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Policy Supersites
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy, Law and
Management)
Health Law Hippo (web's
best collection of health care policy and regulatory materials)
Policy.com (web's best
collection of links to public policy organizations and issues)
Electronic Policy Network (EPN) - Health
policy links
EPN's Idea Central - Health policy
Electronic Policy Network (complete map of EPN)
Health Economics Resource page (excellent
links by Patti J. Peeple's PhD)
MedWeb: Health care
reform
OnHealth.com (excellent
reports by columnists on medical issues and healthcare topics)
Online
Health Policy Network
Child & Family Health
Advocates for the Children of Arizona
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
(1996) Welfare Law Child & Family Health
Advocates for the Children of Arizona
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
(1996) Welfare Law (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Campaign For Our Children (Maryland-based;
teen pregnancy info; National Teen Pregnancy Clock))
Child Trends, Inc. (non-profit
research on children, youth, families)
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Environmental Health Network (great
resource)
Children's Health Indicators
(US Dept of Education data on insurance coverage, health ed, AIDS knowledge, illness,
more)
Children's Health Insurance -
US Census Bureau
Children's Issues in Managed Care (from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Children's Issues in Managed Care (from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Children's Issues in Managed Care (from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Children's Issues in Managed Care (from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Children's Issues in Managed Care (from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Children's Issues in Managed Care (from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Children's Issues in Managed Care (from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Children's Issues in Managed Care (from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Children's Issues in Managed Care (from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Children's Issues in Managed Care (from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Children's Issues in Managed Care (from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Children's Issues in Managed Care (from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Children's Issues in Managed Care (from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Children Now (directory
of links on children's issues)
Children Now
Children Now (immunization
campaign, status of CA children, health & safety poll)
Children's Safety Network - National Injury and
Violence Prevention Resource Center
Children's
Services Report - Current Issue Highlights (online newsletter from Manisses
Communications Group)
Coalition for America's Children (alliance
of national, state, local organizations to boost public policies for children)
Connect For Kids
Connect For Kids (Guidance for Grown-ups
to build stronger communities for children - The Benton Foundation)
Connecticut KidsLink
Focus on Children's Health
Focus on Children's Health
(World Resources Institute 1992 report on international health status of children)
The Future of Children - journal published by
the Packard Foundation
Harvard Center for Children's Health at
Harvard University (multi-disciplinary collaboration to improve
children's health)
HRSA Child Health Initiative (US
Health Resources and Services Admin; Insure Kids Now; health programs))
Institute for Child Health Policy (focus
on managed care with emphasis on children with special health care needs)
KidsHome (for
kids being treated for cancer, HIV and other illnesses)
Managed Care and
Early Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
Massachusetts Campaign For Children
National Association of Child Advocates
(building a movement for children across America)
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent
Health (for academic researchers; UNC at Chapel Hill)
1996 Kids Count - includes state profiles
Public Opinion Research on
Children's Issues (Benton Foundation for Coalition for America's
Children)
SLACK Pediatric Internet Directory
(great sites, extensive links)
Stand For Children - children's advocacy organization
(slow loader)
State Children's Health Insurance
Program (excellent resource on fed'l program; Georgetown U. Center
for Child Health and Mental Health Policy)
State report cards on
child health - National Center for Children in Poverty
Survey of Parents with Young Children - by the
Commonwealth Fund
Trends in the Well-Being of
America's Children and Youth (1998 US Health and Human Services
report; Acrobat files)
What
Do Americans REALLY Think About Children?(1999
report by Harvard's Blendon, McCormick, Young)
Youth Indicators 1993 : % of
children with insurance by parent education and income
Zero to Three (healthy
development of infants and toddlers)
Corporatization of
Health Care
Anti-trust - Local Markets and Systems:
Hospital Consolidations in Metro Areas
Abandoned Surgery: Business and the
Failure of Health Care Reform
Columbia/HCA
- news, research reports, financials by WSRN.com
OrNda
- news, research reports, financials by WSRN.com
Saving Their Asset - How to Stop Plunder
at Blue Cross and other Nonprofits
Tenet
HealthCare - news, research reports, financials by WSRN.com
What
Market Values Are Doing to Medicine by Arnold Relman
Education/Training/Research
AAMC STAT: News (Assn
of American Medical Colleges)
AAMC STAT: News (Assn
of American Medical Colleges)
AAMC STAT: News (Assn
of American Medical Colleges)
AAMC STAT: News (Assn
of American Medical Colleges)
AAMC STAT: News (Assn
of American Medical Colleges)
AAMC STAT: News (Assn
of American Medical Colleges)
AAMC STAT: News (Assn
of American Medical Colleges)
AAMC STAT: News (Assn
of American Medical Colleges)
AAMC STAT: News (Assn
of American Medical Colleges)
AAMC STAT: News (Assn
of American Medical Colleges)
AAMC STAT: News (Assn
of American Medical Colleges)
AAMC STAT: News (Assn
of American Medical Colleges)
AAMC Medical Education: Overview
Career Insights (Hospital residency
directory)
The Center for the Health Professions
Education/Training/Research
AAMC STAT: News (Assn
of American Medical Colleges)
AAMC Medical Education: Overview
Career Insights (Hospital residency
directory)
The Center for the Health Professions
(Univ of California, San Francisco)The Center for the Health Professions
(Univ of California, San Francisco)
The Doctor Diaries
The Doctor Diaries (medical
student angst)
Doctor's Guide - (Links to
schools, organizations & topics by type)
Medical Matrix - education and CME
links
Martindale's Health Science
Guide
Medical Courses (from
The Medical Education Page)
Medical Education Online (an electronic peer-reviewed journal)
Medical school links (Jonathan Tward's Library)
MedWorld! - Stanford U. Medical School
students
National Association of Health Data Organizations
Nurses'
Issues (bookmark to links at this site)
Research!America Central
Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research
ScienceDaily Magazine
(Your link to the latest research news)
ERISA
Health Hippo Insurance
California
DoL v. Dillingham (2/18/97) ERISA case
ERIC-The ERISA Industry Committee ERISA
Health Hippo Insurance
California
DoL v. Dillingham (2/18/97) ERISA case
ERIC-The ERISA Industry Committee (association
of America's largest employers educates on voluntary employee
benefit plans)
ERISA statute (29 USC CHAPTER 18
(012494)
HARP ERISA Page (outline and legal analysis)
Travelers
case - Full text of US Supreme Court decision on ERISA
ERISA statute (29 USC CHAPTER 18
(012494)
HARP ERISA Page (outline and legal analysis)
Travelers
case - Full text of US Supreme Court decision on ERISA
Ethics
Bioethics & Health Care Ethics
Resources on WWW
Centre for Health Law Ethics
and Policy - The University of Newcastle
Center For Medical Ethics and Mediation
-- Codes of Ethics Ethics
Bioethics & Health Care Ethics
Resources on WWW
Centre for Health Law Ethics
and Policy - The University of Newcastle
Center For Medical Ethics and Mediation
-- Codes of Ethics (Nightingale Pledge, Hippocratic Oath,
others)
Ethical
Considerations in Business Aspects of Health Care
(Woodstock Theological Center Seminar in Business Ethics)
Ethical Moral Decision Making -
Center for Applied Ethics
The Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics
Ethical Moral Decision Making -
Center for Applied Ethics
The Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics
Health Care Expenditures &
Financing
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Expenditure links Health Care Expenditures &
Financing
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Expenditure links (Duke
University Center for Health Policy, Law and Management)
Health Care Law
FindLaw Health Law WWW Sites
and Other Internet Resources
Health Law Hippo Health Care Law
FindLaw Health Law WWW Sites
and Other Internet Resources
Health Law Hippo (best of the
web for health care law and regulations)
Selected Internet
Resources in Health Law and Policy
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization) (lists Florida MDs with most filed
complaints)
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Center for Health
Law Studies, St Louis University School of Law (short list of useful links)
Congressional legislation and testimony
(by Health Hippo - tracks legislation by topic)
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy, Law and
Management)
Focal Points - Medical Law
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP Home Page (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
Health Care Legal Issues of the
Month
Health Law News
The Health Law Resource
National Health Law Program
Travelers
case - Full text of US Supreme Court decision on ERISA
Focal Points - Medical Law
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP Home Page (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
Health Care Legal Issues of the
Month
Health Law News
The Health Law Resource
National Health Law Program
Travelers
case - Full text of US Supreme Court decision on ERISA
Managed Care
Ad Hoc Committee to Defend Health Care
AHCPR Research About Managed Care
Organizations
American Medical Specialty Organization (AMSO) Managed
Healthcare Forum
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization)(HMO horror stories; Florida MDs
with most filed complaints)
California's Managed Health Care
Improvement Task Force Report Managed Care
Ad Hoc Committee to Defend Health Care
AHCPR Research About Managed Care
Organizations
American Medical Specialty Organization (AMSO) Managed
Healthcare Forum
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization)(HMO horror stories; Florida MDs
with most filed complaints)
California's Managed Health Care
Improvement Task Force Report (1/98; Adobe Acrobat format)
Center for Health Care
Rights [Medi-Cal Managed Care]
Children's Issues in Managed Care Children's Issues in Managed Care
(from
the Center for Heatlh Care Strategies and the Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms
(on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone
(HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page HMO Page
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms (on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone (HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid
(statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
Welfare Law - 91996
Center for Health Care Strategies (Medicaid managed care
resources)
Massachusetts Medicaid Consumer Network
Medicaid Reform Glossary (Texas
Health & Human Services Commission)
Medicaid's Role in Insuring Low-Income Women -
Commonwealth Fund
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Medical Savings Accounts
Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Savings Accounts Page
Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
Definition of MSAs
(by
American Health Value, MSA Administrators)
MSA policy analysis (The
Urban Institute)
Medical Savings Accounts What They Are
(on The HMO Page site)
Medicare
National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare (Senator John Breaux, Chairman)
Concord
Coalition - Entitlements - Medicare
Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance Program (HIICAP) (Medicare, managed care,
Medigap, long term care insurance and more)
Medicare & Medicaid (statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis-Managed Care Information Center)
Medicare Reform - The Basics (Twentieth
Century Fund)
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Mental Health
& Substance Abuse
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Health Hippo: Mental Health and CD
Internet Mental Health
International Mental Health Network
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Mental Health Net (links
for disorders and treatments; professional resources; news)
Mental Health
Weekly - Current Issue Highlights (online
newsletter from Manisses Communications Group)
National Mental Health Association
1-800-THERAPIST (live
on-line therapy sessions; access & search for therapists)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Minority Health
The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Disparities
in Health (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
The Minority Health Network
Office Of Minority Health Resource Center(US
Dept of Health and Human Services)
"Effect of Race
and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Cath" (2/25/99 New England Journal
of Medicine)
"Patient's
Race, Sex Influences Doctor's Care" (2/25/99 Reuters via Fox News online
report on NEJM article))
Nurses' Issues
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
(registered
nurses consulting in the legal field)
Association of Operating Room Nurses
California Nurses Association- Response
to the PEW Report
MedExplorer - Nursing (links
to associations, education, neonatal, emergency, psychiatric, triage, students and more)
NursingNet
NurseWeek
Nursing World! - American Nurses' Association (v e
r y s l o w)
Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research
Policy Organizations
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy,
Law and Management)
Think Tanks list - by Policy.com
Alliance For Health Reform (chaired
by Senator Jay Rockefeller, co-chair Senator Bill Frist)
The Alpha Center
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization) (lists Florida doctors
with most filed complaints)
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
The Cato Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Health Care
Rights (Medi-Cal Managed Care)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Public Policy (links
to conservative public policy research organizations)
Child Welfare League of America
(1000+ member agencies serve 3 million abused/neglected child/families a year)
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Environmental Health Network (great
resource)
Coalition for America's Children
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for
Health Policy, Law and Management)
Employee Benefit Research Institute
(EBRI) (research and education on
economic security and employee benefits)
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability (unique,
plentiful information on performance/quality measurements)
Families USA Foundation
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Care For All (leading
consumer advocacy group in Massachusetts; the name says it all)
Health Service Research Journal (10
year index by author, subject)
Institute for Child Health Policy (managed
care with emphasis on children with special health care needs)
Institute for Health Policy Solutions (access,
cost containment and developing consumer-choice health purchasing groups)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group developing policy around integrated health care and managed care)
Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
National Association of Child Advocates
(building
a movement for children across America)
National Organization of Physicians Who Care
Office of Public Health and Science (US
HHS agency)
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
Physicians for a
National Health Program (Student Home Page)
Policy.com- Home Page
Research!America Central
The Urban Institute
Public and Community
Health
Health Data: United States 1993
Table Of Contents
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
American Public Health Association
Case studies in community health -
Civic Practices Network
Community Health InfoLine
Community Health InfoLine (Kellogg
Foundation models project)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Video
Martindale's
"Virtual" Public Health Center
RAND - Health cost studies
RAND - Health cost studies (abstracts
and order forms)
Smoke Free Maryland Home Page
Public Opinion Polls
Concept Of Public
Health Misunderstood By American Public
Consumer satisfaction with
Health Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
GVU Center's WWW User Surveys (internet
survey results online)
Health Confidence Survey (Employee
Benefit Research Institute)
Public Opinion Research on
Children's Issues (polls hosted by Benton
Foundation for Coalition for America's Children)
