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Health Researchers, Analysts, Planners

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

  • Surgeon Compensation Models Reviewed - Conexiant
  • These Miami-area hospitals are tops in nation for patient safety, report says - Miami Herald
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - Britannica
  • Core Elements of Hospital Diagnostic Excellence (DxEx) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)
  • MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center streamlines patient transitions with I-Pass - The Medical University of South Carolina
  • HAIs: Reports and Data - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)
  • Dr. Joshua J. Joseph ’03 Appointed to Leadership Role Advancing Community-Centered Research at Ohio State - Morehouse College
  • Advancing Evidence-Based Patient Safety: ECRI’s Contributions to Making Healthcare Safer IV - ECRI

Federal Health Enterprise Organizations

  • American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
  • CDC: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
  • CDC: Centers for Disese Control and Prevention
  • Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
  • DHA: Defense Health Agency (DHA) DHA: Defense Health Agency (DHA)
  • DHA: Health Net Federal Services DHA: Health Net Federal Services
  • DHA: Humana Military DHA: Humana Military
  • DHA: United Healthcare Military & Veterans DHA: United Healthcare Military & Veterans
  • DHHS: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • DHHS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • DHHS: Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
  • DHHS: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • DHHS: U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS)
  • DHS: Office of Health Affairs
  • Federal News Radio
  • Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • Healthy Communities Program
  • Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
  • MentalHealth.Gov
  • Military Health System (MHS)
  • National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
  • OPM: Office Of Personnel Management (OPM)
  • OPM: The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program
  • TRICARE Pharmacy with Express Scripts, Inc
  • TRIWEST Healthcare Alliance TRIWEST Healthcare Alliance
  • USCG: Office Of Health Services
  • USCG: US Coast Guard
  • VA News Video Link
  • VA: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
  • VA: Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
  • Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

B. Alliances and Coalitions For Better Health

  • Air Force Association (AFA)
  • American Legion
  • American Lung Assocition
  • Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA)
  • The Quit Smoking Community

Academic Health Center Partners

  • Uniformed Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
  • University of Cincinnati

Accreditation, Standards, Watchdogs

  • Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
  • Compliance OnLine
  • Consumer Watchdog (Includes healthcare issues)
  • The American National Standards Institutes
  • The Joint Commission

Institute of Medicine (IOM)

  • Indian Americans to lead Institute of Medicine of Chicago - americanbazaaronline.com
  • Dr. Monica Bertagnolli Is Elected President of National Academy of Medicine - The American College of Surgeons
  • Berkeley Lab Researcher Elected to the National Academy of Medicine - Berkeley Lab News Center (.gov)
  • In Memoriam: Samuel O. Thier, MD - medicine.yale.edu

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

  • The Feds Will Overpay Medicare Advantage Plans By $76B This Year, MedPac Estimates - Word & Brown General Agency
  • Oversight shrinks Medicare Advantage payment gap to $76B: MedPAC - Modern Healthcare
  • MedPAC Members Express Concern Over Medicare Docs' Ability to Absorb Cost Increases - MedPage Today

Plans, Reports, Studies

  • CBO: Approaches to Reducing Federal Spending on Military Health Care
  • CDC: The 2013-2014 National Snapshot of Public Health Preparedness
  • GAO: Clinical Data Registry Program Needs More Effective Health IT Tools
  • GAO: HHS Is Monitoring the Progress of Its Medical Countermeasure Efforts but Has Not Provided Previously Recommended Spending Estimates
  • GAO: “Children's Health Insurance: Information on Coverage of Services, Costs to Consumers, and Access to Care in CHIP and Other Sources of Insurance,” (GAO-14-40,)
  • GAO: “VA Nursing Homes: Reporting More Complete Data on Workload and Expenditures Could Enhance Oversight,” (GAO-14-89)
  • Health IT Patient Safety Plan (Download from Site)
  • Healthy People 2020
  • IOM: Patient Safety in Health IT: Identifying, Describing and Reporting Health IT-Related Events and Hazards
  • Report to Congress on the TRICARE Program for FY 2013
  • VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for assessment and management of patients at risk for suicide
  • Veterans and Military Health: MedlinePlus

