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AANA - American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
ABA - American Bar Association
Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses
Adam Consumer health site
Advisory Board
AHCA - American Health Care Association
AHCA - (Florida) Agency for Health Care Administration
AHCPR - Agency for Health Care Policy & Research
AHIMA - American Health Information Management Association
AMA - American Medical Association
AMA Health Insight (AMA's consumer site)
American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
American Academy of Nursing
American Assembly for Men in Nursing
American Association for the History of Nursing, Inc.
American Association of Blood Banks
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
American Association of Diabetes Educators
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
American Association of Nurse Attorneys
American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc.
American Association of Office Nurses
American Compliance Institute
American Dietetic Association
American Health Lawyers Association
American Hospital Association
American Medical Specialty Organization, Inc.
American MedTrust
American Nurses Association http://www.nursingworld.org
American Organization of Nurse Executives http://www.aone.org
American Psychiatric Nurses’ Association http://www.apna.org
American Society of Peri-Anesthesia Nurses http://www.aspan.org
America's Doctor http://www.americasdoctor.com/
ASHRM http://www.ashrm.org
ASHRM - GHSHRM (Greater Houston Society For Healthcare Risk Management) http://www.medrisk.com/~ghshrm/
ASHRM - GSHRM (Georgia Society for Healthcare Risk Management) http://www.gshrm.org/
ASHRM - ISHRM (Indiana Society for Healthcare Risk Management) http://www.ishrm.org/
ASHRM - NNESHRM (Northern New England Society For Health Care Risk Management) http://www.nneshrm.org/
ASHRM - North Carolina http://www.nc-ashrm.org/
ASHRM - Tennessee http://www.tshrm.org/
ASHRM - Virginia http://www.vashrm.org/
Association for Practitioners in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. http://www.apic.org
Association of American Medical Colleges http://www.aamc.org/
Association of Camp Nurses http://www.campnurse.org
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care http://www.anacnet.org
Association of Operating Room Nurses http://www.aorn.org
Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses http://www.apon.org
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses http://www.rehabnurse.org
Association of State Medical Boards http://www.docboard.org/
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses http://www.awhonn.org
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Case Management Society of America http://www.cmsa.org
Center for Biomedical Ethics http://www.cwru.edu/med/bioethics/bioethics.html
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Formerly HCFA http://www.cms.gov
Centers for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud http://www.insurancefraud.org
COBRA (Stephen Frew) http://www.medlaw.com/
Congressional Record http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html
Corporate Compliance Publication http://www.aispub.com
CPCU Society Virtual Insurance Community http://www.cpcusociety.org/
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Department of Health & Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
Dermatology Nurses Association http://dna.inurse.com
Development Disabilities Nurses Association http://www.ddna.org
Doctors Guide http://www.pslgroup.com/
Drug infonet (Drug information and many, many links) http://www.druginfonet.com/
Drug Interactions: What You Should Know http://www.cfhinfo.org/pressRoom/pressIndex.html
Duke University Medical Center Library http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/
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Emergency Nurses Association http://www.ena.org
EMTALA (Stephen Frew) http://www.medlaw.com/
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/
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FBI http://www.fbi.gov/
FCA Legal Center http://www.taf.org
FDA on re-use www.fda.gov/cdrh/reuse/index.html
Federal Register http://www.archives.gov/
Federal Telemedicine Gateway http://www.tmgateway.org/
FEMA http://www.fema.gov/
Food and Drug Administration Home Page http://www.fda.gov/
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Georgia http://www.state.ga.us/
GeoHealthWeb http://www.pharmulary.com
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Harvard Risk Management Foundation http://www.rmf.org/
HCFA - The Medicare and Medicaid Agency - now CMS http://www.cms.gov/
HCLA - Health Care Liability Alliance http://www.hcla.org/html/hcla050296.htm
hcPro - a site with information on numerous healthcare issues - you can subscribe for e-news on a variety of topics http://www.hcpro.com
HCQIA (Healthcare Quality Improvement Act) http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/ch117.html#PC117
Healthcare Regulations and Policy http://hippo.findlaw.com
Health Services/Technology Assessment Text http://text.nlm.nih.gov/
Health AtoZ http://www.healthatoz.com/
Healthcare Law: “On Your Side” Publication http://www.bobospicer.com