MedAccess health survey form
Sick People Have Difficulty Getting
Proper Care (RWJF 6/95)
Survey of children on health and safety issues -
1995 (Children Now)
Survey of Parents with Young Children - by the
Commonwealth Fund
Surveys on internet usage for health purposes (from
Health On the Net Foundation)
What Do Americans
REALLY Think About Children?(1999 report
by Harvard's Blendon, McCormick, Young)
Quality and Outcomes Research
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability
(unique, plentiful information on performance/quality measurement)
Mining Co. -
Health Care Industry - Outcomes Links (general, journals, tools)
Outcomes Assessment
and Research (excellent site by Carl
Slater MD, U of Texas School of Public Health)
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (lots
of links to assessment tools)
About the SF-36 - Bibliography
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors (links
to state medical licensing boards; some publish MD profiles and complaints)
Cardinal Health Information - MediQual
(quantitative quality measures includes several informative examples)
The Center for Healthcare Industry Performance
Studies (inpatient, outpatient, financial,
operational competitor benchmarking)
Compare your health to baseline population -
based on SF-36
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
HEDIS/NCQA - Summary of Report Card
Pilot Project
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HealthCareReportCards
(rates hospitals
using risk adjusted model)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
National Guideline
Clearinghouse (a
public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
National Public Health
Performance Standards Program (coordinated
by US Center for Disease Control)
ORION - Guidelines for
Outcomes Research (Hoechst
Marion Roussel)
QMAS - Quality Measurement Advisory Service
The Picker Institute
(promotes health care quality assessment; develops models to make treatment more humane)
Rural Health Care
Health Hippo - Rural Health
Michigan Center for Rural
Health
National Organization of State Offices of
Rural Health (NOSORH)
National Rural Health Association
Rural Information Center Health Service
RuralNet - Marshall Univ. Sch. of Medicine
State Health Policy
State health departments on-line
1996 Kids Count Data On-line - includes
state profiles (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
State report cards on
child health - National Center for Children in Poverty update (9/96)
State Updates (Alpha
Center)
Connecticut KidsLink
Kentucky - Alpha Center update (8/96)
Massachusetts
New York State - Health
Care Reform Act (HCRA)
Oregon - Alpha Center update
(11/96)
Technology
California Health Information for Policy Project -
CHIPP
Healthcare Informatics Online
(monthly magazine about information technology for IT decision-makers)
Info Technology & Healthcare: @BRINT
(excellent link selection)
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
ShareNET-Healthcare EDI Consortium (promotes use of
electronic data interchange and open networks)
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
TeleMedicine
Telemedicine Today Online (best
gateway to telemedicine)
Association of Telemedicine Service Providers
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
National Library of Medicine's NGI
& Telemedicine Projects<
Telemedicine Information
Exchange (TIE)
Tobacco
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (a leading anti-smoking
organization)
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Center for Social Gerontology state by state updates on
settlement funds)
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Promotion links
Liggett Documents Online
Policy.com - tobacco links
Work Force, Labor, Employment Issues
American Medical
News
American Medical
News (AMA article on physician unionization,
Jan. 11, 1999)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Projections - 10 fastest growing occupations
The
Center for the Health Professions The
Center for the Health Professions (Univ of California, San Francisco)
"Doctors Council
Affiliates with SEIU" (SEIU press
release, 3/1/99)
Service Employees International Union(hospital
workers, nursing homes, nurses, doctors)
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms
(on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone
(HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page HMO Page
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms (on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone (HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid
(statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
Welfare Law - 91996
Center for Health Care Strategies (Medicaid managed care
resources)
Massachusetts Medicaid Consumer Network
Medicaid Reform Glossary (Texas
Health & Human Services Commission)
Medicaid's Role in Insuring Low-Income Women -
Commonwealth Fund
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Medical Savings Accounts
Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Savings Accounts Page
Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
Definition of MSAs
(by
American Health Value, MSA Administrators)
MSA policy analysis (The
Urban Institute)
Medical Savings Accounts What They Are
(on The HMO Page site)
Medicare
National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare (Senator John Breaux, Chairman)
Concord
Coalition - Entitlements - Medicare
Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance Program (HIICAP) (Medicare, managed care,
Medigap, long term care insurance and more)
Medicare & Medicaid (statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis-Managed Care Information Center)
Medicare Reform - The Basics (Twentieth
Century Fund)
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Mental Health
& Substance Abuse
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Health Hippo: Mental Health and CD
Internet Mental Health
International Mental Health Network
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Mental Health Net (links
for disorders and treatments; professional resources; news)
Mental Health
Weekly - Current Issue Highlights (online
newsletter from Manisses Communications Group)
National Mental Health Association
1-800-THERAPIST (live
on-line therapy sessions; access & search for therapists)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Minority Health
The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Disparities
in Health (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
The Minority Health Network
Office Of Minority Health Resource Center(US
Dept of Health and Human Services)
"Effect of Race
and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Cath" (2/25/99 New England Journal
of Medicine)
"Patient's
Race, Sex Influences Doctor's Care" (2/25/99 Reuters via Fox News online
report on NEJM article))
Nurses' Issues
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
(registered
nurses consulting in the legal field)
Association of Operating Room Nurses
California Nurses Association- Response
to the PEW Report
MedExplorer - Nursing (links
to associations, education, neonatal, emergency, psychiatric, triage, students and more)
NursingNet
NurseWeek
Nursing World! - American Nurses' Association (v e
r y s l o w)
Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research
Policy Organizations
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy,
Law and Management)
Think Tanks list - by Policy.com
Alliance For Health Reform (chaired
by Senator Jay Rockefeller, co-chair Senator Bill Frist)
The Alpha Center
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization) (lists Florida doctors
with most filed complaints)
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
The Cato Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Health Care
Rights (Medi-Cal Managed Care)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Public Policy (links
to conservative public policy research organizations)
Child Welfare League of America
(1000+ member agencies serve 3 million abused/neglected child/families a year)
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Environmental Health Network (great
resource)
Coalition for America's Children
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for
Health Policy, Law and Management)
Employee Benefit Research Institute
(EBRI) (research and education on
economic security and employee benefits)
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability (unique,
plentiful information on performance/quality measurements)
Families USA Foundation
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Care For All (leading
consumer advocacy group in Massachusetts; the name says it all)
Health Service Research Journal (10
year index by author, subject)
Institute for Child Health Policy (managed
care with emphasis on children with special health care needs)
Institute for Health Policy Solutions (access,
cost containment and developing consumer-choice health purchasing groups)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group developing policy around integrated health care and managed care)
Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
National Association of Child Advocates
(building
a movement for children across America)
National Organization of Physicians Who Care
Office of Public Health and Science (US
HHS agency)
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
Physicians for a
National Health Program (Student Home Page)
Policy.com- Home Page
Research!America Central
The Urban Institute
Public and Community
Health
Health Data: United States 1993
Table Of Contents
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
American Public Health Association
Case studies in community health -
Civic Practices Network
Community Health InfoLine
Community Health InfoLine (Kellogg
Foundation models project)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Video
Martindale's
"Virtual" Public Health Center
RAND - Health cost studies
RAND - Health cost studies (abstracts
and order forms)
Smoke Free Maryland Home Page
Public Opinion Polls
Concept Of Public
Health Misunderstood By American Public
Consumer satisfaction with
Health Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
GVU Center's WWW User Surveys (internet
survey results online)
Health Confidence Survey (Employee
Benefit Research Institute)
Public Opinion Research on
Children's Issues (polls hosted by Benton
Foundation for Coalition for America's Children)
MedAccess health survey form
Sick People Have Difficulty Getting
Proper Care (RWJF 6/95)
Survey of children on health and safety issues -
1995 (Children Now)
Survey of Parents with Young Children - by the
Commonwealth Fund
Surveys on internet usage for health purposes (from
Health On the Net Foundation)
What Do Americans
REALLY Think About Children?(1999 report
by Harvard's Blendon, McCormick, Young)
Quality and Outcomes Research
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability
(unique, plentiful information on performance/quality measurement)
Mining Co. -
Health Care Industry - Outcomes Links (general, journals, tools)
Outcomes Assessment
and Research (excellent site by Carl
Slater MD, U of Texas School of Public Health)
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (lots
of links to assessment tools)
About the SF-36 - Bibliography
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors (links
to state medical licensing boards; some publish MD profiles and complaints)
Cardinal Health Information - MediQual
(quantitative quality measures includes several informative examples)
The Center for Healthcare Industry Performance
Studies (inpatient, outpatient, financial,
operational competitor benchmarking)
Compare your health to baseline population -
based on SF-36
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
HEDIS/NCQA - Summary of Report Card
Pilot Project
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HealthCareReportCards
(rates hospitals
using risk adjusted model)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
National Guideline
Clearinghouse (a
public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
National Public Health
Performance Standards Program (coordinated
by US Center for Disease Control)
ORION - Guidelines for
Outcomes Research (Hoechst
Marion Roussel)
QMAS - Quality Measurement Advisory Service
The Picker Institute
(promotes health care quality assessment; develops models to make treatment more humane)
Rural Health Care
Health Hippo - Rural Health
Michigan Center for Rural
Health
National Organization of State Offices of
Rural Health (NOSORH)
National Rural Health Association
Rural Information Center Health Service
RuralNet - Marshall Univ. Sch. of Medicine
State Health Policy
State health departments on-line
1996 Kids Count Data On-line - includes
state profiles (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
State report cards on
child health - National Center for Children in Poverty update (9/96)
State Updates (Alpha
Center)
Connecticut KidsLink
Kentucky - Alpha Center update (8/96)
Massachusetts
New York State - Health
Care Reform Act (HCRA)
Oregon - Alpha Center update
(11/96)
Technology
California Health Information for Policy Project -
CHIPP
Healthcare Informatics Online
(monthly magazine about information technology for IT decision-makers)
Info Technology & Healthcare: @BRINT
(excellent link selection)
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
ShareNET-Healthcare EDI Consortium (promotes use of
electronic data interchange and open networks)
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
TeleMedicine
Telemedicine Today Online (best
gateway to telemedicine)
Association of Telemedicine Service Providers
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
National Library of Medicine's NGI
& Telemedicine Projects<
Telemedicine Information
Exchange (TIE)
Tobacco
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (a leading anti-smoking
organization)
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Center for Social Gerontology state by state updates on
settlement funds)
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Promotion links
Liggett Documents Online
Policy.com - tobacco links
Work Force, Labor, Employment Issues
American Medical
News
American Medical
News (AMA article on physician unionization,
Jan. 11, 1999)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Projections - 10 fastest growing occupations
The
Center for the Health Professions The
Center for the Health Professions (Univ of California, San Francisco)
"Doctors Council
Affiliates with SEIU" (SEIU press
release, 3/1/99)
Service Employees International Union(hospital
workers, nursing homes, nurses, doctors)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid
(statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
Welfare Law - 91996
Center for Health Care Strategies (Medicaid managed care
resources)
Massachusetts Medicaid Consumer Network
Medicaid Reform Glossary (Texas
Health & Human Services Commission)
Medicaid's Role in Insuring Low-Income Women -
Commonwealth Fund
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Medical Savings Accounts
Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Savings Accounts Page
Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
Definition of MSAs
(by
American Health Value, MSA Administrators)
MSA policy analysis (The
Urban Institute)
Medical Savings Accounts What They Are
(on The HMO Page site)
Medicare
National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare (Senator John Breaux, Chairman)
Concord
Coalition - Entitlements - Medicare
Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance Program (HIICAP) (Medicare, managed care,
Medigap, long term care insurance and more)
Medicare & Medicaid (statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis-Managed Care Information Center)
Medicare Reform - The Basics (Twentieth
Century Fund)
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Mental Health
& Substance Abuse
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Health Hippo: Mental Health and CD
Internet Mental Health
International Mental Health Network
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Mental Health Net (links
for disorders and treatments; professional resources; news)
Mental Health
Weekly - Current Issue Highlights (online
newsletter from Manisses Communications Group)
National Mental Health Association
1-800-THERAPIST (live
on-line therapy sessions; access & search for therapists)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Minority Health
The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Disparities
in Health (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
The Minority Health Network
Office Of Minority Health Resource Center(US
Dept of Health and Human Services)
"Effect of Race
and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Cath" (2/25/99 New England Journal
of Medicine)
"Patient's
Race, Sex Influences Doctor's Care" (2/25/99 Reuters via Fox News online
report on NEJM article))
Nurses' Issues
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
(registered
nurses consulting in the legal field)
Association of Operating Room Nurses
California Nurses Association- Response
to the PEW Report
MedExplorer - Nursing (links
to associations, education, neonatal, emergency, psychiatric, triage, students and more)
NursingNet
NurseWeek
