Resources for MGH

• Health Care Advisory Board (HCAB) Reports on best practices in healthcare planning and management. New users must register and create their own passwords. MGH access only.
• Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions Provides claims management and services related to loss prevention, patient safety, quality improvement, underwriting, and related research to CRICO-insured physicians, health care organizations and clinical practice organizations.

Directories

• American Hospital Directory Hospital data, statistics, and measurements of performance.
• Directory of Health and Human Services Data Resources Compilation of information about most major data collection systems sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Healthweb; Health Administration Links to healthcare administration internet resources (University of Michigan).
• Hospital Web List of U.S. hospitals on the internet.
• MedWeb: Health Care Reform Healthcare administration resources (Emory University).

Massachusetts Resources

• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts Home Page
• Directory of Massachusetts Hospitals
• Harvard Business School Working Knowledge
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Massachusetts Executive Office of Health & Human Services
• Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
• Massachusetts Health Quality Partnership
• Massachusetts Hospital Association
• Massachusetts Medical Society
• Tufts Health Plan

Other Resources

• HCUP ( Healthcare Cost Utilization Project). Administrative longitudinal databases with patient-level information. Tools for statistical analyses of hospital data at the national, regional, and state level.
• HEDIS (Health Plan and Employer Data Set). Standardized performance measures designed to compare the performance of managed health care plans. Includes a standardized survey of consumers' experiences that evaluates plan performance.
• Health Services and Sciences Research Resources (HSRR) Database Descriptions of research datasets, instruments/indices, and software applications used in health services research and in the behavioral and social sciences. The tools may be used to assess data variables and data collection methodologies.
• Healthmart Comparative hospital performance data.
• HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996). Includes Administrative Simplification.
• Solucient 100 Top Hospitals Includes Benchmarks for Success.
• State Health Facts Online State-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
• US News Top Hospitals Hospital rankings.

Associations and Organizations

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• American Board of Medical Specialties
• American College of Healthcare Executives
• American College of Physician Executives
• American Health Lawyers Association
• American Hospital Association
• American Medical Association
• American Medical Specialty Organization Managed Care Forum
• American Public Health Association
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Previously known as HCFA (Health Care Financing Administration)
• HHS U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
• OSHA ( Occupational Health and Safety Administration)
• National Association of Health Data Organizations
• National Committee for Quality Assurance
• National Information Center for Health Services Administration Collaboration of the American College of Healthcare Executives, American College of Physician Executives and the American Hospital Association.
• World Health Organization

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