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An organization of health insurance companies that is promoting Computerized Physician Order Entry to hospitals as a way to decrease medication errors.
http://www.leapfroggroup.org/
Organization that gathers safety data from hospitals and makes recommendations to improve patient safety in hospitals.
http://www.ismp.org/
The Association represents hospitals, healthcare networks and their patients and communities. Extensive information on current Acts, Congressional budgets and news of interest to the healthcare industry.
http://www.aha.org/
Information on how the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 is hurting America's hospitals.
http://www.protecthealthcare.org
Hospital conversion in the marketplace and the policy world. The growing trend towards mergers and acquisitions in the hospital industry.
http://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cybe...exchange/conversion/truecon.html
Represents the nations's health care system as advocate to hospitals, research, and education. Most members are major teaching hospitals or academic health science centers.
http://www.naph.org/
A coalition of private safety-net urban hospitals who have joined to assure adequate reimbursement from public payers such as Medicaid & Medicare.
http://www.nauh.org/
What are people saying about hospitals in the news and print ads? Southern California-area hospitals graded by the public.
http://www.victimsofcedars.com/