Health Care Web Sites
This page lists many, but not all, of the organizations and healthcare stakeholders which will be important for you to be familiar with during your graduate studies and over the course of your career. To help you get started, we have provided direct links to these organizations’ web sites. Between now and orientation, we recommend that you explore several within each category, and become familiar with their missions.
National Healthcare Organizations
- American Hospital Association (AHA)
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA)
- Commision on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME)
- National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL)
- Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Washington State Healthcare Organizations
- Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA)
- Virginia Mason Medical Center
- Swedish Medical Center
- University of Washington Medical Center
- Harborview Medical Center
- Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center
- Evergreen Healthcare
- Overlake Hospital Medical Center
- Valley Medical Center
- PeaceHealth
- Providence Health System
- Group Health Cooperative
- Good Samaritan
- Health Care Authority (HCA)
- Premera Blue Cross
- Regence Blue Shield
Regulatory Agencies
- Joint Commision on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
- National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Important Informational Links
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- WK Kellogg Foundation
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
- Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
- Northwest Human Resources Management Association (HRMA)
- Health Affairs
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
- New York Times
- Wall Street Journal
- Washington Post
- Harvard Business Review
- Sloan Management Review
- National Rural Health Association
- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Pharmaceutical Companies
- Abbott Laboratories
- Amgen
- Eli Lilly and Company
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Roche
- Johnson and Johnson
- Pfizer
- Purdue Pharma
- Novartis
