
about the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, also known as COBRA or the
Patient Anti-Dumping Law 

Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards

Federation of State Medical Boards

The Greeley Company

HCPro, Inc. - Healthcare Resources

HealthLeaders magazine

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Institute of Safe Medication Practices

The Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

The Joint Commission/NPSG: National Patient Safety Goals

Journal of the American Medical Association 

Just Coding.com

The Leapfrog Group

Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database (MAUDE) - products and device failure and 
other information 

National Association for Healthcare Quality

National Association of Medical Staff Services

National Coalition on Health Care

National Committee for Quality Assurance

National Guidelines Clearinghouse

National Association of Healthcare Quality

National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality

National Practitioner Databank Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank

National Registry of CardioPulmonary Resuscitation

New England Journal of Medicine 

Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor

Patient Safety Institute

RoundTable Healthcare Partners

Texas Association for Healthcare Quality

URAC/American Accreditation Healthcare Commission 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration  

U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration 

World Health Organization

HEALTH CARE FRAUD WEBSITES

ConsumerLab - providing results of independent tests of products that affect health 

National Council Against Health Care Fraud 

National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association 

National Practitioner Data Bank 

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