C D E F G H J L N O P R S T U W

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Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Department of Commerce (DOC)

Department of Education

Department of Energy (DOE)

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Department of Justice (DOJ)

Department of Labor

Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics

Department of the Interior

Department of the Treasury

Department of Transportation (DOT)

Department of Veterans Affairs

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Executive Office of the President

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Federal Trade Commission

FedWorld (NTIS system for access to government information)

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General Services Administration (GSA)

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Health Resources and Services Administration HRSA

AMA, Chicago (312) 464-5000

Publishes the Clinical Performance Measurement Directory, based on a national survey of group practices and state medical societies, with detailed information on more than 300 performance-improvement programs. Also publishes statistical information on physicians, medical groups and individual health care markets.

CareManagement Science Corp., Philadelphia (215) 387-9401

Offers CaduCIS Net, a free, Internet-based benchmarking tool with publicly available data on lengths of stay, mortality, and costs for hundreds of hospitals. Also provides fee-based consulting products analyzing hospitals’ proprietary data and showing how or why each one can improve.

National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD (301) 458-4636

The National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducts National Hospital Discharge Survey, a compilation of utilization statistics from approximately 500 hospitals. Also collects much broader information on specific diseases and characteristics of health care consumers.

Data Advantage, Louisville, KY (502) 587-9500

Prepares hospital benchmarking reports, including pricing, reimbursement, expected costs and data on the top 50 DRGs, a physician clinical performance profiling, home health agency performance rankings, specialty reports, and performance measurement standards for the Joint Commission’s ORYX initiative.

HCIA-Sachs, Baltimore (800) 568-3282

Conducts benchmarking studies on pharmaceutical and medical device use, corporate compliance, overall hospital outcomes, and managed care population assessments; benchmarking information from state database; and forecasts utilization charges.

Health Forum, Chicago and San Francisco (800) 821-2039

Subsidiary of the American Hospital Association, publishes data for market understanding across continuum of care, including proprietary research and public data. Products: the AHA Guide, Hospital Statistics, the AHA Annual Survey Database, the Duet Database, and the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL(630) 792-5000

Through its ORYX initiative, gathers performance measures of a hospital’s choosing in various clinical areas: for example, percentages of low birth-weight babies. Information will be collected on core measures in five areas: acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, surgical procedures and complications, and pregnancy and related conditions, from all accredited hospitals as early as 2002.

Ingenix, Salt Lake City (801) 536-1000

Through subsidiaries CHIPS, St. Anthony’s Publishing, and Medicode provides a wide range of benchmarking information and performance comparisons. Medicode maintains comprehensive pricing databases; CHIPS compares facilities according to costs and utilization patterns, and provides industrywide almanacs and guides; and St. Anthony’s Publishing analyzes and compares coding and reimbursement data.

InterStudy, Minneapolis (800) 844-3351

Offers publications and databases covering regional and national HMO statistics and metropolitan service area profiles and analyses. Also conducts specialized research projects, such as comparative data analysis on a few competing health plans or commissioned research on one organization’s performance.

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), Englewood, CO (888) ASK-MGMA

Conducts annual surveys to benchmark group practice performance. The Cost Survey includes charges and revenue, practice expenses, accounts receivables, staffing ratios and collection percentages. Reports on compensation, benefits and productivity of providers, physician executives and managers.

Quadramed, San Rafael, CA (415) 482-2100

Uses managed care transactional data to create detailed performance reports and analyses. Identifies utilization problem areas to improve quality and cost savings, and analyzes health plan contract performance to improve future contract negotiations.

OVID Full Text Journals (MGHS Only)

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

7272 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: 301-657-3000

www.ashp.org

American Society for Healthcare Risk Management

1 North Franklin Street
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-422-3980

www.ashrm.org

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

375 Longwood Avenue, 4^th Floor
Boston, MA 02215
617-754-4800

www.ihi.org

Institute of Medicine

2101 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, D C 20418

www.iom.edu

Institute for Safe Medical Practices

1800 Byberry Road, Suite 810
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
215-947-7797

www.ismp.org

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations

One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

www.jcaho.org

National Association for Healthcare Quality

4700 West Lake Avenue
Glenview, IL 60025
800-966-9392

www.nahq.org

National Patient Safety Foundation

515 North State Street, 8^th Floor
Chicago, IL 60610
312-464-4848

www.npsf.org

U S Food and Drug Administration

Medwatch

5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
888-463-6332

www.fda.gov/medwatch

US Pharmacopeia

12601 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, MD 20852
800-822-8772

www.usp.org

Nursing & Allied Health Web Sites

ASSOCIATIONS

CLINICAL RESOURCES

EDUCATION/EMPLOYMENT

 JOURNALS

MISCELLANEOUS

Netting the Evidence: A ScHARR Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice on the Internet

Finding Answers to Questions in Evidence Based Medicine

Resources for Practicing Evidence-Based Medicine

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database

The Alternative Medicine Home Page

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

RxList - Alternatives

Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray

http://bartleby.com

Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body on Bartleby.com contains 1,247 vibrant engravings, with many in color, from the classic 1918 edition. Bartleby claims to provide “students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the Web, free of charge”.

Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

http://www.mindspring.com/~dmmmd/atlas_1.html

This atlas was produced by David M. Martin, M.D., and Ralph C. Lyons, M.D., both certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and by the American Board of Gastroenterology.

Bristol Biomed Image Archive

http://www.brisbio.ac.uk/

This categorized archive maintained by the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, contains more than 20,000 images for teaching. A search engine allows for retrieval of images on specific topics or conditions. Users can search and browse the archive without registering, but, to download full-size images, users must complete a free registration process. The creators of the archive allow for free use of the images for teaching and educational purposes.

Dermatology Online Atlas

http://www.dermis.net/

This English language atlas, maintained by the Dermatology Internet Service at the Universities of Erlangen and Heidelberg, Germany, can be searched or browsed. The images by localization feature provides a body map for browsing. Be sure to check with site owners about copyright before using any images.

Digital Atlas of Ophthalmology

http://www.nyee.edu/page_deliv.html?page_no=50

The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary Department of Ophthalmology maintains this atlas “to serve as a visual reference and educational supplement for ophthalmologists, general physicians, and medical students.” Search or browse by topic or anatomical region.

Public Health Image Library (PHILÔ)

http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/default.asp

Created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), PHILÔoffers an organized, searchable gateway to the CDC’s pictures. The content is organized into hierarchical categories of people, places, and sciences and is presented as single images, image sets and multimedia files. PHILÔ welcomes public health professionals, the media, educators and the worldwide public to use this material for reference, teaching, presentation and health messages.

The Visible Human ProjectÒ

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html

A project of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the Visible Human ProjectÒ consists of images of cross-sections of a female and a male. Anyone may use the images free of charge, but a license agreement must first be filed with NLM. This site also includes links to projects showing some of the images in use.

Whole Brain Atlas

http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/

Still pictures and movies (mpg files) of the brain constitute this atlas, which has received favorable reviews from MedWorld Best Sites, Neurosciences on the Internet, and Medical Matrix. Use and distribution of these materials for educational purposes is allowed as long as proper credit is provided.