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Association of State and Territorial Health Officials 
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is the national nonprofit organization representing the state and territorial public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. te... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is the primary source of Federal support for research on problems related to the quality and delivery of health services. The Healthcare Research and Qua... Details >
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration
The Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Health Resources and Services Administration, improves the health status of the population by providing national leadership in the development, distribution an... Details >
Center for Quality, Health Resources and Services Administration
The Center for Quality was established in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) with the mission to strengthen and improve the quality of health care, especially as it relates to HRS... Details >
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), administers Medicare, Medicaid, related quality assurance programs, and other programs. ... Details >
Division of Quality Assurance, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration
The primary function of the Division of Quality Assurance is to protect the public by promoting quality assurance programs and activities. In so doing, DQA manages the National Practitioner Data Bank... Details >
Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HRSA directs programs that improve the Nation’s health by expanding access to ... Details >
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those ... Details >
Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force
The goal of the Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC) is to ensure that all Federal agencies involved in purchasing, providing, studying, or regulating health care services are working in... Details >
American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons
The goal of this scientific and educational association of orthopedists and neurosurgeons is to improve the quality of care and directions for patients in the fields of orthopaedics and neurosurgery. ... Details >
American Health Quality Association
The American Health Quality Association represents Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and professionals working to improve the quality of health care in communities across America. QIOs share ... Details >
American Medical Association
The American Medical Association (AMA), founded in 1847, is the professional organization for physicians in the United States. The AMA disseminates information on issues important to physicians, pati... Details >
America's Blood Centers
America's Blood Centers is an international network of community-based blood centers that collects nearly half of the U.S. Blood supply and about 25% of the Canadian blood supply. The largest provide... Details >
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Our mission is to promote advocacy, collaboration and leadership that improves the health status and access of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders within the U.S., its territories ... Details >
C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth
Located at Dartmouth, this Institute is dedicated to the improvement of human health. The Institute designs and implements strategies that enhance the health of individuals, families, and communities... Details >
Family Care Research Program
Family Care Research Program is a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort of faculty from the Michigan State University Colleges of Nursing and Human Medicine and the Department of Family Practice. Th... Details >
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc.
The Federation is composed of 70 member boards whose primary responsibilities and obligations are to protect the public through the regulation of physicians and other health care providers. FSMB serve... Details >
Home Healthcare Nurses Association
This is a membership organization of persons who are involved in home healthcare practice, education, administration or research. The organization's goal is to develop the specialty of home healthcare... Details >
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a not-for-profit organization leading the improvement of health care throughout the world. Founded in 1991 and based in Boston, MA, IHI is a catalyst... Details >
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is a private, not for profit organization established in 1951 to evaluate health care organizations that voluntarily seek accreditatio... Details >
Med Help International
Med Help International pioneered the field of consumer health information on the Internet. Since 1994, the Med Help Web site has remained one of largest and most trusted consumer focused medical Inter... Details >
National Association of Health Services Executives
Founded in 1968 as a non-profit association of Black health care executives, the National Association of Health Services Executives' purpose is to advance and develop Black health care leaders, and e... Details >
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
NAIC is the organization of insurance regulators from the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the four U.S. territories. A state regulator's primary responsibility is to protect the interests of i... Details >
National Coalition on Health Care
The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) is the nation's largest and most broadly representative alliance working to improve America's health care. The Coalition is comprised of almost 100 groups ... Details >
National Committee for Quality Assurance
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to measuring the quality of America's health care. The organization is governed by a Board... Details >
National Health Council
The National Health Council (NHC), founded in 1920, is a nonprofit association of health organizations, including voluntary health agencies, professional and membership associations, nonprofit volunta... Details >
National Quality Forum
The National Quality Forum was created in 1999 as a private, not-for-profit, public benefit corporation whose mission is to develop and implement national strategy for healthcare quality measurement a... Details >
Remaking American Medicine: Health Care for the 21st Century
Remaking American Medicine is a four-part primetime television series intended for broadcast on PBS in early 2006. It is being produced by the award-winning media company, Crosskeys Media. KQED in S... Details >
The Center to Advance Palliative Care
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) provides health care professionals with the tools, training, and technical assistance necessary to start and sustain successful palliative care programs in... Details >