Appendix D

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

ahima.org

AHIMA is a professional association representing more than 53,000 health information professionals who work through-out the healthcare industry. This site includes Journal of AHIMA indexes and articles, position statements, practice briefs, frequently asked questions, member forums, a job board, hot topics, legislative issues, the fellowship program, job descriptions, certification information, Body of Knowl-edge (BoK), Communities of Practice (CoP), and many other resources for HIM students and professionals.

Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM)

aiim.com

AIIM is an ANSI (American National Standards Institute)–accredited standards development organization. AIIM also holds the Secretariat for the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) committee focused on information man-agement compliance issues, TC171.

Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)

aaahc.org

AAAHC is committed to advocating high-quality health services in ambulatory healthcare organizations through the development of standards and survey and accreditation programs.

Accredited Standards Committee—X12

x12.org

ASC X12, comprised of cross-industry representation, deliv-ers the most widely implemented electronic data interchange

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(EDI) standards that interact with a multitude of e-commerce technologies and serves as the premier source for integrating electronic applications.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

ahrq.gov

Home page for the government association for research to increase healthcare quality.

American Accreditation HealthCare Commission/URAC

urac.org

A nonprofit organization that establishes standards for the managed care industry.

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

http://aafp.org

AAFP home page.

American Association of Preferred Provider Organiza-tions (AAPPO)

aappo.org

A national association of network-based preferred provider organizations and affiliate organizations.

American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)

ache.org

An international society of healthcare executives, ACHE offers credentialing and educational programs.

American Dental Association (ADA)

http://ada.org

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The ADA is an ANSI-accredited standards developing orga-nization that develops dental standards that promote safe and effective oral healthcare.

American Hospital Association (AHA)

aha.org

Members of the American Hospital Association are grouped into three categories: institutional (short-term hospitals, long-term hospitals, headquarters of healthcare systems, nonhospital preacute and postacute facilities, and hospital-affiliated education programs), associate, and personal.

American Hospital Association Research Data

ahadata.com

Detailed hospital research databank and resource for health-care provider information.

American Health Quality Association

ahqa.org

AHQA represents quality improvement organizations and professionals working to improve the quality of healthcare.

American Health Lawyers Association

http://healthlawyers.org

Organization for lawyers associated with the health field.

American Medical Association (AMA)

ama-assn.org

AMA’s strategic agenda remains rooted in its historic com-mitment to standards, ethics, excellence in medical educa-tion and practice, and advocacy on behalf of the medical profession and the patients it services.

American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)

amia.org

AMIA is a nonprofit membership organization of individu-als, institutions, and corporations dedicated to developing and using information technologies to improve healthcare.

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

ansi.org

This website includes a public forum for the voluntary coor-dination of healthcare informatics standards among all US standards-developing organizations.

American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA)

ania.org

ANIA is a nonprofit membership organization of individuals dedicated to promoting the field of nursing informatics and offering its members resources that enrich their roles in the field of nursing informatics.

American Osteopathic Association (AOA)

http://osteopathic.org

Home page for the accrediting agency for all osteopathic medical colleges and healthcare facilities.

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

astm.org

An organization that sets technical standards for industries.

America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)

ahip.org

A trade association representing the private healthcare sys-tem that provides health, long-term care, dental, disability, and supplemental coverage to consumers.

Association for Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACDIS)

http://hcpro.com/acdis/about.cfm

ACDIS home page where CDI professionals share the tips, tools, and strategies to implement successful programs.

Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI)

ahdi.org

AHDI represents and advances the profession of medical transcription and its practitioners.

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)

astho.org

A nonprofit organization representing the state and territorial public health agencies of the United States, US territories, and the District of Columbia.

Canada’s Health Informatics Association

coachorg.com

An organization of individuals representing the full range of healthcare-related organizations and agencies, including government and nongovernment telecommunications tech-nologies and educational institutions, which is dedicated to promoting a clear understanding of health informatics within the Canadian health system.

Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA)

echima.ca

CHIMA home page.

Canadian Institute for Health Information

cihi.ca

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A nonprofit organization that provides Canadians with essential statistics and analysis about their health and their healthcare system.

Caring Connections

caringinfo.org

Caring Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a national con-sumer and community engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life.

CCH Internet Research Network

health.cch.com/network

Links to federal laws, regulations, and programs: Balanced Budget Act, APCs, home health agency licensure, Medicare and Medicaid, OASIS, and PPS.

Center for Health Information Technology (CHiT)

http://centerforhit.org

CHiT home page, assisting office-based clinicians with HIT. Sponsored by AAFP.

