Link CategoriesFederal Government National Organizations Nevada Higher Education Nevada Organizations Useful Publications Quality Improvement / Peer Review Organizations State Government Federal GovernmentAdministration on Aging http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/ Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) [includes price indexes] http://stats.bls.gov Bureau of the Census http://www.census.gov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/hospital.asp Center for Patient Safety http://www.patientsafety.gov/psic/year3/participants.html Congressional Budget Office (CBO) http://www.cbo.gov Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) [physicians] http://www.cogme.gov Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) http://www.os.dhhs.gov Department of Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) http://www.va.gov Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) http://www.fema.gov Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov Government Accountability Office (GAO) [fomerly General Accounting Office] http://www.gao.gov Government Printing Office (GPO) [Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Congressional Record, U.S. Code] http://www.gpoaccess.gov Health Care Financing Administration http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) http://www.hrsa.gov Indian Health Service (IHS) http://www.ihs.gov Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) http://www.medpac.gov Noridian (Medicare Part B Carrier) https://www.noridianmedicare.com/cap_drug/ National Aging Information Center (NAIC) http://www.aoa.gov/naic National Bipartison Commission on the Future of Medicare http://medicare.commission.gov National Center for Chronic Disease Control and Health Promotion (NCCDCHP) http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod National Health Information Center (NHIC) http://www.health.gov/nhic/ National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov National Mental Health Services/Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN) http://www.mentalhealth.org Nursing Home Compare [Medicare, quality] http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/home.asp Pandemic Flu federal gateway [emergency preparedness, epidemics] http://www.pandemicflu.gov Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) http://www.samhsa.gov THOMAS Legislative Information on the Internet http://thomas.loc.gov The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/ United States Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/ United States House http://www.house.gov/ United States Senate http://www.senate.gov/ U.S. Chamber of Commerce http://www.uschamber.com/default U.S. House of Representatives http://www.house.gov U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov U.S. Surgeon General http://www.surgeongeneral.gov VA National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) [U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs] http://www.patientsafety.gov White House http://www.whitehouse.gov Worker’s Compensation related programs http://www.dol.gov/esa/owcp_org.htm National OrganizationsAARP http://www.aarp.org Acute Long Term Hospital Association (ALTHA) http://www.altha.org American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) http://www.aacn.nche.edu American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPM&R, AAPMR) http://www.aapmr.org American Bar Association - Health Law Section (ABA) http://www.abanet.org American Board of Medical Specialties http://www.abms.org/ American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) http://www.clinical-labs.org American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) http://www.ache.org American Health Lawyers Association [formed by merger of American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys and National Health Lawyers Association] http://www.healthlawyers.org Nevada Higher EducationApollo College School of Nursing http://www.trade-schools.net/apollo-college/default.asp Great Basin College Nursing http://www.gbcnv.edu/ Nevada State College School of Nursing http://www.nsc.nevada.edu/academics/programs/nursing/ Nevada System of Higher Education http://system.nevada.edu/ Touro University School of Nursing http://www.tu.edu Truckee Meadows Community College http://www.tmcc.edu/ Truckee Meadows Community College School of Nursing http://www.tmcc.edu/nursing/ University of Southern Nevada School of Nursing http://www.usn.edu/ UNLV School of Nursing http://nursing.unlv.edu/ UNR Orvis School of Nursing http://hhs.unr.edu/osn/ UNR School of Medicine http://www.medicine.nevada.edu/ Western Nevada College School of Nursing http://www.wnc.edu/academics/division/nalh/ Useful PublicationsHigh Sierra AHEC Report Number 04-01 Prepared by: John Packham, PhD and Emily Syphers Health Care and Health Care Education Opportunities in Nevada, 2004 Edition HS AHEC Report Number 03-01 Prepared by: John Packham, PhD Nursing Workforce Supply and Demand in Nevada, 2000 to 2020 Medical Education Council of Nevada (MECON) University of Nevada School of Medicine Prepared by: John Packham, PhD, Tabor Griswold, MS Jake Burkey, MS, and Chris Lake, PhD 2005 Survey of Licensed Registered Nurses in Nevada Nevada OrganizationsCarson City Chamber of Commerce http://www.carsoncitychamber.com/ Covering Kids and Families http://coveringkidsandfamilies.org/ First Health Service Corporation-Nevada https://www.fhsc.com/ Great Basin Primary Care http://www.gbpca.org/ HealthInsight-Nevada http://www.healthinsight.org/hiqa/hiqa.html High Sierra AHEC http://www.highsierraahec.org/ Nevada Dental Association http://www.nvda.org/ Nevada Healthcare Association www.nvhca.org Nevada Organization of Nurse Leaders http://www.nonl.org/home.htm Nevada State Medical Association www.nsmadocs.org Nevada Rural Hospital Partners http://www.nrhp.org/ Nurses of Acheivement http://www.nursesofachievement.com/ Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce http://www.reno-sparkschamber.org/ Southern Nevada Public Health Preparedness http://www.southernnevadahealthdistrict.org/preparedness/default.htm Southern Nevada Health District www.southernnevadahealthdistrict.org Washoe County Health District Health Department http://www.co.washoe.nv.us/health Quality improvement organizations (QIO), peer review organizations (PRO)American Health Quality Association (AHQA) http://www.ahqa.org American Hosptial Association http://www.aha.org American Medical Association (AMA) http://www.ama-assn.org American Nurses Association (ANA) http://www.ana.org American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) http://www.aone.org/ American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administrators (ASHHRA) http://www.ashhra.org American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) http://www.ashrm.org American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services (ASDVS) [includes gift shop or retail operations management] http://www.todaysvolunteer.org Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions (AFEHCT) http://www.afehct.org Association for Hospital Medical Education (AHME) http://www.ahme.org Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) http://www.apic.org Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) http://www.aamc.org Association of Healthcare Administrative Professionals (AHCAP) [formerly Health Care Executive Assistants (HCEA)] http://www.ahcap.org Association of Telehealth Service Providers [telemedicine] http://www.atsp.org Best Practice Network [quality] http://www.best4health.org Coalition to Protect America's Health Care [Medicare, Medicaid funding] http://www.protecthealthcare.org Emergency Department Practice Management Association (EDPMA) http://www.edpma.com Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) [formerly Federation of American Health Systems (FAHS)] http://www.americashospitals.com Health Care Workforce [human resources] http://www.healthcareworkforce.org Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) http://www.hfma.org Hospice Association of America (HAA) http://www.hospice-america.org Hospitals Caring for Communities http://www.caringforcommunities.org Institute for Diversity in Health Management (IFD) http://www.diversityconnection.org Institute of Medicine http://www.nas.edu/iom Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jointcommission.org/ Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org Medical Records Institute (MRI) http://www.medrecinst.com National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) [poor, medically underserved, migrant/homeless health] http://www.nachc.com National Association of Long Term Care Hospitals (NALTH) http://www.nalth.org National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPH) http://www.naph.org National Association of Rural Health Clinics (NARHC) http://www.narhc.org National Committee for Quality Assurance http://web.ncqa.org/ National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) - Health Issues http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/health.htm National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) [formerly NHO] http://www.nhpco.org National League for Nursing (NLN) http://www.nln.org National Medical Association (NMA) http://www.nma.org National Rehabilitation Association/National Association for Rehabilitation Leadership (NARL) formerly National Rehabilitation Administration Association (NRAA) https://www.nationalrehab.org/website/divs/nraa.html National Rural Health Association (NRHA) http://www.nrharural.org Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.rwjf.org The Leapfrog Group http://www.leapfroggroup.org/for_consumers Volunteer Trustees http://www.volunteertrustees.org W.K. Kellogg Foundation http://www.wkkf.org World Health Organization (WHO) http://www.who.int State GovernmentBureau of Licensure and Certification http://health.nv.gov Indian Health Service (IHS) http://www.ihs.gov/ Nevada Bureau of Community Health http://health.nv.gov Nevada Bureau of Family Health Services http://health.nv.gov Nevada Center for Ethics and Health Policy http://hhs.unr.edu/ncehp/ Nevada Commission on Mental Health & Developmental Services http://mhds.state.nv.us/ Nevada Department of Health & Human Services Division of Healthcare Financing & Policy http://dhcfp.state.nv.us/ Nevada Division of Healthcare Finance & Policy (Medicaid) http://dhcfp.state.nv.us/ Nevada Division of Healthcare Finance & Policy (NV CheckUp) http://www.nevadacheckup.state.nv.us/ Nevada Division of Insurance http://doi.state.nv.us/ Nevada Homeland SecurityCommission http://homelandsecurity.nv.gov/SecurityCommission.htm Nevada Secretary of State http://sos.state.nv.us/ Nevada State Assembly http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Assembly/ Nevada State Board of Health http://health.nv.gov Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners http://medboard.nv.gov/ Nevada State Board of Osteopathic Medicine http://license.k3systems.com Nevada State Board of Nursing http://www.nursingboard.state.nv.us/ Nevada State Board of Pharmacy http://bop.nv.gov/ Nevada State Boards and Commissions http://www.nv.gov/new_boards.htm Nevada State Health Division http://health2k.state.nv.us/ Nevada State Legislature http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ Nevada State SCHIP Program http://www.nvaging.net/ship/ship_main.htm Nevada Workers' Compensation Program http://www.workerscompensation.com/nevada.php Nevada Self-Insurers Association http://www.nvsia.org/ Office of the Governor Consumer Health Assistance www.govcha.state.nv.us State of Nevada Official Website http://www.nv.gov/ The Nevada Legislature http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ |