Web Sites

Associations

• ANA's Nursing World
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• American Health Information Management Association
• American Health Lawyers Association
• American Hospital Association
• American Society for Health-System Pharmacists
• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
• Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
• Emergency Nurses Association
• Greater Houston Society for Healthcare Risk Management
• Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (100,000 Lives Campaign)
• North Texas Society for Healthcare Risk Management (NTSHR)
• Texas Hospital Association
• Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals

Cyberspace

• SARC - Virus Hoaxes
• Urban Legends and Folklore
• E-mail Hoaxes
  

Electrosurgery Safety

• Encision Electrosafety
• Outpatient Surgery Newsletter  

Federal

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• CDC - Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
• CMS Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, etc.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• FLU.gov
• HHS List of Excluded Individuals
• HHS - Office of Civil Rights - HIPAA
• Library of Congress
• Medicare Conditions of Participation
• Medicare Quality Improvement Community
• Medlaw - an excellent EMTALA site
• Mortality and Morbidity Rounds on the Web from AHRQ
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse from AHRQ
• National Practitioner Data Bank
• National Library of Medicine
• National Guideline Clearinghouse (previously, guidelines.gov)

Long Term Care

• Administration on Aging
• American Association of Homes And Services for the Aging
• American Geriatrics Society 
• American Health Care Association
• American Medical Directors Association
• Assisted Living Federation of America 
• HC Pro  
• Long-term Care Quality Reporting System-Texas 
• Nursing Home Compare  
• Prevent, Inc. 
• Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission, The 
• VA National Patient Safety Center

Occupational Health

• American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Ergonomics in Healthcare 
• HC Pro
• Lost-worktime Injuries and Illnesses - Bureau of Labor Statistics 
• Patient Lifts (ArjoHuntleigh)
• Patient Lifts (Liko)
• Patient Transfer Assists
• Safe Needles Save Lives - ANA  

Pain Management  

• Center to Advance Palliative Care
• City of Hope Pain/Palliative Care Resource

Pandemic Flu

• 1918 Flu Pandemic
• Federal Flu Site
• History of Epidemics and Plagues
• Texas Flu Site

Publishers

• AHA Online Store
• American Health Consultants   
• HCPro
• Learning Resources International - Fetal Monitoring in Clinical Practice
• Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins
• Medical Consultants Network

Texas

• Texas Department of Public Safety - Controlled Substance Registration verification
• Rural and Community Health Institute from Texas A&M
• Texas Administrative Code
• Texas Board of Nursing 
• Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services
• Texas Health and Human Services
• Texas Legislature Online
• Texas Medical Board
• Texas Statutes
• Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation
• Free Safety and Health Publications-Division of Workers' Compensation
• Free Audiovisual Library-Division of Workers' Compensation    
• Surrogate Decision Makers for Consents

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