Center for Health Transformation

healthtransformation.net

A unique collaboration of national leaders dedicated to accelerating the adoption of transformational ideas, policies, and technologies to create a healthcare system characterized by better outcomes and more choices at lower cost.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

cdc.gov

CDC home page.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

cms.gov

A federal agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology

cchit.org

A voluntary, private-sector initiative to certify HIT products

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)

http://clsi.org

A global, nonprofit, standards-development organization that promotes the development and use of voluntary consensus standards and guidelines within the healthcare community. Its core business is the development of globally applicable voluntary consensus documents for healthcare testing.

Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC)

http://cdisc.org/

CDISC is an open, multidisciplinary, nonprofit organization that has established worldwide industry standards to sup-port the electronic acquisition, exchange, submission, and archiving of clinical trials data and metadata for medical and biopharmaceutical product development.

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

http://gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

The CFR is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive depart-ments and agencies of the federal government.

College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)

cio-chime.org

CHIME was formed with the dual objective of serving the professional development needs of healthcare CIOs and advocating the more effective use of information manage-ment within healthcare.

Connecting for Health

connectingforhealth.org

A public-private collaborative designed to address the bar-riers to development of an interconnected health informa-tion infrastructure. Established by the Markle Foundation, it receives additional funding and support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (CAHPS)

http://cahps.ahrq.gov

Home page for a public–private initiative to develop stan-dardized surveys of patients’ experiences with ambulatory and facility-level care. Sponsored by AHRQ/HHS.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

hhs.gov

The Department of Health and Human Services is the US government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.

Disease Management Association of America (DMAA)

dmaa.org

A nonprofit organization representing the disease manage-ment community.

e-Health Initiative

ehealthinitiative.org

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The eHealth Initiative is a corporate membership organiza-tion. It, and the Foundation for eHealth Initiative, are inde-pendent, nonprofit affiliated organizations whose missions are the same: to drive improvement in the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare through information and information technology.

European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

http://cenorm.be/cenorm/index.htm

CEN contributes to the objectives of the European Union and European Economic Area with voluntary technical standards that promote free trade, the safety of workers and consumers, the interoperability of networks, environmental protection, the exploitation of research and development programs, and public procurement.

Federation of American Hospitals (FAH)

http://fah.org

Represents owned and managed hospitals and health systems that offer traditional care, ambulatory care, and psychiat-ric and rehabilitative care and allied companies involved in health insurance and healthcare systems.

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

hcca-info.org

HCCA is a forum for healthcare professionals involved in compliance serving all segments of the healthcare industry.

Health Industry Business Communications Council (HIBCC)

hibcc.org/

HIBCC is an industry-sponsored and -supported nonprofit organization. As an ANSI-accredited organization, its pri-mary function is to facilitate electronic communications by developing standards for information exchange among healthcare trading partners.

Health Level Seven (HL7)

hl7.org

One of the ANSI-accredited standards-developing organiza-tions operating in the healthcare area, producing standards for particular healthcare domains such as pharmacy, medical devices, imaging, and insurance transactions.

Health on the Net Foundation (HON)

http://hon.ch

Dedicated to realizing the benefits of the Internet and related technologies in the fields of health and medicine.

Health Privacy Project

healthprivacy.org

Cites, summarizes, and provides links to federal and state disclosure laws and provides articles covering privacy issues.

Health.gov

health.gov

This site is a portal to the websites of a number of multia-gency health initiatives and activities of the US Department of Health and Human Services and other federal departments and agencies.

Healthcare Billing and Management Association (HBMA)

hbma.org

Founded in 1993, the HBMA is the only trade association representing third-party medical billers.

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Soci-ety (HIMSS)

himss.org

HIMSS is a trade association driving the adoption of stra-tegic information management and technology in the health industry.

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

ahrq.gov/data/hcup

National statistics, trends, and selected state statistics about hospital stays.

Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)

hfma.org

Professional association for financial management profes-sionals working in healthcare.

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

http://iom.edu

The IOM serves as adviser to the nation to improve health.

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

iso.org/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage

ISO is a nongovernmental organization and network of national standards institutes from 157 countries.

Human Anatomy Online

innerbody.com

Each anatomy topic has animations, hundreds of graphics, and thousands of descriptive links.

International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)

imia.org

IMIA home page.

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IPA Association of America (TIPAAA)

tipaaa.com

Assists independent/integrated physician associations by providing services that lead to decisions that will contribute to the implementation of appropriate operational systems, resulting in greater efficiency.

Joint Commission

jointcommission.org

Evaluates and accredits healthcare organizations and pro-grams in the United States.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA)

jamia.org

Articles and abstracts from JAMIA.

