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ADVANCE for Health Information Executives specializes in coverage of emerging e-health and computer-based patient record technologies.

The American Association For Respiratory Care seeks to ensure a better, healthier future for all by promoting prevention, quality treatment, and management of respiratory diseases.

The American Association of Blood Banks is an international association of blood banks, including hospital and community blood centers, transfusion and transplantation services and individuals involved in activities related to transfusion and transplantation medicine.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities.

The AMA’s envisioned future is to be an essential part of the professional life of every physician and an essential force for progress in improving the nation’s health.

ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.

APTA is a national professional organization representing more than 63,000 members. Its goal is to foster advancements in physical therapy practice, research, and education.

Behavioral Health Management informs decision makers in managed behavioral healthcare organizations, provider groups, and treatment centers of the ever-changing demands of their field.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a Federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Programs for which CMS is responsible include Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), HIPAA, and CLIA.

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission accredits entities engaged in ehealth activities of electronic healthcare transactions and management of healthcare information on their ability to meet high quality performance standards in the areas of privacy, security, technical performance and business practice.

The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.

Health Data Management is a leading industry source for I.T. news and in-depth analysis, a trusted resource for the critical knowledge key decision makers need to stay abreast–and keep ahead–in the constantly evolving health care I.T. market.

Health Management Technology is a healthcare IT publication that provides BPA-audited data on the software, hardware and IT products its subscribers specify, recommend or approve for purchase.

The Health Privacy Project is dedicated to raising public awareness of the importance of ensuring health privacy in order to improve health care access and quality, both on an individual and a community level. This helpful site features updated summaries of state health privacy statutes.

HFMA, one of the nation's leading personal membership organizations for healthcare financial management professionals, brings perspective and clarity to the industry's complex issues for the purpose of preparing its members to succeed.

Healthcare Informatics is a monthly business magazine that provides timely, high-quality intelligence about information technology for the executives and managers on the IT decision-making team in healthcare facilities and organizations of every type.

HIMSS is exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology and management systems for the betterment of human health.

HealthLeaders is a leading multi-platform media company dedicated to meeting the business information needs of healthcare executives and professionals.

President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, H.R. 1. The legislation provides $19.2 billion for health IT to help stimulate the economy, increase investment in health IT, build a strong IT infrastructure for healthcare, and expand job growth. In brief, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is intended to achieve widespread adoption of health IT and enable electronic exchange of health information. Visit this link to continue to learn the latest on health IT policy.

The Health Forum provides communications, information, education and research products and services that advance leadership for health.

The Institute provides objective, timely, authoritative information and advice concerning health and science policy to government, the corporate sector, the professions, and the public.

Modern Healthcare, a health care business news weekly, provides hospital executives with reliable, up-to-date and comprehensive healthcare news.

The Nashville Business Journal features the exclusive work from Nashville's best business journalists, along with hundreds of the freshest business leads available.

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is a weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research findings, review articles, and editorial opinion on a wide variety of topics of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice.

The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 16,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.

The Leapfrog Group was created to help save lives and reduce preventable medical mistakes by mobilizing employer purchasing power to initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety of health care and by giving consumers information to make more informed hospital choices.

The mission of the Government Printing Office (GPO) is to inform the Nation by producing, procuring, and disseminating printed and electronic publications of the Congress as well as the executive departments and establishments of the Federal Government.

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 who are least able to help themselves.

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange is an organization dedicated to fostering widespread support for the adoption of electronic commerce within healthcare.