• AcademyHealth
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Association of Retired Persons
  "The American Association of Retired Persons is the nation's leading organization for people 50 and older. AARP serves their needs through information and education, advocacy, and community services provided by a network of local chapters and experienced volunteers throughout the country. The organization also offers members a wide range of special benefits and services, including Modern Maturity magazine and the monthly AARP Bulletin."
• American College of Healthcare Executives
  "The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 30,000 healthcare executives. The College is known for its prestigious credentialing and educational programs." Health Administration Press, the publishing arm of ACHE, is a major publisher of books and journals on all aspects of health services management. Provides information on leadership issues.
• The American College of Physician Executives
  Facilitates access to training and educational opportunities for members.
• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
  American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) members contribute directly to quality medical care by "securing, analyzing, and integrating the information that steers the healthcare industry,"
• American Health Lawyers Association
• American Heart Association
  Access comprehensive information on heart disease and stroke. Emphasis on risk factors, family health, conditions and prevention. 
• American Hospital Association
  Lots of links and information are available from the American Hospital Association. Use the search engine to explore recent news and concerns from this association.
• American Medical Association
  Site with links to their Journal and to their other specialty journals (if you can remember your password), advocacy info, continuing education and links to other medical sites.
• American Medical Group Association
• American Medical Informatics Association
  Access to information about the association, conferences, calendar of events, to position papers, and to abstracts from their journal, JAMIA, The Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
• American Nurses Association (Nursing World)
  This organization represents the nation's 2.2 million Registered Nurses in the United States. Also provides standards, lobbying and education functions.
• American Occupational Therapy Association
  This very informative site offers information for occupational therapists, students, and consumers, as well as providing an occupational therapy bibliography.
• American Pharmacists Association
• American Physical Therapy Association
• American Psychological Association
• American Public Health Association
  Leading public health organization.
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
• Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region.
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
  ASTHO engages the expertise of a formally linked network of organizations dedicated to concerns of state health departments.
• Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts
  Public hospitals often cross political boundaries or are legislated into districts. Very useful site for obtaining data about the various public hospitals in Washington State.
• Canadian Medical Association
• Canadian Public Health Association
• College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service
  The mission of the PHS Commissioned Corps is to provide highly-trained and mobile health professionals who carry out programs to promote the health of the Nation, understand and prevent disease and injury, assure safe and effective drugs and medical devices, and deliver health service to Federal beneficiaries, and furnish health expertise in time of war or other national or international emergencies.
• Federation of American Hospitals
  Access to policy issues of interest to members. 
• Health Care Education Association
• Health Insurance Association of America
• Healthcare Financial Management Association
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting highway safety.
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• International Health Economics Association
  Their web page contains information on conferences, a worldwide directory of health economists, newsletters, and a working papers archive.
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
  Links for the public, health care organizations and providers, and purchasers, employers and unions.
• Medical Library Association
  The primary association of medical librarians with regional chapters.
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners
• National Association of County and City Health Officials
  Links to  Projects, Events, Resources, Government Affairs, Membership.
• National Federation of the Blind
• New York Academy of Medicine
• Society for Epidemiologic Research
  The Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) was established in 1968 as a forum for sharing the latest in epidemiologic research To date, the SER is committed to keeping epidemiologists at the vanguard of scientific developments. It sponsors the American Journal of Epidemiology and Epidemiologic Reviews.
• VHA
  VHA is a nationwide network of leading community-owned health care organizations and physicians.
• Washington Association for Community and Migrant Health Centers
  The purpose of this site is to promote access to primary health care for low income and underserved populations in Washington state.
• Washington Association of Housing and Services for the Aging
• Washington Health Foundation
  WHF "was created to investigate and disseminate knowledge for the provision of hospital care, conduct education programs, encourage individuals pursuing an education in health, foster the accumulation and exchange of health information, and support communities to use the changing health care environment as an opportunity to strengthen local health care delivery and improve community health status."
• Washington State Hospital Association
• Washington State Medical Association
• World Federation of Public Health Associations.
  The World Federation of Public Health Associations is an international, nongovernmental organization bringing health workers throughout the world together for professional exchange, collaboration, and action.

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