Healthfinder - The government's directory of authoritative health information http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Healthsafetyinfo.com - "The Healthcare Safety Supersite" - information on medication errors http://www.healthsafetyinfo.com/resources/
HealthStream - has educational topics http://www.healthstream.com
HIPPA Information http://www.wedi.org/
Home Healthcare Nurses Association http://www.hhna.org
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Inside Health Care http://www.insidehealthcare.com/
Institute for Safe Medication Practices http://www.ismp.org/
Insurance Institute of America http://www.aicpcu.org/
Insurance News Network (Insurance Ratings) http://www.insure.com/ratings/index.html
Internet Legal Resource Guide http://www.ilrg.com/
Intravenous Nurse Society http://www.ins1.org
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JCAHO http://www.jcaho.org/
Juran Institute http://www.juran.com/
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League of Intravenous Therapy Education http://www.lite.org
Legal Research http://www.lawinfo.com/links
Legal Technology Resource Center (ABA) http://www.abanet.org/lawlink/associations.html
Long Term Care News http://www.ahca.org/news/news.htm
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Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html
McCullough, Campbell & Lane http://www.mcandl.com/index.html
McDermount, Will and Emery - good health Law updates http://www.mwe.com/
Med Mal Statutes http://www.mcandl.com/publications.html
Medfinder http://www.mdchoice.com
MedGuide http://www.medguide.org
Medical College of Georgia http://www.mcg.edu/
Medical Group Management Association http://www.mgma.com/
Medical Matrix http://www.medmatrix.org
Medical Outcomes Trust http://www.outcomes-trust.org
Medical Records Institute http://www.medrecinst.com/
MedLine - National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
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NAHQ - National Association of Healthcare Quality http://www.nahq.org/
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists http://www.nacns.org
National Committee for Quality Assurance http://www.ncqa.org
National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare http://www.ncihc.org
National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov
National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
National Medical Specialty Societies http://www.ama-assn.org/med_link/nation.htm
National Patient Safety Foundation (affiliated with AMA) http://www.npsf.org
National Practitioner Data Bank http://www.npdb.com/
National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/
New England Journal of Medicine http://www.nejm.org/
NFPA Codes & Standards Server Home http://www.nfpa.org/
NIH - National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health - Violence in the Workplace http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/violdev.html
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Occupational Safety and Health Agency http://www.osha.gov
OIG - News release mailing list signup http://www.hhs.gov/oig/
OSHA - Occupational Safety & Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/
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Practitioner Data Bank http://www.npdb.com
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RIMS http://www.rims.org/
Risk Management Foundation http://www.rmf.org/
Risk Management Reports http://www.riskinfo.com/
Rx2000 Solutions Institute http://www.rx2000.org/
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Safety Information Web Site - Excellent site - contains Power Point Presentations and many articles on Safety http://www.safetyinfo.com/
Search - Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk http://www.itools.com/research-it
Senior Sites http://www.seniorsites.com/
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Telephone/Email Look-up http://www.anywho.com/
Tennessee (Home page) http://www.state.tn.us/
Tennessee Hospital Association http://www.tha.com
The General Accounting Office http://www.gao.gov/
The Medical and Public Health Law Site http://plague.law.umkc.edu/
The Merck Manual - (Home edition) http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/
Today’s Legal News http://www.lawnewsnetwork.com
TQM Tools & Techniques http://www.deming.edu/WEDI/WEDIMain.html
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U.S. Supreme Court http://www.lawsonline.com/
U.S. National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov
U.S. Sentencing Commission http://www.ussc.gov
United States (Court of appeals) http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/federal/judicial/cafed.cfm
United States House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/
United States Senate http://www.senate.gov/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov
US Medical Licensing Exam http://www.usmle.org/
USPS City State / Zip Code Associations http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_ctystzip.html
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Vanguard - (re-use of disposables) http://www.safe-reuse.com/
Virtual Anatomy http://www.vesalius.com/
Virtual Medical Library http://www.ccspublishing.com/
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Wound Care Information Network http://www.medicaledu.com/wndguide.htm
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