Government Organizations
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Administration on Aging
http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov -
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) [formerly Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)]
http://www.ahrq.gov -
American Health Information Community [information systems, technology, electronic health records]
http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic.html -
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) [includes price indexes]
http://stats.bls.gov -
Bureau of the Census
http://www.census.gov -
Centers for Disease Control - Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion [formerly Hospital Infections Program]
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/default.htm -
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov -
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) [formerly Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)]
http://www.cms.gov -
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Conditions of Participation for Hospitals
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_04/42cfr482_04.html -
Citizens Health Care Working Group
http://www.citizenshealthcare.gov/ -
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
http://www.cbo.gov -
Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) [physicians]
http://www.cogme.gov -
Department of Defense (DoD)
http://www.defenselink.mil/ -
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
http://www.os.dhhs.gov -
Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov -
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Health Care Facilities Providers [Federal Housing Authority (FHA), capital financing]
http://www.hud.gov/groups/healthcare.cfm -
Department of Justice (DOJ)
http://www.usdoj.gov -
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
http://www.va.gov -
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://www.epa.gov -
FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov -
FedWorld
http://www.fedworld.gov -
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Health Care Fraud Unit (FBI)
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/fc/hcf/hcf.htm -
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
http://www.fema.gov -
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [antitrust, consumer protection]
http://www.ftc.gov -
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
http://www.fda.gov -
Government Accountability Office (GAO) [fomerly General Accounting Office]
http://www.gao.gov -
Government Information Xchange
http://www.info.gov -
Government Printing Office (GPO) [Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Congressional Record, U.S. Code]
http://www.gpoaccess.gov -
Green Book [US House Ways and Means Committee] [entitlement programs, Medicare]
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/wm001.html -
HHS Office of Global Health Affairs (OGHA) [world health]
http://www.globalhealth.gov -
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
http://www.hrsa.gov -
Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov -
IGnet - Internet for Federal Inspectors General
http://www.ignet.gov -
Indian Health Service (IHS)
http://www.ihs.gov -
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
http://www.irs.gov -
International Hospital Federation (IHF)
http://www.ihf-fih.org -
MEDLINEplus Health Information
http://www.medlineplus.gov -
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
http://www.medpac.gov -
National Aging Information Center (NAIC)
http://www.aoa.gov/naic -
National Bipartison Commission on the Future of Medicare
http://medicare.commission.gov -
National Center for Chronic Disease Control and Health Promotion (NCCDCHP)
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ -
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
http://www.nccam.nih.gov -
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww -
National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod -
National Guideline Clearinghouse [evidence-based clinical practice guidelines]
http://www.guideline.gov -
National Health Information Center (NHIC)
http://www.health.gov/nhic/ -
National Heart Care Project
http://www.nationalheartcare.org -
National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/nichsr.html -
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - Health Care Standards Landscape (HCSL) [information systems]
http://hcsl.sdct.nist.gov -
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
http://www.nih.gov -
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov -
National Mental Health Services/Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN)
http://www.mentalhealth.org -
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
http://www.nrc.gov -
Nursing Home Compare [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]
http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/home.asp -
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
http://www.osha.gov -
Office of Management and Budget - Executive Office of the President (OMB)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb -
Office of the Inspector General, Dept. of Health and Human Services
http://oig.hhs.gov/ -
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ -
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
http://www.oecd.org -
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
http://www.paho.org -
Prescription Drug Assistance Programs
http://www.medicare.gov/Prescription/Home.asp -
President's Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry
http://www.hcqualitycommission.gov -
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov -
PubMed/MEDLINE Database [incorporates former HealthSTAR database produced National Library of Medicine in collaboration with AHA)
http://www.pubmed.gov -
State Health Departments on the World Wide Web
http://www.astho.org/index.php?template=regional_links.php -
State and Local Governments
http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/stategov.html -
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
http://www.samhsa.gov -
THOMAS Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov -
U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov -
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstfix.htm -
U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov -
U.S. Surgeon General
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov -
United States-Mexico Border Health Commission [international]
http://www.borderhealth.org -
White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov -
World Alliance for Patient Safety (World Health Organization)
http://www.who.int/patientsafety/en/