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Healthcare Industry Associations

Below are some Jacobus recommended list of valuable healthcare industry organizations and resources:

	ONC - US Dept of HHS The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is at the forefront of the administration’s health IT efforts and is a resource to the entire health system to support the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care.
	AHRQ - US Dept of HHS The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. As 1 of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports research that helps people make more informed decisions and improves the quality of health care services.
	ACHE The American College of Healthcare Executives exists to be the premier professional society for healthcare executives dedicated to improving healthcare delivery and advance their members and healthcare management excellence.
	AAHAM The American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management is the premier professional organization in healthcare administrative management. Their mission is to provide education, certification, networking, and advocacy for healthcare revenue cycle professionals.
	The Leapfrog Group The Leapfrog Group promotes improvements in the safety of health care by giving consumers data to make more informed hospital choices.
	PMI Project Management Institute is the world’s leading not-for-profit membership association for the project management profession, with more than half a million members and credential holders in 185 countries. Their worldwide advocacy for project management is supported by our globally-recognized standards and credentials, our extensive research program, and our professional development opportunities.
	ANIA Caring The purpose of the American Nursing Informatics Association is to advance the field of nursing informatics through communication, education, research and professional activities.
	AIHCP The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc. is a, professional organization serving various health care professionals, providing Health Care Certification, Continuing Education, and Fellowship programs in their practice specialty. They offer program approvals for continuing education events, seminars, courses, independent study, and other educational activities based on quality standards.
	AHIMA American Health Information Management Association is a health information management (HIM) professional association over 61,000 members strong. Since its founding in 1928, AHIMA has remained committed to quality healthcare through quality information.
	AMIA American Medical Informatics Association is dedicated to promoting the effective organization, analysis, management, and use of information in health care in support of patient care, public health, teaching, research, administration, and related policy. AMIA’s 4,000 members advance the use of health information and communications technology in clinical care and clinical research, personal health management, public health/population, and translational science with the ultimate objective of improving health.
	ANA The American Nurses Association represents the interests of registered nurses through its constituent member nurses associations and its organizational affiliates. The ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the rights 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.
	ANCC The American Nurses Credentialing Center provides individuals and organizations throughout the nursing profession with the resources they need to achieve practice excellence.
	AONE The American Organization of Nurse Executives provides leadership, professional development, advocacy and research in order to advance nursing practice and patient care, promote nursing leadership excellence and shape health care public policy.
	ISMP The Institute for Safe Medication Practices is devoted entirely to medication error prevention and safe medication use by helping healthcare practitioners keep patients safe. Their goal is to advance patient safety worldwide by empowering the healthcare community, including consumers, to prevent medication errors.
	NAHQ The National Association for Healthcare Quality empowers healthcare quality professionals from every specialty by providing vital research, education, networking, certification and professional practice resources, and a strong voice for healthcare quality.
	OMG - BPMN Object Management Group's mission is to develop enterprise integration standards that provide real-world value. OMG created the Business Process Modeling Notation which is a standard for business process modeling. The objective of BPMN is to support business process management for both technical users and business users by providing a notation that is intuitive to business users yet able to represent complex process semantics.
	HFMA Healthcare Financial Management Association is the leading membership organization for healthcare financial management executives and leaders.Through various initiatives, coalitions, and the work of member bodies such as the Principles and Practices Board, HFMA develops and promotes ethical, high-quality healthcare finance practices.
	MUSE The Medical Users Software Exchange supports healthcare organizations using MEDITECH developed software and technologies, by providing a user-driven networking environment conducive to learning - where ideas are exchanged and information is shared so that our members can continually improve organizational performance.
	HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society is a cause-based, not-for-profit organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare practices and public policy through its content expertise, professional development, and research initiatives designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to improving the quality, safety, access, and cost-effectiveness of patient care.
	HIMSS (Meaningful Use) In its role as the leading authority on the appropriate implementation and use of health IT, HIMSS has developed the Meaningful Use OneSource to equip its members and other interested organizations to prepare for the Meaningful Use and Certification Criteria and Standards regulations.
	RNCaseManager.com RN Case Manager is a comprehensive source of jobs, professional services, networking, and helpful resources for the Nurse (RN) Case Manager and Nurse Case Management.
	Health e-Technologies Initiative The Health e-Technologies Iniative is a program of funded research that advanced the discovery of scientific knowledge regarding the effectiveness of interactive applications (i.e., Internet, interactive TV and voice response systems, kiosks, personal digital assistants, CD-ROMs, DVDs) for health behavior change and chronic disease management. The goal was to find out whether or not these applications improved processes and outcomes of care for culturally diverse groups of patients/consumers and supported provider adherence to evidence-based care.
	HL7 Health Level Seven International (HL7) is a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standards developing organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery and evaluation of health services.

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