Kaiser Family Foundation

statehealthfacts.kff.org

Provides individual state healthcare profiles and comparative healthcare data for all 50 states.

HealthGrades

http://healthgrades.com

Healthcare ratings organization providing ratings and pro-files of hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians to consum-ers, corporations, health plans, and hospitals.

Mayo Clinic

mayoclinic.com

The Mayo Clinic home page.

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)

mgma.com

MGMA strives to improve the effectiveness of medical group practices and the knowledge and skills of those who manage and lead them.

Medical Transcription Industry Alliance (MTIA)

mtia.com

A nonprofit membership association serving the needs of medical transcription companies and HIM professionals.

MEDLINE

medlineplus.gov

A subservice of the National Library of Medicine.

Merck Manual Home Edition

merck.com/mmpe

Medical reference book.

NANDA International

nanda.org

NANDA International is a member-driven, grassroots orga-nization committed to the development of nursing diagnostic terminology.

National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)

nahq.org

Website for the organization for healthcare quality professionals.

National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)

nahdo.org

Membership organization dedicated to strengthening the nation’s health information system by bringing together a network of state, federal, and private-sector technical and policy leaders and consultants to expand health systems development and shape responsible health information policies.

National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC)

nahc.org

An organization supporting the home care side of the health industry.

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

cdc.gov/nchs

The federal government’s principal vital and health sta-tistics agency; part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

ncqa.org

An independent, nonprofit organization that evaluates and reports on the quality of the nation’s managed care organizations.

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)

ncvhs.hhs.gov

Home page for NCVHS.

National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP)

ncpdp.org

A committee under the Designated Standard Maintenance Organization (DSMO) that specializes in developing stan-dards for exchanging prescription and payment information.

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National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC)

http://nationalehealth.org

The National eHealth Collaborative (formerly AHIC Suc-cessor, Inc.) is a public–private partnership driving the development of a secure, interoperable, nationwide health information system. The National eHealth Collaborative was founded in 2008 to build on the accomplishments of the American Health Information Community (AHIC).

National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII)

aspe.hhs.gov/sp/nhii

US Department of Health and Human Services Webpage for NHII.

National Information Standards Organization (NISO)

niso.org

An ANSI-accredited, nonprofit association that identi-fies, develops, maintains, and publishes technical standards to manage information. NISO standards address areas of retrieval, repurposing, storage, metadata, and preservation.

National Quality Forum (NQF)

http://qualityforum.org

NQF is a not-for-profit membership organization that devel-ops and implements a national strategy for healthcare quality measurement and reporting.

National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC)

http://qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov

NQMS is a public repository for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets. Sponsored by AHRQ/HHS.

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)

ntis.gov

NTIS acts as the central source for US government scientific, technical, and business information. This growing collection, including millions of publications as well as audiovisual materials, computer data files, and software, originates from US federal agencies, industry and university contractors with the federal government, and a worldwide compendium of research and development organizations.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

nih.gov

Home page for the NIH.

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

nlm.nih.gov

A biomedical library.

National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC)

nubc.org

An organization created to meet the goals of Administrative Simplification as outlined in HIPAA.

National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC)

nucc.org

Develops a standardized data set for use by noninstitutional healthcare communities to transmit claim and encounter information to and from all third-party payers.

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Informa-tion Technology (ONC)

hhs.gov/healthit

Home page for the ONC.

Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR)

pdr.net

Online home of the Physicians’ Desk Reference.

International Association of Privacy Professions (IAPP)

privacyassociation.org

International organization for privacy officers.

Professional Association of Health Care Office Manage-ment (PAHCOM)

pahcom.com

Provides a support system to the managers of group and solo physician practices.

PubMed

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed

A service of the National Library of Medicine that includes more than 15 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles dating back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources. (See AHIMA article: Getting to know PubMed: An overview. 2005)

Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC)

http://quic.gov

Federal agencies that purchase, provide, study, or regulate health services and collaborate toward the common goal of high-quality and efficient healthcare systems.

Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF)

carf.org

A nonprofit organization offering accreditation to programs and services in rehabilitation, behavioral health, and other areas.

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

http://rwjf.org

Home page for foundation whose mission is to improve the health and healthcare of all Americans.

Thomas

http://thomas.loc.gov/

In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, legislative information from the Library of Congress.

3M Health Information Systems

3Mhis.com

A global leader offering innovative products and solutions for medical, oral care, health information management, drug delivery, and food safety.

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)

unos.org/index.php

The private, nonprofit organization that manages the nation’s organ transplant system under contract with the federal government.

US Government Printing Office

gpoaccess.gov

Government publications.

Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI)

wedi.org

A resource for electronic connectivity in the healthcare industry.

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