Resources
The American Board of Pathology http://www.abpath.org
The American Board of Pathology created PATHway as a tool for managing and tracking program residents.
American Association of Blood Banks http://www.aabb.org
AABB establishes and promotes standards of care for patients and donors in blood banking; transfusion medicine; hematopoietic, cellular and gene therapies; and tissue transplantation.
American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.aacc.org
AACC is a scientific/medical society of clinical laboratory professionals, physicians, research scientists and others in clinical chemistry and clinical laboratory science-related disciplines.
American Board of Pathology http://www.abpath.org
ABP is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties and provides certifications in anatomic, clinical and other pathology specialty areas.
American Journal of Clinical Pathology http://www.ajcp.com
The American Society of Clinical Pathologists and ACLPS jointly publish this monthly journal.
American Society for Clinical Pathology http://www.ascp.org
The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) is a not-for-profit medical society for professionals in the fields of pathology and laboratory medicine.
American Society for Investigative Pathology http://www.asip.org
ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms of disease.
American Society for Microbiology http://www.asm.org
ASM is the world's oldest life science organization devoted entirely to microbiologists and the science of microbiology.
American Society of Hematology http://www.hematology.org
The American Society of Hematology is the world's largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders.
College of American Pathologists http://www.cap.org
CAP is an organization of board-certified pathologists serving and representing patients, pathologists, and the public by fostering excellence in pathology and laboratory medicine.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov
CDC is the federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people, and for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities to improve the health.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov
CMS is a Federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), HIPAA, and CLIA.
Department of Health and Human Services http://www.dhhs.gov
DHHS is the US government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov
The FDA regulates food, drugs and medical devices in the U.S.
Health Level Seven (HL7) http://www.hl7.org
HL7 provides standards for the exchange, management and integration of data and to promote the interoperability of data between healthcare information systems.
International Federation for Clinical Chemistry http://www.ifcc.org
IFCC is an international professional organization with the aim to raise the level of clinical chemistry worldwide.
Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC©) http://www.loinc.org
LOINC codes are universal identifiers for laboratory and clinical observations to facilitate the transfer, exchange and pooling of results for clinical care, outcomes management, and research.
National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health http://www.nlm.nih.gov
NLM, on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library.
NCCLS http://www.nccls.org
NCCLS is a global, nonprofit, standards-developing organization that promotes the development and use of voluntary consensus standards and guidelines within the healthcare community.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, US Department of Labor http://www.osha.gov
OSHA assures the safety and health of workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging improvement in workplace safety and health.
PathMax http://www.pathmax.com
This website contains a meta-index of more than 3000 links of interest to pathologists.
SNOMED International http://www.snomed.org
SNOMED provides a dynamic, sustainable, and scientifically validated terminology and infrastructure that enables clinicians, researchers and patients to share health care knowledge.
Society for Hematopathology / USCAP http://http://www.socforheme.org
This is the official website for the Society for Hematopathology.
World Health Organization http://www.who.int
WHO, a United Nations agency, has the objective to attain by all peoples the highest possible level of health. Health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not the absence of disease or infirmity. |