Geographical Information Systems

  • County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
  • Geographical Information System (GIS): Dartmouth Atlas Project
  • Vaccine-Preventable Outbreaks Maps

Data, Statistics, Facts, Trends

  • CDC: National Center for Health Statistics
  • DHHS: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  • New statistic model forecasts the effect of tobacco consumption on childhood asthma
  • Statistics on Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Problems – Errors & Harm:
  • The Indian Health Service's "Fact Sheets" contain information on the IHS and on specific healthcare topics concerning American Indian and Alaska Native people
  • WHO: World Health Organization Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)

Tools and Resources For Patients, Beneficiaries, Health Professionals

  • DHHS: Find a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) From Health Resoures and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • Medline Plus (from the NIH)
  • My Health eVet
  • Patients Like Me
  • Pub Med
  • WebMD

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  • A safer opioid? DFNZ discovery suggests pain relief with minimal addictive properties - medicalxpress.com
  • RTP firm at standstill amid D.C. funding limbo - The Business Journals
  • US Academy of Medicine Chief Urges Morocco to Prioritize Prevention in Healthcare Reform - Morocco World News
  • Using RNA to treat heart attacks - National Institutes of Health (.gov)

National Coordinator for Health IT

  • HHS reverses a Biden-era reorganization of top tech officials - FedScoop
  • Connie: Federal Pilot Grant To Advance Electronic Consent Management For Behavioral Health Data - Pulse 2.0
  • HHS Reverses 2024 Tech Reorganization: Why HHS Just Stripped AI and Cyber Operations Out of the ONC - HIT Consultant

Health Enterprise Think Tanks and Centers of Excellence

  • America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
  • Cato Institute
  • Center for American Progress
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
  • Center for Studying Health System Change
  • Council on Foreign Relations Global Health Program
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
  • Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard
  • DHA: Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP)
  • DHA: Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC)
  • DHA: Deployment Health Clinic Center (DHCC)
  • DHA: National Center for Telehealth and Technology (T2)
  • DHA: National Intrepid Center of Excellence (Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Psychological Health (PH) (NICoE)
  • DHHS: CMS Innovation Center
  • Institute for Health Improvement (IHI)
  • Institute for the Future (IFTF)
  • Institute of Medicine (IOM)
  • Johns Hopkins Health Research Centers
  • Kaiser Family foundation: Health Care & Health Policy
  • Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy
  • Mathematica Policy Research
  • Mathematica Policy Research (MPR)
  • National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
  • National Bureau for Economic Research
  • National Quality Forum (NQF)
  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) (Sponsored By Congress)
  • Peterson Institute for International Economics
  • RAND Corporation
  • The Joint Commission
  • The Kaiser Family Foundation
  • Urban Institute
  • VA: PTSD: National Center for PTSD

Subscriptions and Email Services

  • Becker's Healthcare
  • BenefitsPro
  • Drug Dangers
  • EHR Intelligence
  • Family Practice News
  • Family Practice News
  • FierceHealthIT
  • Government Health IT
  • HEALIO: Clinical Information News
  • Health Canal
  • Health care Informatics
  • Health Facts Care
  • Health News Digest
  • Healthcare Intelligence Network
  • HealthLeaders Media
  • ICT: Infection Control Today
  • iHealthBeat
  • Kaiser Health News
  • Med City
  • MedCity
  • Medical Press
  • MedPageToday
  • mHealth News
  • Military Medical News Military Medical News
  • Military Medicine Editions Online by AMSUS Military Medicine Editions Online by AMSUS
  • MobiHealthNews
  • Monthly Prescribing Report (MPR)
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
  • Pharmacy Times
  • Psych News
  • PsychCentral
  • The Digital Journal (Contains health related publications)
  • The Hospitalist
  • Today In DOD
  • WebMD

FHS Thought Leaders

  • David E. Womack (Col, Ret)
  • Douglas E. Anderson (Col, Ret)

Health and Medical Applications

  • Electronic Preventive Service Selector (ePSS)
  • iTriage
  • National Health Hotlines
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