Nursing World! - American Nurses' Association (v e
r y s l o w)
Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research
Policy Organizations
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy,
Law and Management)
Think Tanks list - by Policy.com
Alliance For Health Reform (chaired
by Senator Jay Rockefeller, co-chair Senator Bill Frist)
The Alpha Center
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization) (lists Florida doctors
with most filed complaints)
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
The Cato Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Health Care
Rights (Medi-Cal Managed Care)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Public Policy (links
to conservative public policy research organizations)
Child Welfare League of America
(1000+ member agencies serve 3 million abused/neglected child/families a year)
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Environmental Health Network (great
resource)
Coalition for America's Children
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for
Health Policy, Law and Management)
Employee Benefit Research Institute
(EBRI) (research and education on
economic security and employee benefits)
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability (unique,
plentiful information on performance/quality measurements)
Families USA Foundation
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Care For All (leading
consumer advocacy group in Massachusetts; the name says it all)
Health Service Research Journal (10
year index by author, subject)
Institute for Child Health Policy (managed
care with emphasis on children with special health care needs)
Institute for Health Policy Solutions (access,
cost containment and developing consumer-choice health purchasing groups)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group developing policy around integrated health care and managed care)
Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
National Association of Child Advocates
(building
a movement for children across America)
National Organization of Physicians Who Care
Office of Public Health and Science (US
HHS agency)
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
Physicians for a
National Health Program (Student Home Page)
Policy.com- Home Page
Research!America Central
The Urban Institute
Public and Community
Health
Health Data: United States 1993
Table Of Contents
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
American Public Health Association
Case studies in community health -
Civic Practices Network
Community Health InfoLine
Community Health InfoLine (Kellogg
Foundation models project)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Video
Martindale's
"Virtual" Public Health Center
RAND - Health cost studies
RAND - Health cost studies (abstracts
and order forms)
Smoke Free Maryland Home Page
Public Opinion Polls
Concept Of Public
Health Misunderstood By American Public
Consumer satisfaction with
Health Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
GVU Center's WWW User Surveys (internet
survey results online)
Health Confidence Survey (Employee
Benefit Research Institute)
Public Opinion Research on
Children's Issues (polls hosted by Benton
Foundation for Coalition for America's Children)
MedAccess health survey form
Sick People Have Difficulty Getting
Proper Care (RWJF 6/95)
Survey of children on health and safety issues -
1995 (Children Now)
Survey of Parents with Young Children - by the
Commonwealth Fund
Surveys on internet usage for health purposes (from
Health On the Net Foundation)
What Do Americans
REALLY Think About Children?(1999 report
by Harvard's Blendon, McCormick, Young)
Quality and Outcomes Research
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability
(unique, plentiful information on performance/quality measurement)
Mining Co. -
Health Care Industry - Outcomes Links (general, journals, tools)
Outcomes Assessment
and Research (excellent site by Carl
Slater MD, U of Texas School of Public Health)
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (lots
of links to assessment tools)
About the SF-36 - Bibliography
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors (links
to state medical licensing boards; some publish MD profiles and complaints)
Cardinal Health Information - MediQual
(quantitative quality measures includes several informative examples)
The Center for Healthcare Industry Performance
Studies (inpatient, outpatient, financial,
operational competitor benchmarking)
Compare your health to baseline population -
based on SF-36
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
HEDIS/NCQA - Summary of Report Card
Pilot Project
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HealthCareReportCards
(rates hospitals
using risk adjusted model)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
National Guideline
Clearinghouse (a
public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
National Public Health
Performance Standards Program (coordinated
by US Center for Disease Control)
ORION - Guidelines for
Outcomes Research (Hoechst
Marion Roussel)
QMAS - Quality Measurement Advisory Service
The Picker Institute
(promotes health care quality assessment; develops models to make treatment more humane)
Rural Health Care
Health Hippo - Rural Health
Michigan Center for Rural
Health
National Organization of State Offices of
Rural Health (NOSORH)
National Rural Health Association
Rural Information Center Health Service
RuralNet - Marshall Univ. Sch. of Medicine
State Health Policy
State health departments on-line
1996 Kids Count Data On-line - includes
state profiles (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
State report cards on
child health - National Center for Children in Poverty update (9/96)
State Updates (Alpha
Center)
Connecticut KidsLink
Kentucky - Alpha Center update (8/96)
Massachusetts
New York State - Health
Care Reform Act (HCRA)
Oregon - Alpha Center update
(11/96)
Technology
California Health Information for Policy Project -
CHIPP
Healthcare Informatics Online
(monthly magazine about information technology for IT decision-makers)
Info Technology & Healthcare: @BRINT
(excellent link selection)
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
ShareNET-Healthcare EDI Consortium (promotes use of
electronic data interchange and open networks)
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
TeleMedicine
Telemedicine Today Online (best
gateway to telemedicine)
Association of Telemedicine Service Providers
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
National Library of Medicine's NGI
& Telemedicine Projects<
Telemedicine Information
Exchange (TIE)
Tobacco
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (a leading anti-smoking
organization)
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Center for Social Gerontology state by state updates on
settlement funds)
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Promotion links
Liggett Documents Online
Policy.com - tobacco links
Work Force, Labor, Employment Issues
American Medical
News
American Medical
News (AMA article on physician unionization,
Jan. 11, 1999)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Projections - 10 fastest growing occupations
The
Center for the Health Professions The
Center for the Health Professions (Univ of California, San Francisco)
"Doctors Council
Affiliates with SEIU" (SEIU press
release, 3/1/99)
Service Employees International Union(hospital
workers, nursing homes, nurses, doctors)
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms
(on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone
(HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page HMO Page
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms (on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone (HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid
(statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
Welfare Law - 91996
Center for Health Care Strategies (Medicaid managed care
resources)
Massachusetts Medicaid Consumer Network
Medicaid Reform Glossary (Texas
Health & Human Services Commission)
Medicaid's Role in Insuring Low-Income Women -
Commonwealth Fund
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Medical Savings Accounts
Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Savings Accounts Page
Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
Definition of MSAs
(by
American Health Value, MSA Administrators)
MSA policy analysis (The
Urban Institute)
Medical Savings Accounts What They Are
(on The HMO Page site)
Medicare
National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare (Senator John Breaux, Chairman)
Concord
Coalition - Entitlements - Medicare
Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance Program (HIICAP) (Medicare, managed care,
Medigap, long term care insurance and more)
Medicare & Medicaid (statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis-Managed Care Information Center)
Medicare Reform - The Basics (Twentieth
Century Fund)
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Mental Health
& Substance Abuse
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Health Hippo: Mental Health and CD
Internet Mental Health
International Mental Health Network
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Mental Health Net (links
for disorders and treatments; professional resources; news)
Mental Health
Weekly - Current Issue Highlights (online
newsletter from Manisses Communications Group)
National Mental Health Association
1-800-THERAPIST (live
on-line therapy sessions; access & search for therapists)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Minority Health
The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Disparities
in Health (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
The Minority Health Network
Office Of Minority Health Resource Center(US
Dept of Health and Human Services)
"Effect of Race
and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Cath" (2/25/99 New England Journal
of Medicine)
"Patient's
Race, Sex Influences Doctor's Care" (2/25/99 Reuters via Fox News online
report on NEJM article))
Nurses' Issues
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
(registered
nurses consulting in the legal field)
Association of Operating Room Nurses
California Nurses Association- Response
to the PEW Report
MedExplorer - Nursing (links
to associations, education, neonatal, emergency, psychiatric, triage, students and more)
NursingNet
NurseWeek
Nursing World! - American Nurses' Association (v e
r y s l o w)
Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research
Policy Organizations
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy,
Law and Management)
Think Tanks list - by Policy.com
Alliance For Health Reform (chaired
by Senator Jay Rockefeller, co-chair Senator Bill Frist)
The Alpha Center
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization) (lists Florida doctors
with most filed complaints)
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
The Cato Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Health Care
Rights (Medi-Cal Managed Care)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Public Policy (links
to conservative public policy research organizations)
Child Welfare League of America
(1000+ member agencies serve 3 million abused/neglected child/families a year)
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Environmental Health Network (great
resource)
Coalition for America's Children
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for
Health Policy, Law and Management)
Employee Benefit Research Institute
(EBRI) (research and education on
economic security and employee benefits)
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability (unique,
plentiful information on performance/quality measurements)
Families USA Foundation
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Care For All (leading
consumer advocacy group in Massachusetts; the name says it all)
Health Service Research Journal (10
year index by author, subject)
Institute for Child Health Policy (managed
care with emphasis on children with special health care needs)
Institute for Health Policy Solutions (access,
cost containment and developing consumer-choice health purchasing groups)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group developing policy around integrated health care and managed care)
Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
National Association of Child Advocates
(building
a movement for children across America)
National Organization of Physicians Who Care
Office of Public Health and Science (US
HHS agency)
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
Physicians for a
National Health Program (Student Home Page)
Policy.com- Home Page
Research!America Central
The Urban Institute
Public and Community
Health
Health Data: United States 1993
Table Of Contents
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
American Public Health Association
Case studies in community health -
Civic Practices Network
Community Health InfoLine
Community Health InfoLine (Kellogg
Foundation models project)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Video
Martindale's
"Virtual" Public Health Center
RAND - Health cost studies
RAND - Health cost studies (abstracts
and order forms)
Smoke Free Maryland Home Page
Public Opinion Polls
Concept Of Public
Health Misunderstood By American Public
Consumer satisfaction with
Health Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
GVU Center's WWW User Surveys (internet
survey results online)
Health Confidence Survey (Employee
Benefit Research Institute)
Public Opinion Research on
Children's Issues (polls hosted by Benton
Foundation for Coalition for America's Children)
MedAccess health survey form
Sick People Have Difficulty Getting
Proper Care (RWJF 6/95)
Survey of children on health and safety issues -
1995 (Children Now)
Survey of Parents with Young Children - by the
Commonwealth Fund
Surveys on internet usage for health purposes (from
Health On the Net Foundation)
What Do Americans
REALLY Think About Children?(1999 report
by Harvard's Blendon, McCormick, Young)
Quality and Outcomes Research
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability
(unique, plentiful information on performance/quality measurement)
Mining Co. -
Health Care Industry - Outcomes Links (general, journals, tools)
Outcomes Assessment
and Research (excellent site by Carl
Slater MD, U of Texas School of Public Health)
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (lots
of links to assessment tools)
About the SF-36 - Bibliography
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors (links
to state medical licensing boards; some publish MD profiles and complaints)
Cardinal Health Information - MediQual
(quantitative quality measures includes several informative examples)
The Center for Healthcare Industry Performance
Studies (inpatient, outpatient, financial,
operational competitor benchmarking)
Compare your health to baseline population -
based on SF-36
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
HEDIS/NCQA - Summary of Report Card
Pilot Project
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HealthCareReportCards
(rates hospitals
using risk adjusted model)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
National Guideline
Clearinghouse (a
public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
National Public Health
Performance Standards Program (coordinated
by US Center for Disease Control)
ORION - Guidelines for
Outcomes Research (Hoechst
Marion Roussel)
QMAS - Quality Measurement Advisory Service
The Picker Institute
(promotes health care quality assessment; develops models to make treatment more humane)
Rural Health Care
Health Hippo - Rural Health
Michigan Center for Rural
Health
National Organization of State Offices of
Rural Health (NOSORH)
National Rural Health Association
Rural Information Center Health Service
RuralNet - Marshall Univ. Sch. of Medicine
State Health Policy
State health departments on-line
1996 Kids Count Data On-line - includes
state profiles (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
State report cards on
child health - National Center for Children in Poverty update (9/96)
State Updates (Alpha
Center)
Connecticut KidsLink
Kentucky - Alpha Center update (8/96)
Massachusetts
New York State - Health
Care Reform Act (HCRA)
Oregon - Alpha Center update
(11/96)
Technology
California Health Information for Policy Project -
CHIPP
Healthcare Informatics Online
(monthly magazine about information technology for IT decision-makers)
Info Technology & Healthcare: @BRINT
(excellent link selection)
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
ShareNET-Healthcare EDI Consortium (promotes use of
electronic data interchange and open networks)
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
TeleMedicine
Telemedicine Today Online (best
gateway to telemedicine)
Association of Telemedicine Service Providers
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
National Library of Medicine's NGI
& Telemedicine Projects<
Telemedicine Information
Exchange (TIE)
Tobacco
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (a leading anti-smoking
organization)
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Center for Social Gerontology state by state updates on
settlement funds)
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Promotion links
Liggett Documents Online
Policy.com - tobacco links
Work Force, Labor, Employment Issues
American Medical
News
American Medical
News (AMA article on physician unionization,
Jan. 11, 1999)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Projections - 10 fastest growing occupations
The
Center for the Health Professions The
Center for the Health Professions (Univ of California, San Francisco)
"Doctors Council
Affiliates with SEIU" (SEIU press
release, 3/1/99)
Service Employees International Union(hospital
workers, nursing homes, nurses, doctors)
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms (on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone (HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid
(statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
Welfare Law - 91996
Center for Health Care Strategies (Medicaid managed care
resources)
Massachusetts Medicaid Consumer Network
Medicaid Reform Glossary (Texas
Health & Human Services Commission)
Medicaid's Role in Insuring Low-Income Women -
Commonwealth Fund
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Medical Savings Accounts
Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Savings Accounts Page
Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
Definition of MSAs
(by
American Health Value, MSA Administrators)
MSA policy analysis (The
Urban Institute)
Medical Savings Accounts What They Are
(on The HMO Page site)
Medicare
National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare (Senator John Breaux, Chairman)
Concord
Coalition - Entitlements - Medicare
Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance Program (HIICAP) (Medicare, managed care,
Medigap, long term care insurance and more)
Medicare & Medicaid (statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis-Managed Care Information Center)
Medicare Reform - The Basics (Twentieth
Century Fund)
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Mental Health
& Substance Abuse
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Health Hippo: Mental Health and CD
Internet Mental Health
International Mental Health Network
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Mental Health Net (links
for disorders and treatments; professional resources; news)
Mental Health
Weekly - Current Issue Highlights (online
newsletter from Manisses Communications Group)
National Mental Health Association
1-800-THERAPIST (live
on-line therapy sessions; access & search for therapists)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Minority Health
The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Disparities
in Health (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
The Minority Health Network
Office Of Minority Health Resource Center(US
Dept of Health and Human Services)
"Effect of Race
and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Cath" (2/25/99 New England Journal
of Medicine)
"Patient's
Race, Sex Influences Doctor's Care" (2/25/99 Reuters via Fox News online
report on NEJM article))
Nurses' Issues
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
(registered
nurses consulting in the legal field)
Association of Operating Room Nurses
California Nurses Association- Response
to the PEW Report
MedExplorer - Nursing (links
to associations, education, neonatal, emergency, psychiatric, triage, students and more)
NursingNet
NurseWeek
Nursing World! - American Nurses' Association (v e
r y s l o w)
Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research
Policy Organizations
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy,
Law and Management)
Think Tanks list - by Policy.com
Alliance For Health Reform (chaired
by Senator Jay Rockefeller, co-chair Senator Bill Frist)
The Alpha Center
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization) (lists Florida doctors
with most filed complaints)
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
The Cato Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Health Care
Rights (Medi-Cal Managed Care)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Public Policy (links
to conservative public policy research organizations)
Child Welfare League of America
(1000+ member agencies serve 3 million abused/neglected child/families a year)
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Environmental Health Network (great
resource)
Coalition for America's Children
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for
Health Policy, Law and Management)
Employee Benefit Research Institute
(EBRI) (research and education on
economic security and employee benefits)
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability (unique,
plentiful information on performance/quality measurements)
Families USA Foundation
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Care For All (leading
consumer advocacy group in Massachusetts; the name says it all)
Health Service Research Journal (10
year index by author, subject)
Institute for Child Health Policy (managed
care with emphasis on children with special health care needs)
Institute for Health Policy Solutions (access,
cost containment and developing consumer-choice health purchasing groups)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group developing policy around integrated health care and managed care)
Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
National Association of Child Advocates
(building
a movement for children across America)
National Organization of Physicians Who Care
Office of Public Health and Science (US
HHS agency)
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
Physicians for a
National Health Program (Student Home Page)
Policy.com- Home Page
Research!America Central
The Urban Institute
Public and Community
Health
Health Data: United States 1993
Table Of Contents
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
American Public Health Association
Case studies in community health -
Civic Practices Network
Community Health InfoLine
Community Health InfoLine (Kellogg
Foundation models project)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Video
Martindale's
"Virtual" Public Health Center
RAND - Health cost studies
RAND - Health cost studies (abstracts
and order forms)
Smoke Free Maryland Home Page
Public Opinion Polls
Concept Of Public
Health Misunderstood By American Public
Consumer satisfaction with
Health Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
GVU Center's WWW User Surveys (internet
survey results online)
Health Confidence Survey (Employee
Benefit Research Institute)
Public Opinion Research on
Children's Issues (polls hosted by Benton
Foundation for Coalition for America's Children)
MedAccess health survey form
Sick People Have Difficulty Getting
Proper Care (RWJF 6/95)
Survey of children on health and safety issues -
1995 (Children Now)
Survey of Parents with Young Children - by the
Commonwealth Fund
Surveys on internet usage for health purposes (from
Health On the Net Foundation)
What Do Americans
REALLY Think About Children?(1999 report
by Harvard's Blendon, McCormick, Young)
Quality and Outcomes Research
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability
(unique, plentiful information on performance/quality measurement)
Mining Co. -
Health Care Industry - Outcomes Links (general, journals, tools)
Outcomes Assessment
and Research (excellent site by Carl
Slater MD, U of Texas School of Public Health)
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (lots
of links to assessment tools)
About the SF-36 - Bibliography
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors (links
to state medical licensing boards; some publish MD profiles and complaints)
Cardinal Health Information - MediQual
(quantitative quality measures includes several informative examples)
The Center for Healthcare Industry Performance
Studies (inpatient, outpatient, financial,
operational competitor benchmarking)
Compare your health to baseline population -
based on SF-36
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
HEDIS/NCQA - Summary of Report Card
Pilot Project
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HealthCareReportCards
(rates hospitals
using risk adjusted model)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
National Guideline
Clearinghouse (a
public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
National Public Health
Performance Standards Program (coordinated
by US Center for Disease Control)
ORION - Guidelines for
Outcomes Research (Hoechst
Marion Roussel)
QMAS - Quality Measurement Advisory Service
The Picker Institute
(promotes health care quality assessment; develops models to make treatment more humane)
Rural Health Care
Health Hippo - Rural Health
Michigan Center for Rural
Health
National Organization of State Offices of
Rural Health (NOSORH)
National Rural Health Association
Rural Information Center Health Service
RuralNet - Marshall Univ. Sch. of Medicine
State Health Policy
State health departments on-line
1996 Kids Count Data On-line - includes
state profiles (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
State report cards on
child health - National Center for Children in Poverty update (9/96)
State Updates (Alpha
Center)
Connecticut KidsLink
Kentucky - Alpha Center update (8/96)
Massachusetts
New York State - Health
Care Reform Act (HCRA)
Oregon - Alpha Center update
(11/96)
Technology
California Health Information for Policy Project -
CHIPP
Healthcare Informatics Online
(monthly magazine about information technology for IT decision-makers)
Info Technology & Healthcare: @BRINT
(excellent link selection)
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
ShareNET-Healthcare EDI Consortium (promotes use of
electronic data interchange and open networks)
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
TeleMedicine
Telemedicine Today Online (best
gateway to telemedicine)
Association of Telemedicine Service Providers
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
National Library of Medicine's NGI
& Telemedicine Projects<
Telemedicine Information
Exchange (TIE)
Tobacco
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (a leading anti-smoking
organization)
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Center for Social Gerontology state by state updates on
settlement funds)
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Promotion links
Liggett Documents Online
Policy.com - tobacco links
Work Force, Labor, Employment Issues
American Medical
News
American Medical
News (AMA article on physician unionization,
Jan. 11, 1999)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Projections - 10 fastest growing occupations
The
Center for the Health Professions The
Center for the Health Professions (Univ of California, San Francisco)
"Doctors Council
Affiliates with SEIU" (SEIU press
release, 3/1/99)
Service Employees International Union(hospital
workers, nursing homes, nurses, doctors)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid
(statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
Welfare Law - 91996
Center for Health Care Strategies (Medicaid managed care
resources)
Massachusetts Medicaid Consumer Network
Medicaid Reform Glossary (Texas
Health & Human Services Commission)
Medicaid's Role in Insuring Low-Income Women -
Commonwealth Fund
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Medical Savings Accounts
Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Savings Accounts Page
Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
Definition of MSAs
(by
American Health Value, MSA Administrators)
MSA policy analysis (The
Urban Institute)
Medical Savings Accounts What They Are
(on The HMO Page site)
Medicare
National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare (Senator John Breaux, Chairman)
Concord
Coalition - Entitlements - Medicare
Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance Program (HIICAP) (Medicare, managed care,
Medigap, long term care insurance and more)
Medicare & Medicaid (statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis-Managed Care Information Center)
Medicare Reform - The Basics (Twentieth
Century Fund)
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Mental Health
& Substance Abuse
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Health Hippo: Mental Health and CD
Internet Mental Health
International Mental Health Network
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Mental Health Net (links
for disorders and treatments; professional resources; news)
Mental Health
Weekly - Current Issue Highlights (online
newsletter from Manisses Communications Group)
National Mental Health Association
1-800-THERAPIST (live
on-line therapy sessions; access & search for therapists)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Minority Health
The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Disparities
in Health (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
The Minority Health Network
Office Of Minority Health Resource Center(US
Dept of Health and Human Services)
"Effect of Race
and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Cath" (2/25/99 New England Journal
of Medicine)
"Patient's
Race, Sex Influences Doctor's Care" (2/25/99 Reuters via Fox News online
report on NEJM article))
Nurses' Issues
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
(registered
nurses consulting in the legal field)
Association of Operating Room Nurses
California Nurses Association- Response
to the PEW Report
MedExplorer - Nursing (links
to associations, education, neonatal, emergency, psychiatric, triage, students and more)
NursingNet
NurseWeek
Nursing World! - American Nurses' Association (v e
r y s l o w)
Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research
Policy Organizations
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy,
Law and Management)
Think Tanks list - by Policy.com
Alliance For Health Reform (chaired
by Senator Jay Rockefeller, co-chair Senator Bill Frist)
The Alpha Center
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization) (lists Florida doctors
with most filed complaints)
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
The Cato Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Health Care
Rights (Medi-Cal Managed Care)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Public Policy (links
to conservative public policy research organizations)
Child Welfare League of America
(1000+ member agencies serve 3 million abused/neglected child/families a year)
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Environmental Health Network (great
resource)
Coalition for America's Children
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for
Health Policy, Law and Management)
Employee Benefit Research Institute
(EBRI) (research and education on
economic security and employee benefits)
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability (unique,
plentiful information on performance/quality measurements)
Families USA Foundation
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Care For All (leading
consumer advocacy group in Massachusetts; the name says it all)
Health Service Research Journal (10
year index by author, subject)
Institute for Child Health Policy (managed
care with emphasis on children with special health care needs)
Institute for Health Policy Solutions (access,
cost containment and developing consumer-choice health purchasing groups)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group developing policy around integrated health care and managed care)
Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
National Association of Child Advocates
(building
a movement for children across America)
National Organization of Physicians Who Care
Office of Public Health and Science (US
HHS agency)
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
Physicians for a
National Health Program (Student Home Page)
Policy.com- Home Page
Research!America Central
The Urban Institute
Public and Community
Health
Health Data: United States 1993
Table Of Contents
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
American Public Health Association
Case studies in community health -
Civic Practices Network
Community Health InfoLine
Community Health InfoLine (Kellogg
Foundation models project)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Video
Martindale's
"Virtual" Public Health Center
RAND - Health cost studies
RAND - Health cost studies (abstracts
and order forms)
Smoke Free Maryland Home Page
Public Opinion Polls
Concept Of Public
Health Misunderstood By American Public
Consumer satisfaction with
Health Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
GVU Center's WWW User Surveys (internet
survey results online)
Health Confidence Survey (Employee
Benefit Research Institute)
Public Opinion Research on
Children's Issues (polls hosted by Benton
Foundation for Coalition for America's Children)
MedAccess health survey form
Sick People Have Difficulty Getting
Proper Care (RWJF 6/95)
Survey of children on health and safety issues -
1995 (Children Now)
Survey of Parents with Young Children - by the
Commonwealth Fund
Surveys on internet usage for health purposes (from
Health On the Net Foundation)
What Do Americans
REALLY Think About Children?(1999 report
by Harvard's Blendon, McCormick, Young)
Quality and Outcomes Research
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability
(unique, plentiful information on performance/quality measurement)
Mining Co. -
Health Care Industry - Outcomes Links (general, journals, tools)
Outcomes Assessment
and Research (excellent site by Carl
Slater MD, U of Texas School of Public Health)
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (lots
of links to assessment tools)
About the SF-36 - Bibliography
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors (links
to state medical licensing boards; some publish MD profiles and complaints)
Cardinal Health Information - MediQual
(quantitative quality measures includes several informative examples)
The Center for Healthcare Industry Performance
Studies (inpatient, outpatient, financial,
operational competitor benchmarking)
Compare your health to baseline population -
based on SF-36
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
HEDIS/NCQA - Summary of Report Card
Pilot Project
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HealthCareReportCards
(rates hospitals
using risk adjusted model)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
National Guideline
Clearinghouse (a
public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
National Public Health
Performance Standards Program (coordinated
by US Center for Disease Control)
ORION - Guidelines for
Outcomes Research (Hoechst
Marion Roussel)
QMAS - Quality Measurement Advisory Service
The Picker Institute
(promotes health care quality assessment; develops models to make treatment more humane)
Rural Health Care
Health Hippo - Rural Health
Michigan Center for Rural
Health
National Organization of State Offices of
Rural Health (NOSORH)
National Rural Health Association
Rural Information Center Health Service
RuralNet - Marshall Univ. Sch. of Medicine
State Health Policy
State health departments on-line
1996 Kids Count Data On-line - includes
state profiles (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
State report cards on
child health - National Center for Children in Poverty update (9/96)
State Updates (Alpha
Center)
Connecticut KidsLink
Kentucky - Alpha Center update (8/96)
Massachusetts
New York State - Health
Care Reform Act (HCRA)
Oregon - Alpha Center update
(11/96)
Technology
California Health Information for Policy Project -
CHIPP
Healthcare Informatics Online
(monthly magazine about information technology for IT decision-makers)
Info Technology & Healthcare: @BRINT
(excellent link selection)
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
ShareNET-Healthcare EDI Consortium (promotes use of
electronic data interchange and open networks)
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
TeleMedicine
Telemedicine Today Online (best
gateway to telemedicine)
Association of Telemedicine Service Providers
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
National Library of Medicine's NGI
& Telemedicine Projects<
Telemedicine Information
Exchange (TIE)
Tobacco
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (a leading anti-smoking
organization)
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Center for Social Gerontology state by state updates on
settlement funds)
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Promotion links
Liggett Documents Online
Policy.com - tobacco links
Work Force, Labor, Employment Issues
American Medical
News
American Medical
News (AMA article on physician unionization,
Jan. 11, 1999)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Projections - 10 fastest growing occupations
The
Center for the Health Professions The
Center for the Health Professions (Univ of California, San Francisco)
"Doctors Council
Affiliates with SEIU" (SEIU press
release, 3/1/99)
Service Employees International Union(hospital
workers, nursing homes, nurses, doctors)
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms
(on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone
(HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page HMO Page
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms (on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone (HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid
(statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
Welfare Law - 91996
Center for Health Care Strategies (Medicaid managed care
resources)
Massachusetts Medicaid Consumer Network
Medicaid Reform Glossary (Texas
Health & Human Services Commission)
Medicaid's Role in Insuring Low-Income Women -
Commonwealth Fund
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Medical Savings Accounts
Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Savings Accounts Page
Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
Definition of MSAs
(by
American Health Value, MSA Administrators)
MSA policy analysis (The
Urban Institute)
Medical Savings Accounts What They Are
(on The HMO Page site)
Medicare
National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare (Senator John Breaux, Chairman)
Concord
Coalition - Entitlements - Medicare
Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance Program (HIICAP) (Medicare, managed care,
Medigap, long term care insurance and more)
Medicare & Medicaid (statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis-Managed Care Information Center)
Medicare Reform - The Basics (Twentieth
Century Fund)
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Mental Health
& Substance Abuse
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Health Hippo: Mental Health and CD
Internet Mental Health
International Mental Health Network
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Mental Health Net (links
for disorders and treatments; professional resources; news)
Mental Health
Weekly - Current Issue Highlights (online
newsletter from Manisses Communications Group)
National Mental Health Association
1-800-THERAPIST (live
on-line therapy sessions; access & search for therapists)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Minority Health
The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Disparities
in Health (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
The Minority Health Network
Office Of Minority Health Resource Center(US
Dept of Health and Human Services)
"Effect of Race
and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Cath" (2/25/99 New England Journal
of Medicine)
"Patient's
Race, Sex Influences Doctor's Care" (2/25/99 Reuters via Fox News online
report on NEJM article))
Nurses' Issues
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
(registered
nurses consulting in the legal field)
Association of Operating Room Nurses
California Nurses Association- Response
to the PEW Report
MedExplorer - Nursing (links
to associations, education, neonatal, emergency, psychiatric, triage, students and more)
NursingNet
NurseWeek
Nursing World! - American Nurses' Association (v e
r y s l o w)
Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research
Policy Organizations
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy,
Law and Management)
Think Tanks list - by Policy.com
Alliance For Health Reform (chaired
by Senator Jay Rockefeller, co-chair Senator Bill Frist)
The Alpha Center
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization) (lists Florida doctors
with most filed complaints)
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
The Cato Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Health Care
Rights (Medi-Cal Managed Care)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Public Policy (links
to conservative public policy research organizations)
Child Welfare League of America
(1000+ member agencies serve 3 million abused/neglected child/families a year)
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Environmental Health Network (great
resource)
Coalition for America's Children
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for
Health Policy, Law and Management)
Employee Benefit Research Institute
(EBRI) (research and education on
economic security and employee benefits)
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability (unique,
plentiful information on performance/quality measurements)
Families USA Foundation
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Care For All (leading
consumer advocacy group in Massachusetts; the name says it all)
Health Service Research Journal (10
year index by author, subject)
Institute for Child Health Policy (managed
care with emphasis on children with special health care needs)
Institute for Health Policy Solutions (access,
cost containment and developing consumer-choice health purchasing groups)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group developing policy around integrated health care and managed care)
Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
National Association of Child Advocates
(building
a movement for children across America)
National Organization of Physicians Who Care
Office of Public Health and Science (US
HHS agency)
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
Physicians for a
National Health Program (Student Home Page)
Policy.com- Home Page
Research!America Central
The Urban Institute
Public and Community
Health
Health Data: United States 1993
Table Of Contents
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
American Public Health Association
Case studies in community health -
Civic Practices Network
Community Health InfoLine
Community Health InfoLine (Kellogg
Foundation models project)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Video
Martindale's
"Virtual" Public Health Center
RAND - Health cost studies
RAND - Health cost studies (abstracts
and order forms)
Smoke Free Maryland Home Page
Public Opinion Polls
Concept Of Public
Health Misunderstood By American Public
Consumer satisfaction with
Health Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
GVU Center's WWW User Surveys (internet
survey results online)
Health Confidence Survey (Employee
Benefit Research Institute)
Public Opinion Research on
Children's Issues (polls hosted by Benton
Foundation for Coalition for America's Children)
MedAccess health survey form
Sick People Have Difficulty Getting
Proper Care (RWJF 6/95)
Survey of children on health and safety issues -
1995 (Children Now)
Survey of Parents with Young Children - by the
Commonwealth Fund
Surveys on internet usage for health purposes (from
Health On the Net Foundation)
What Do Americans
REALLY Think About Children?(1999 report
by Harvard's Blendon, McCormick, Young)
Quality and Outcomes Research
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability
(unique, plentiful information on performance/quality measurement)
Mining Co. -
Health Care Industry - Outcomes Links (general, journals, tools)
Outcomes Assessment
and Research (excellent site by Carl
Slater MD, U of Texas School of Public Health)
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (lots
of links to assessment tools)
About the SF-36 - Bibliography
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors (links
to state medical licensing boards; some publish MD profiles and complaints)
Cardinal Health Information - MediQual
(quantitative quality measures includes several informative examples)
The Center for Healthcare Industry Performance
Studies (inpatient, outpatient, financial,
operational competitor benchmarking)
Compare your health to baseline population -
based on SF-36
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
HEDIS/NCQA - Summary of Report Card
Pilot Project
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HealthCareReportCards
(rates hospitals
using risk adjusted model)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
National Guideline
Clearinghouse (a
public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
National Public Health
Performance Standards Program (coordinated
by US Center for Disease Control)
ORION - Guidelines for
Outcomes Research (Hoechst
Marion Roussel)
QMAS - Quality Measurement Advisory Service
The Picker Institute
(promotes health care quality assessment; develops models to make treatment more humane)
Rural Health Care
Health Hippo - Rural Health
Michigan Center for Rural
Health
National Organization of State Offices of
Rural Health (NOSORH)
National Rural Health Association
Rural Information Center Health Service
RuralNet - Marshall Univ. Sch. of Medicine
State Health Policy
State health departments on-line
1996 Kids Count Data On-line - includes
state profiles (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
State report cards on
child health - National Center for Children in Poverty update (9/96)
State Updates (Alpha
Center)
Connecticut KidsLink
Kentucky - Alpha Center update (8/96)
Massachusetts
New York State - Health
Care Reform Act (HCRA)
Oregon - Alpha Center update
(11/96)
Technology
California Health Information for Policy Project -
CHIPP
Healthcare Informatics Online
(monthly magazine about information technology for IT decision-makers)
Info Technology & Healthcare: @BRINT
(excellent link selection)
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
ShareNET-Healthcare EDI Consortium (promotes use of
electronic data interchange and open networks)
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
TeleMedicine
Telemedicine Today Online (best
gateway to telemedicine)
Association of Telemedicine Service Providers
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
National Library of Medicine's NGI
& Telemedicine Projects<
Telemedicine Information
Exchange (TIE)
Tobacco
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (a leading anti-smoking
organization)
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Center for Social Gerontology state by state updates on
settlement funds)
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Promotion links
Liggett Documents Online
Policy.com - tobacco links
Work Force, Labor, Employment Issues
American Medical
News
American Medical
News (AMA article on physician unionization,
Jan. 11, 1999)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Projections - 10 fastest growing occupations
The
Center for the Health Professions The
Center for the Health Professions (Univ of California, San Francisco)
"Doctors Council
Affiliates with SEIU" (SEIU press
release, 3/1/99)
Service Employees International Union(hospital
workers, nursing homes, nurses, doctors)
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms (on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone (HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid
(statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
Welfare Law - 91996
Center for Health Care Strategies (Medicaid managed care
resources)
Massachusetts Medicaid Consumer Network
Medicaid Reform Glossary (Texas
Health & Human Services Commission)
Medicaid's Role in Insuring Low-Income Women -
Commonwealth Fund
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Medical Savings Accounts
Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Savings Accounts Page
Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
Definition of MSAs
(by
American Health Value, MSA Administrators)
MSA policy analysis (The
Urban Institute)
Medical Savings Accounts What They Are
(on The HMO Page site)
Medicare
National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare (Senator John Breaux, Chairman)
Concord
Coalition - Entitlements - Medicare
Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance Program (HIICAP) (Medicare, managed care,
Medigap, long term care insurance and more)
Medicare & Medicaid (statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis-Managed Care Information Center)
Medicare Reform - The Basics (Twentieth
Century Fund)
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Mental Health
& Substance Abuse
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Health Hippo: Mental Health and CD
Internet Mental Health
International Mental Health Network
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Mental Health Net (links
for disorders and treatments; professional resources; news)
Mental Health
Weekly - Current Issue Highlights (online
newsletter from Manisses Communications Group)
National Mental Health Association
1-800-THERAPIST (live
on-line therapy sessions; access & search for therapists)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Minority Health
The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Disparities
in Health (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
The Minority Health Network
Office Of Minority Health Resource Center(US
Dept of Health and Human Services)
"Effect of Race
and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Cath" (2/25/99 New England Journal
of Medicine)
"Patient's
Race, Sex Influences Doctor's Care" (2/25/99 Reuters via Fox News online
report on NEJM article))
Nurses' Issues
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
(registered
nurses consulting in the legal field)
Association of Operating Room Nurses
California Nurses Association- Response
to the PEW Report
MedExplorer - Nursing (links
to associations, education, neonatal, emergency, psychiatric, triage, students and more)
NursingNet
NurseWeek
Nursing World! - American Nurses' Association (v e
r y s l o w)
Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research
Policy Organizations
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy,
Law and Management)
Think Tanks list - by Policy.com
Alliance For Health Reform (chaired
by Senator Jay Rockefeller, co-chair Senator Bill Frist)
The Alpha Center
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization) (lists Florida doctors
with most filed complaints)
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
The Cato Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Health Care
Rights (Medi-Cal Managed Care)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Public Policy (links
to conservative public policy research organizations)
Child Welfare League of America
(1000+ member agencies serve 3 million abused/neglected child/families a year)
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Environmental Health Network (great
resource)
Coalition for America's Children
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for
Health Policy, Law and Management)
Employee Benefit Research Institute
(EBRI) (research and education on
economic security and employee benefits)
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability (unique,
plentiful information on performance/quality measurements)
Families USA Foundation
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Care For All (leading
consumer advocacy group in Massachusetts; the name says it all)
Health Service Research Journal (10
year index by author, subject)
Institute for Child Health Policy (managed
care with emphasis on children with special health care needs)
Institute for Health Policy Solutions (access,
cost containment and developing consumer-choice health purchasing groups)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group developing policy around integrated health care and managed care)
Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
National Association of Child Advocates
(building
a movement for children across America)
National Organization of Physicians Who Care
Office of Public Health and Science (US
HHS agency)
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
Physicians for a
National Health Program (Student Home Page)
Policy.com- Home Page
Research!America Central
The Urban Institute
Public and Community
Health
Health Data: United States 1993
Table Of Contents
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
American Public Health Association
Case studies in community health -
Civic Practices Network
Community Health InfoLine
Community Health InfoLine (Kellogg
Foundation models project)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Video
Martindale's
"Virtual" Public Health Center
RAND - Health cost studies
RAND - Health cost studies (abstracts
and order forms)
Smoke Free Maryland Home Page
Public Opinion Polls
Concept Of Public
Health Misunderstood By American Public
Consumer satisfaction with
Health Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
GVU Center's WWW User Surveys (internet
survey results online)
Health Confidence Survey (Employee
Benefit Research Institute)
Public Opinion Research on
Children's Issues (polls hosted by Benton
Foundation for Coalition for America's Children)
MedAccess health survey form
Sick People Have Difficulty Getting
Proper Care (RWJF 6/95)
Survey of children on health and safety issues -
1995 (Children Now)
Survey of Parents with Young Children - by the
Commonwealth Fund
Surveys on internet usage for health purposes (from
Health On the Net Foundation)
What Do Americans
REALLY Think About Children?(1999 report
by Harvard's Blendon, McCormick, Young)
Quality and Outcomes Research
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability
(unique, plentiful information on performance/quality measurement)
Mining Co. -
Health Care Industry - Outcomes Links (general, journals, tools)
Outcomes Assessment
and Research (excellent site by Carl
Slater MD, U of Texas School of Public Health)
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (lots
of links to assessment tools)
About the SF-36 - Bibliography
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors (links
to state medical licensing boards; some publish MD profiles and complaints)
Cardinal Health Information - MediQual
(quantitative quality measures includes several informative examples)
The Center for Healthcare Industry Performance
Studies (inpatient, outpatient, financial,
operational competitor benchmarking)
Compare your health to baseline population -
based on SF-36
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
HEDIS/NCQA - Summary of Report Card
Pilot Project
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HealthCareReportCards
(rates hospitals
using risk adjusted model)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
National Guideline
Clearinghouse (a
public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
National Public Health
Performance Standards Program (coordinated
by US Center for Disease Control)
ORION - Guidelines for
Outcomes Research (Hoechst
Marion Roussel)
QMAS - Quality Measurement Advisory Service
The Picker Institute
(promotes health care quality assessment; develops models to make treatment more humane)
Rural Health Care
Health Hippo - Rural Health
Michigan Center for Rural
Health
National Organization of State Offices of
Rural Health (NOSORH)
National Rural Health Association
Rural Information Center Health Service
RuralNet - Marshall Univ. Sch. of Medicine
State Health Policy
State health departments on-line
1996 Kids Count Data On-line - includes
state profiles (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
State report cards on
child health - National Center for Children in Poverty update (9/96)
State Updates (Alpha
Center)
Connecticut KidsLink
Kentucky - Alpha Center update (8/96)
Massachusetts
New York State - Health
Care Reform Act (HCRA)
Oregon - Alpha Center update
(11/96)
Technology
California Health Information for Policy Project -
CHIPP
Healthcare Informatics Online
(monthly magazine about information technology for IT decision-makers)
Info Technology & Healthcare: @BRINT
(excellent link selection)
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
ShareNET-Healthcare EDI Consortium (promotes use of
electronic data interchange and open networks)
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
TeleMedicine
Telemedicine Today Online (best
gateway to telemedicine)
Association of Telemedicine Service Providers
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
National Library of Medicine's NGI
& Telemedicine Projects<
Telemedicine Information
Exchange (TIE)
Tobacco
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (a leading anti-smoking
organization)
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Center for Social Gerontology state by state updates on
settlement funds)
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Promotion links
Liggett Documents Online
Policy.com - tobacco links
Work Force, Labor, Employment Issues
American Medical
News
American Medical
News (AMA article on physician unionization,
Jan. 11, 1999)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Projections - 10 fastest growing occupations
The
Center for the Health Professions The
Center for the Health Professions (Univ of California, San Francisco)
"Doctors Council
Affiliates with SEIU" (SEIU press
release, 3/1/99)
Service Employees International Union(hospital
workers, nursing homes, nurses, doctors)
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms (on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone (HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid
(statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
Welfare Law - 91996
Center for Health Care Strategies (Medicaid managed care
resources)
Massachusetts Medicaid Consumer Network
Medicaid Reform Glossary (Texas
Health & Human Services Commission)
Medicaid's Role in Insuring Low-Income Women -
Commonwealth Fund
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Medical Savings Accounts
Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Savings Accounts Page
Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
Definition of MSAs
(by
American Health Value, MSA Administrators)
MSA policy analysis (The
Urban Institute)
Medical Savings Accounts What They Are
(on The HMO Page site)
Medicare
National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare (Senator John Breaux, Chairman)
Concord
Coalition - Entitlements - Medicare
Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance Program (HIICAP) (Medicare, managed care,
Medigap, long term care insurance and more)
Medicare & Medicaid (statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis-Managed Care Information Center)
Medicare Reform - The Basics (Twentieth
Century Fund)
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Mental Health
& Substance Abuse
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Health Hippo: Mental Health and CD
Internet Mental Health
International Mental Health Network
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Mental Health Net (links
for disorders and treatments; professional resources; news)
Mental Health
Weekly - Current Issue Highlights (online
newsletter from Manisses Communications Group)
National Mental Health Association
1-800-THERAPIST (live
on-line therapy sessions; access & search for therapists)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Minority Health
The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Disparities
in Health (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
The Minority Health Network
Office Of Minority Health Resource Center(US
Dept of Health and Human Services)
"Effect of Race
and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Cath" (2/25/99 New England Journal
of Medicine)
"Patient's
Race, Sex Influences Doctor's Care" (2/25/99 Reuters via Fox News online
report on NEJM article))
Nurses' Issues
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
(registered
nurses consulting in the legal field)
Association of Operating Room Nurses
California Nurses Association- Response
to the PEW Report
MedExplorer - Nursing (links
to associations, education, neonatal, emergency, psychiatric, triage, students and more)
NursingNet
NurseWeek
Nursing World! - American Nurses' Association (v e
r y s l o w)
Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research
Policy Organizations
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy,
Law and Management)
Think Tanks list - by Policy.com
Alliance For Health Reform (chaired
by Senator Jay Rockefeller, co-chair Senator Bill Frist)
The Alpha Center
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization) (lists Florida doctors
with most filed complaints)
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
The Cato Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Health Care
Rights (Medi-Cal Managed Care)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Public Policy (links
to conservative public policy research organizations)
Child Welfare League of America
(1000+ member agencies serve 3 million abused/neglected child/families a year)
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Environmental Health Network (great
resource)
Coalition for America's Children
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for
Health Policy, Law and Management)
Employee Benefit Research Institute
(EBRI) (research and education on
economic security and employee benefits)
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability (unique,
plentiful information on performance/quality measurements)
Families USA Foundation
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Care For All (leading
consumer advocacy group in Massachusetts; the name says it all)
Health Service Research Journal (10
year index by author, subject)
Institute for Child Health Policy (managed
care with emphasis on children with special health care needs)
Institute for Health Policy Solutions (access,
cost containment and developing consumer-choice health purchasing groups)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group developing policy around integrated health care and managed care)
Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
National Association of Child Advocates
(building
a movement for children across America)
National Organization of Physicians Who Care
Office of Public Health and Science (US
HHS agency)
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
Physicians for a
National Health Program (Student Home Page)
Policy.com- Home Page
Research!America Central
The Urban Institute
Public and Community
Health
Health Data: United States 1993
Table Of Contents
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
American Public Health Association
Case studies in community health -
Civic Practices Network
Community Health InfoLine
Community Health InfoLine (Kellogg
Foundation models project)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Video
Martindale's
"Virtual" Public Health Center
RAND - Health cost studies
RAND - Health cost studies (abstracts
and order forms)
Smoke Free Maryland Home Page
Public Opinion Polls
Concept Of Public
Health Misunderstood By American Public
Consumer satisfaction with
Health Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
GVU Center's WWW User Surveys (internet
survey results online)
Health Confidence Survey (Employee
Benefit Research Institute)
Public Opinion Research on
Children's Issues (polls hosted by Benton
Foundation for Coalition for America's Children)
MedAccess health survey form
Sick People Have Difficulty Getting
Proper Care (RWJF 6/95)
Survey of children on health and safety issues -
1995 (Children Now)
Survey of Parents with Young Children - by the
Commonwealth Fund
Surveys on internet usage for health purposes (from
Health On the Net Foundation)
What Do Americans
REALLY Think About Children?(1999 report
by Harvard's Blendon, McCormick, Young)
Quality and Outcomes Research
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability
(unique, plentiful information on performance/quality measurement)
Mining Co. -
Health Care Industry - Outcomes Links (general, journals, tools)
Outcomes Assessment
and Research (excellent site by Carl
Slater MD, U of Texas School of Public Health)
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (lots
of links to assessment tools)
About the SF-36 - Bibliography
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors (links
to state medical licensing boards; some publish MD profiles and complaints)
Cardinal Health Information - MediQual
(quantitative quality measures includes several informative examples)
The Center for Healthcare Industry Performance
Studies (inpatient, outpatient, financial,
operational competitor benchmarking)
Compare your health to baseline population -
based on SF-36
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
HEDIS/NCQA - Summary of Report Card
Pilot Project
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HealthCareReportCards
(rates hospitals
using risk adjusted model)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
National Guideline
Clearinghouse (a
public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
National Public Health
Performance Standards Program (coordinated
by US Center for Disease Control)
ORION - Guidelines for
Outcomes Research (Hoechst
Marion Roussel)
QMAS - Quality Measurement Advisory Service
The Picker Institute
(promotes health care quality assessment; develops models to make treatment more humane)
Rural Health Care
Health Hippo - Rural Health
Michigan Center for Rural
Health
National Organization of State Offices of
Rural Health (NOSORH)
National Rural Health Association
Rural Information Center Health Service
RuralNet - Marshall Univ. Sch. of Medicine
State Health Policy
State health departments on-line
1996 Kids Count Data On-line - includes
state profiles (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
State report cards on
child health - National Center for Children in Poverty update (9/96)
State Updates (Alpha
Center)
Connecticut KidsLink
Kentucky - Alpha Center update (8/96)
Massachusetts
New York State - Health
Care Reform Act (HCRA)
Oregon - Alpha Center update
(11/96)
Technology
California Health Information for Policy Project -
CHIPP
Healthcare Informatics Online
(monthly magazine about information technology for IT decision-makers)
Info Technology & Healthcare: @BRINT
(excellent link selection)
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
ShareNET-Healthcare EDI Consortium (promotes use of
electronic data interchange and open networks)
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
TeleMedicine
Telemedicine Today Online (best
gateway to telemedicine)
Association of Telemedicine Service Providers
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
National Library of Medicine's NGI
& Telemedicine Projects<
Telemedicine Information
Exchange (TIE)
Tobacco
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (a leading anti-smoking
organization)
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Center for Social Gerontology state by state updates on
settlement funds)
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Promotion links
Liggett Documents Online
Policy.com - tobacco links
Work Force, Labor, Employment Issues
American Medical
News
American Medical
News (AMA article on physician unionization,
Jan. 11, 1999)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Projections - 10 fastest growing occupations
The
Center for the Health Professions The
Center for the Health Professions (Univ of California, San Francisco)
"Doctors Council
Affiliates with SEIU" (SEIU press
release, 3/1/99)
Service Employees International Union(hospital
workers, nursing homes, nurses, doctors)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid
(statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
Welfare Law - 91996
Center for Health Care Strategies (Medicaid managed care
resources)
Massachusetts Medicaid Consumer Network
Medicaid Reform Glossary (Texas
Health & Human Services Commission)
Medicaid's Role in Insuring Low-Income Women -
Commonwealth Fund
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Medical Savings Accounts
Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Savings Accounts Page
Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
Definition of MSAs
(by
American Health Value, MSA Administrators)
MSA policy analysis (The
Urban Institute)
Medical Savings Accounts What They Are
(on The HMO Page site)
Medicare
National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare (Senator John Breaux, Chairman)
Concord
Coalition - Entitlements - Medicare
Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance Program (HIICAP) (Medicare, managed care,
Medigap, long term care insurance and more)
Medicare & Medicaid (statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis-Managed Care Information Center)
Medicare Reform - The Basics (Twentieth
Century Fund)
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Mental Health
& Substance Abuse
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Health Hippo: Mental Health and CD
Internet Mental Health
International Mental Health Network
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Mental Health Net (links
for disorders and treatments; professional resources; news)
Mental Health
Weekly - Current Issue Highlights (online
newsletter from Manisses Communications Group)
National Mental Health Association
1-800-THERAPIST (live
on-line therapy sessions; access & search for therapists)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Minority Health
The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Disparities
in Health (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
The Minority Health Network
Office Of Minority Health Resource Center(US
Dept of Health and Human Services)
"Effect of Race
and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Cath" (2/25/99 New England Journal
of Medicine)
"Patient's
Race, Sex Influences Doctor's Care" (2/25/99 Reuters via Fox News online
report on NEJM article))
Nurses' Issues
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
(registered
nurses consulting in the legal field)
Association of Operating Room Nurses
California Nurses Association- Response
to the PEW Report
MedExplorer - Nursing (links
to associations, education, neonatal, emergency, psychiatric, triage, students and more)
NursingNet
NurseWeek
Nursing World! - American Nurses' Association (v e
r y s l o w)
Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research
Policy Organizations
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy,
Law and Management)
Think Tanks list - by Policy.com
Alliance For Health Reform (chaired
by Senator Jay Rockefeller, co-chair Senator Bill Frist)
The Alpha Center
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization) (lists Florida doctors
with most filed complaints)
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
The Cato Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Health Care
Rights (Medi-Cal Managed Care)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Public Policy (links
to conservative public policy research organizations)
Child Welfare League of America
(1000+ member agencies serve 3 million abused/neglected child/families a year)
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Environmental Health Network (great
resource)
Coalition for America's Children
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for
Health Policy, Law and Management)
Employee Benefit Research Institute
(EBRI) (research and education on
economic security and employee benefits)
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability (unique,
plentiful information on performance/quality measurements)
Families USA Foundation
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Care For All (leading
consumer advocacy group in Massachusetts; the name says it all)
Health Service Research Journal (10
year index by author, subject)
Institute for Child Health Policy (managed
care with emphasis on children with special health care needs)
Institute for Health Policy Solutions (access,
cost containment and developing consumer-choice health purchasing groups)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group developing policy around integrated health care and managed care)
Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
National Association of Child Advocates
(building
a movement for children across America)
National Organization of Physicians Who Care
Office of Public Health and Science (US
HHS agency)
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
Physicians for a
National Health Program (Student Home Page)
Policy.com- Home Page
Research!America Central
The Urban Institute
Public and Community
Health
Health Data: United States 1993
Table Of Contents
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
American Public Health Association
Case studies in community health -
Civic Practices Network
Community Health InfoLine
Community Health InfoLine (Kellogg
Foundation models project)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Video
Martindale's
"Virtual" Public Health Center
RAND - Health cost studies
RAND - Health cost studies (abstracts
and order forms)
Smoke Free Maryland Home Page
Public Opinion Polls
Concept Of Public
Health Misunderstood By American Public
Consumer satisfaction with
Health Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
GVU Center's WWW User Surveys (internet
survey results online)
Health Confidence Survey (Employee
Benefit Research Institute)
Public Opinion Research on
Children's Issues (polls hosted by Benton
Foundation for Coalition for America's Children)
MedAccess health survey form
Sick People Have Difficulty Getting
Proper Care (RWJF 6/95)
Survey of children on health and safety issues -
1995 (Children Now)
Survey of Parents with Young Children - by the
Commonwealth Fund
Surveys on internet usage for health purposes (from
Health On the Net Foundation)
What Do Americans
REALLY Think About Children?(1999 report
by Harvard's Blendon, McCormick, Young)
Quality and Outcomes Research
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability
(unique, plentiful information on performance/quality measurement)
Mining Co. -
Health Care Industry - Outcomes Links (general, journals, tools)
Outcomes Assessment
and Research (excellent site by Carl
Slater MD, U of Texas School of Public Health)
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (lots
of links to assessment tools)
About the SF-36 - Bibliography
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors (links
to state medical licensing boards; some publish MD profiles and complaints)
Cardinal Health Information - MediQual
(quantitative quality measures includes several informative examples)
The Center for Healthcare Industry Performance
Studies (inpatient, outpatient, financial,
operational competitor benchmarking)
Compare your health to baseline population -
based on SF-36
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
HEDIS/NCQA - Summary of Report Card
Pilot Project
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HealthCareReportCards
(rates hospitals
using risk adjusted model)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
National Guideline
Clearinghouse (a
public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
National Public Health
Performance Standards Program (coordinated
by US Center for Disease Control)
ORION - Guidelines for
Outcomes Research (Hoechst
Marion Roussel)
QMAS - Quality Measurement Advisory Service
The Picker Institute
(promotes health care quality assessment; develops models to make treatment more humane)
Rural Health Care
Health Hippo - Rural Health
Michigan Center for Rural
Health
National Organization of State Offices of
Rural Health (NOSORH)
National Rural Health Association
Rural Information Center Health Service
RuralNet - Marshall Univ. Sch. of Medicine
State Health Policy
State health departments on-line
1996 Kids Count Data On-line - includes
state profiles (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
State report cards on
child health - National Center for Children in Poverty update (9/96)
State Updates (Alpha
Center)
Connecticut KidsLink
Kentucky - Alpha Center update (8/96)
Massachusetts
New York State - Health
Care Reform Act (HCRA)
Oregon - Alpha Center update
(11/96)
Technology
California Health Information for Policy Project -
CHIPP
Healthcare Informatics Online
(monthly magazine about information technology for IT decision-makers)
Info Technology & Healthcare: @BRINT
(excellent link selection)
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
ShareNET-Healthcare EDI Consortium (promotes use of
electronic data interchange and open networks)
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
TeleMedicine
Telemedicine Today Online (best
gateway to telemedicine)
Association of Telemedicine Service Providers
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
National Library of Medicine's NGI
& Telemedicine Projects<
Telemedicine Information
Exchange (TIE)
Tobacco
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (a leading anti-smoking
organization)
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Center for Social Gerontology state by state updates on
settlement funds)
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Promotion links
Liggett Documents Online
Policy.com - tobacco links
Work Force, Labor, Employment Issues
American Medical
News
American Medical
News (AMA article on physician unionization,
Jan. 11, 1999)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Projections - 10 fastest growing occupations
The
Center for the Health Professions The
Center for the Health Professions (Univ of California, San Francisco)
"Doctors Council
Affiliates with SEIU" (SEIU press
release, 3/1/99)
Service Employees International Union(hospital
workers, nursing homes, nurses, doctors)
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms
(on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone
(HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page HMO Page
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms (on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone (HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid
(statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
Welfare Law - 91996
Center for Health Care Strategies (Medicaid managed care
resources)
Massachusetts Medicaid Consumer Network
Medicaid Reform Glossary (Texas
Health & Human Services Commission)
Medicaid's Role in Insuring Low-Income Women -
Commonwealth Fund
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Medical Savings Accounts
Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Savings Accounts Page
Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
Definition of MSAs
(by
American Health Value, MSA Administrators)
MSA policy analysis (The
Urban Institute)
Medical Savings Accounts What They Are
(on The HMO Page site)
Medicare
National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare (Senator John Breaux, Chairman)
Concord
Coalition - Entitlements - Medicare
Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance Program (HIICAP) (Medicare, managed care,
Medigap, long term care insurance and more)
Medicare & Medicaid (statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis-Managed Care Information Center)
Medicare Reform - The Basics (Twentieth
Century Fund)
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Mental Health
& Substance Abuse
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Health Hippo: Mental Health and CD
Internet Mental Health
International Mental Health Network
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Mental Health Net (links
for disorders and treatments; professional resources; news)
Mental Health
Weekly - Current Issue Highlights (online
newsletter from Manisses Communications Group)
National Mental Health Association
1-800-THERAPIST (live
on-line therapy sessions; access & search for therapists)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Minority Health
The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Disparities
in Health (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
The Minority Health Network
Office Of Minority Health Resource Center(US
Dept of Health and Human Services)
"Effect of Race
and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Cath" (2/25/99 New England Journal
of Medicine)
"Patient's
Race, Sex Influences Doctor's Care" (2/25/99 Reuters via Fox News online
report on NEJM article))
Nurses' Issues
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
(registered
nurses consulting in the legal field)
Association of Operating Room Nurses
California Nurses Association- Response
to the PEW Report
MedExplorer - Nursing (links
to associations, education, neonatal, emergency, psychiatric, triage, students and more)
NursingNet
NurseWeek
Nursing World! - American Nurses' Association (v e
r y s l o w)
Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research
Policy Organizations
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy,
Law and Management)
Think Tanks list - by Policy.com
Alliance For Health Reform (chaired
by Senator Jay Rockefeller, co-chair Senator Bill Frist)
The Alpha Center
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization) (lists Florida doctors
with most filed complaints)
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
The Cato Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Health Care
Rights (Medi-Cal Managed Care)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Public Policy (links
to conservative public policy research organizations)
Child Welfare League of America
(1000+ member agencies serve 3 million abused/neglected child/families a year)
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Environmental Health Network (great
resource)
Coalition for America's Children
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for
Health Policy, Law and Management)
Employee Benefit Research Institute
(EBRI) (research and education on
economic security and employee benefits)
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability (unique,
plentiful information on performance/quality measurements)
Families USA Foundation
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Care For All (leading
consumer advocacy group in Massachusetts; the name says it all)
Health Service Research Journal (10
year index by author, subject)
Institute for Child Health Policy (managed
care with emphasis on children with special health care needs)
Institute for Health Policy Solutions (access,
cost containment and developing consumer-choice health purchasing groups)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group developing policy around integrated health care and managed care)
Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
National Association of Child Advocates
(building
a movement for children across America)
National Organization of Physicians Who Care
Office of Public Health and Science (US
HHS agency)
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
Physicians for a
National Health Program (Student Home Page)
Policy.com- Home Page
Research!America Central
The Urban Institute
Public and Community
Health
Health Data: United States 1993
Table Of Contents
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
American Public Health Association
Case studies in community health -
Civic Practices Network
Community Health InfoLine
Community Health InfoLine (Kellogg
Foundation models project)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Video
Martindale's
"Virtual" Public Health Center
RAND - Health cost studies
RAND - Health cost studies (abstracts
and order forms)
Smoke Free Maryland Home Page
Public Opinion Polls
Concept Of Public
Health Misunderstood By American Public
Consumer satisfaction with
Health Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
GVU Center's WWW User Surveys (internet
survey results online)
Health Confidence Survey (Employee
Benefit Research Institute)
Public Opinion Research on
Children's Issues (polls hosted by Benton
Foundation for Coalition for America's Children)
MedAccess health survey form
Sick People Have Difficulty Getting
Proper Care (RWJF 6/95)
Survey of children on health and safety issues -
1995 (Children Now)
Survey of Parents with Young Children - by the
Commonwealth Fund
Surveys on internet usage for health purposes (from
Health On the Net Foundation)
What Do Americans
REALLY Think About Children?(1999 report
by Harvard's Blendon, McCormick, Young)
Quality and Outcomes Research
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability
(unique, plentiful information on performance/quality measurement)
Mining Co. -
Health Care Industry - Outcomes Links (general, journals, tools)
Outcomes Assessment
and Research (excellent site by Carl
Slater MD, U of Texas School of Public Health)
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (lots
of links to assessment tools)
About the SF-36 - Bibliography
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors (links
to state medical licensing boards; some publish MD profiles and complaints)
Cardinal Health Information - MediQual
(quantitative quality measures includes several informative examples)
The Center for Healthcare Industry Performance
Studies (inpatient, outpatient, financial,
operational competitor benchmarking)
Compare your health to baseline population -
based on SF-36
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
HEDIS/NCQA - Summary of Report Card
Pilot Project
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HealthCareReportCards
(rates hospitals
using risk adjusted model)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
National Guideline
Clearinghouse (a
public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
National Public Health
Performance Standards Program (coordinated
by US Center for Disease Control)
ORION - Guidelines for
Outcomes Research (Hoechst
Marion Roussel)
QMAS - Quality Measurement Advisory Service
The Picker Institute
(promotes health care quality assessment; develops models to make treatment more humane)
Rural Health Care
Health Hippo - Rural Health
Michigan Center for Rural
Health
National Organization of State Offices of
Rural Health (NOSORH)
National Rural Health Association
Rural Information Center Health Service
RuralNet - Marshall Univ. Sch. of Medicine
State Health Policy
State health departments on-line
1996 Kids Count Data On-line - includes
state profiles (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
State report cards on
child health - National Center for Children in Poverty update (9/96)
State Updates (Alpha
Center)
Connecticut KidsLink
Kentucky - Alpha Center update (8/96)
Massachusetts
New York State - Health
Care Reform Act (HCRA)
Oregon - Alpha Center update
(11/96)
Technology
California Health Information for Policy Project -
CHIPP
Healthcare Informatics Online
(monthly magazine about information technology for IT decision-makers)
Info Technology & Healthcare: @BRINT
(excellent link selection)
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
ShareNET-Healthcare EDI Consortium (promotes use of
electronic data interchange and open networks)
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
TeleMedicine
Telemedicine Today Online (best
gateway to telemedicine)
Association of Telemedicine Service Providers
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
National Library of Medicine's NGI
& Telemedicine Projects<
Telemedicine Information
Exchange (TIE)
Tobacco
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (a leading anti-smoking
organization)
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Center for Social Gerontology state by state updates on
settlement funds)
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Promotion links
Liggett Documents Online
Policy.com - tobacco links
Work Force, Labor, Employment Issues
American Medical
News
American Medical
News (AMA article on physician unionization,
Jan. 11, 1999)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Projections - 10 fastest growing occupations
The
Center for the Health Professions The
Center for the Health Professions (Univ of California, San Francisco)
"Doctors Council
Affiliates with SEIU" (SEIU press
release, 3/1/99)
Service Employees International Union(hospital
workers, nursing homes, nurses, doctors)
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms (on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone (HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid
(statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
Welfare Law - 91996
Center for Health Care Strategies (Medicaid managed care
resources)
Massachusetts Medicaid Consumer Network
Medicaid Reform Glossary (Texas
Health & Human Services Commission)
Medicaid's Role in Insuring Low-Income Women -
Commonwealth Fund
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Medical Savings Accounts
Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Savings Accounts Page
Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
Definition of MSAs
(by
American Health Value, MSA Administrators)
MSA policy analysis (The
Urban Institute)
Medical Savings Accounts What They Are
(on The HMO Page site)
Medicare
National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare (Senator John Breaux, Chairman)
Concord
Coalition - Entitlements - Medicare
Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance Program (HIICAP) (Medicare, managed care,
Medigap, long term care insurance and more)
Medicare & Medicaid (statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis-Managed Care Information Center)
Medicare Reform - The Basics (Twentieth
Century Fund)
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Mental Health
& Substance Abuse
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Health Hippo: Mental Health and CD
Internet Mental Health
International Mental Health Network
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Manisses Communications (resources
on addiction, mental health, geriatrics, children's services)
Mental Health Net (links
for disorders and treatments; professional resources; news)
Mental Health
Weekly - Current Issue Highlights (online
newsletter from Manisses Communications Group)
National Mental Health Association
1-800-THERAPIST (live
on-line therapy sessions; access & search for therapists)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Minority Health
The Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Disparities
in Health (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
The Minority Health Network
Office Of Minority Health Resource Center(US
Dept of Health and Human Services)
"Effect of Race
and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Cath" (2/25/99 New England Journal
of Medicine)
"Patient's
Race, Sex Influences Doctor's Care" (2/25/99 Reuters via Fox News online
report on NEJM article))
Nurses' Issues
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
(registered
nurses consulting in the legal field)
Association of Operating Room Nurses
California Nurses Association- Response
to the PEW Report
MedExplorer - Nursing (links
to associations, education, neonatal, emergency, psychiatric, triage, students and more)
NursingNet
NurseWeek
Nursing World! - American Nurses' Association (v e
r y s l o w)
Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research
Policy Organizations
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for Health Policy,
Law and Management)
Think Tanks list - by Policy.com
Alliance For Health Reform (chaired
by Senator Jay Rockefeller, co-chair Senator Bill Frist)
The Alpha Center
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Association for Responsible Medicine (Medical
Malpractice Victims Organization) (lists Florida doctors
with most filed complaints)
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
The Cato Institute
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Center for Health Care
Rights (Medi-Cal Managed Care)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Health Care Strategies
(Medicaid managed care resources)
Center for Public Policy (links
to conservative public policy research organizations)
Child Welfare League of America
(1000+ member agencies serve 3 million abused/neglected child/families a year)
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Environmental Health Network (great
resource)
Coalition for America's Children
Duke University Health Policy
Cyberexchange (Duke University Center for
Health Policy, Law and Management)
Employee Benefit Research Institute
(EBRI) (research and education on
economic security and employee benefits)
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability (unique,
plentiful information on performance/quality measurements)
Families USA Foundation
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Affairs (journal)
Health Care For All (leading
consumer advocacy group in Massachusetts; the name says it all)
Health Service Research Journal (10
year index by author, subject)
Institute for Child Health Policy (managed
care with emphasis on children with special health care needs)
Institute for Health Policy Solutions (access,
cost containment and developing consumer-choice health purchasing groups)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group developing policy around integrated health care and managed care)
Maryland Advocates for Children and Youth
National Association of Child Advocates
(building
a movement for children across America)
National Organization of Physicians Who Care
Office of Public Health and Science (US
HHS agency)
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
Physicians for a
National Health Program (Student Home Page)
Policy.com- Home Page
Research!America Central
The Urban Institute
Public and Community
Health
Health Data: United States 1993
Table Of Contents
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
American Public Health Association
Case studies in community health -
Civic Practices Network
Community Health InfoLine
Community Health InfoLine (Kellogg
Foundation models project)
Lead Poisoning Prevention Video
Martindale's
"Virtual" Public Health Center
RAND - Health cost studies
RAND - Health cost studies (abstracts
and order forms)
Smoke Free Maryland Home Page
Public Opinion Polls
Concept Of Public
Health Misunderstood By American Public
Consumer satisfaction with
Health Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
GVU Center's WWW User Surveys (internet
survey results online)
Health Confidence Survey (Employee
Benefit Research Institute)
Public Opinion Research on
Children's Issues (polls hosted by Benton
Foundation for Coalition for America's Children)
MedAccess health survey form
Sick People Have Difficulty Getting
Proper Care (RWJF 6/95)
Survey of children on health and safety issues -
1995 (Children Now)
Survey of Parents with Young Children - by the
Commonwealth Fund
Surveys on internet usage for health purposes (from
Health On the Net Foundation)
What Do Americans
REALLY Think About Children?(1999 report
by Harvard's Blendon, McCormick, Young)
Quality and Outcomes Research
FACCT--The Foundation for Accountability
(unique, plentiful information on performance/quality measurement)
Mining Co. -
Health Care Industry - Outcomes Links (general, journals, tools)
Outcomes Assessment
and Research (excellent site by Carl
Slater MD, U of Texas School of Public Health)
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (
Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine -
Marcello Tamburini - GLAMM Interactive (lots
of links to assessment tools)
About the SF-36 - Bibliography
Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors (links
to state medical licensing boards; some publish MD profiles and complaints)
Cardinal Health Information - MediQual
(quantitative quality measures includes several informative examples)
The Center for Healthcare Industry Performance
Studies (inpatient, outpatient, financial,
operational competitor benchmarking)
Compare your health to baseline population -
based on SF-36
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
HEDIS/NCQA - Summary of Report Card
Pilot Project
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HealthCareReportCards
(rates hospitals
using risk adjusted model)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
National Guideline
Clearinghouse (a
public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines)
National Public Health
Performance Standards Program (coordinated
by US Center for Disease Control)
ORION - Guidelines for
Outcomes Research (Hoechst
Marion Roussel)
QMAS - Quality Measurement Advisory Service
The Picker Institute
(promotes health care quality assessment; develops models to make treatment more humane)
Rural Health Care
Health Hippo - Rural Health
Michigan Center for Rural
Health
National Organization of State Offices of
Rural Health (NOSORH)
National Rural Health Association
Rural Information Center Health Service
RuralNet - Marshall Univ. Sch. of Medicine
State Health Policy
State health departments on-line
1996 Kids Count Data On-line - includes
state profiles (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
State report cards on
child health - National Center for Children in Poverty update (9/96)
State Updates (Alpha
Center)
Connecticut KidsLink
Kentucky - Alpha Center update (8/96)
Massachusetts
New York State - Health
Care Reform Act (HCRA)
Oregon - Alpha Center update
(11/96)
Technology
California Health Information for Policy Project -
CHIPP
Healthcare Informatics Online
(monthly magazine about information technology for IT decision-makers)
Info Technology & Healthcare: @BRINT
(excellent link selection)
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
ShareNET-Healthcare EDI Consortium (promotes use of
electronic data interchange and open networks)
Telemedicine Information Exchange (TIE)
TeleMedicine
Telemedicine Today Online (best
gateway to telemedicine)
Association of Telemedicine Service Providers
MEDICAL MATRIX - Telemedicine
MedWeb: Telemedicine
National Library of Medicine's NGI
& Telemedicine Projects<
Telemedicine Information
Exchange (TIE)
Tobacco
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) (a leading anti-smoking
organization)
National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
The Center for Social Gerontology state by state updates on
settlement funds)
Duke University
Health Policy Cyberexchange - Health Promotion links
Liggett Documents Online
Policy.com - tobacco links
Work Force, Labor, Employment Issues
American Medical
News
American Medical
News (AMA article on physician unionization,
Jan. 11, 1999)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Projections - 10 fastest growing occupations
The
Center for the Health Professions The
Center for the Health Professions (Univ of California, San Francisco)
"Doctors Council
Affiliates with SEIU" (SEIU press
release, 3/1/99)
Service Employees International Union(hospital
workers, nursing homes, nurses, doctors)
Consumer satisfaction with Health
Plans - MAHMO survey of studies
Five Stages to Managed Care - from Cost
& Quality journal
Florida Managed Care Institute Home Page
Glossary of Managed Care Acronyms (on
The HMO Page)
Glossary of Managed Care Terms
(on The HMO Page)
HARP Cases (Health Administration Responsibility
Project)
HARP (Health Administration Responsibility Project)
(best of the web legal analysis of HMO patient protections)
Harris poll:
Consumers Confused About HMOs (1995)
Health Benefits Coalition (employer
group concerned about federal mandates for patient protections)
HMOs - BuyersZone (HMO
buyers guide with HMO ratings, industry lingo, resource center)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
HMOs Use Polling
Tricks To Achieve High Marks
HMO Page (Atrocity of the Month, Hall
of Shame, patient complaints; federal and state patient protection legislation)
Integrated Healthcare Assocation (California
leadership group; integrated health care and managed care policy)
Managed Care and Early
Childhood Development - Right Place, Right Time (Children Now)
Managed Care Information Center
Managed Care INFO (lots
of topics/not much info; $25 for members only area)
Managed Care Web Resource
Directory (links to health plan and HMO sites from Managed Care
Information Center)
Managed Healthcare News
Massachusetts Assn of HMOs (MAHMO) (the
HMO's side of the story)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis from Managed Care
Information Center)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) (evaluates
HMO quality)
National Directory of Managed Care
Organizations (for subscribers - online managed care database -
Managed Care Information Center)
Patient Protection Act (by state
on The HMO Page)
SAMHSA's Managed Care Initiative (substance
abuse/mental health)
Survey of Patients in Managed Care and
Fee-for-Service Settings-Commonwealth Fund
Ten Commandments for HMOs (for
patient protection, prepared by Elizabeth Charlton Moore)
Top HMOs- by US News
&World Report
Utilization rates for
enrollees in Medi-Cal managed care plans (CHCR study)
Viewpoints on managed care
(health care experts and others opine on specific managed care issues)
Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid Medicaid
Medicare & Medicaid
(statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
AFDC-Related Medicaid Provisions in the New
Welfare Law - 91996
Center for Health Care Strategies (Medicaid managed care
resources)
Massachusetts Medicaid Consumer Network
Medicaid Reform Glossary (Texas
Health & Human Services Commission)
Medicaid's Role in Insuring Low-Income Women -
Commonwealth Fund
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Medical Savings Accounts
Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts
Medical Savings Accounts Page
Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
Definition of MSAs
(by
American Health Value, MSA Administrators)
MSA policy analysis (The
Urban Institute)
Medical Savings Accounts What They Are
(on The HMO Page site)
Medicare
National Bipartisan Commission on the
Future of Medicare (Senator John Breaux, Chairman)
Concord
Coalition - Entitlements - Medicare
Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance Program (HIICAP) (Medicare, managed care,
Medigap, long term care insurance and more)
Medicare & Medicaid (statute, US Code, CFR via Health Hippo)
Medicare Managed Care
Departures and Service Area Reductions (analysis-Managed Care Information Center)
Medicare Reform - The Basics (Twentieth
Century Fund)
SeniorLaw: Medicare & Medicaid Recent
Developments
Mental Health
& Substance Abuse
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
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