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Data Caveats for data available since 1995, explains any data issues for both Inpatient & Outpatient Data. Inpatient Data
Information that assists in the interpretation of the OHA Data:
Additional Healthcare Information
Healthcare HOT Sites:
Provided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the initiative helps hospitals and physician organizations improve patient outcomes by pursuing perfection in their major care processes. The IHI site also includes course, collaborative, networks and resources. Contains articles, information and links to other Web sites pertinent to managers and administrators working in health care. The site includes information about health economics, medical and insurance legislation, industry news, legal issues, regulations compliance, policy, business resources, human resources, careers, terminology and more. FlordiaHealthStat is your resource for comprehensive consumer healthcare information from Florida government health and human service agencies. An online shopping mall for health care job seekers, recruiters and hiring officials. The site also provides relocation assistance to calculate cost of living and moving costs. Two Health Workforce Analysis and Forecasting tools make it easier to gauge current and forecast future health professional supply and need, the Area Resource File and the Integrated Requirements Model. (HCFA), the federal agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) A free publication of the American College of Healthcare Executives featuring case studies on community health programs of seven hospitals across the country. ODH is a high performance organization of dedicated professionals leading Ohioans to achieve optimal health. Check out this resourceful site with loads of information about the healthcare industry. This site provides access to thousands of highly organized health and wellness resources, healthcare news and expert advice. The site also includes a special section of resources for providers, which includes links to continuing medical education, medical conferences, publications, public health information and more. An initiative of the Health Insurance Association of America to increase health care coverage in America. The site includes the proposed plan, facts and research on the uninsured, consumer information and key legislation. The BRFSS, the world's largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States. Information from the survey is used to improve the health of the American people. A not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to strengthening the nation's health information systems. The site includes journals and publications, a health site locator, job postings and more. A non-partisan, non-profit organization that provides objective information on health reform in a number of formats to journalists, elected officials and their staffs, and other shapers of public opinion. The site includes key facts about the Medicaid program. Provides easy access to statistics and information produced by health care and managed care federal agencies. The site also includes contact information for the various agencies. Includes background materials, fact sheets and state-by-state data on Medicaid and the uninsured. Welcome to the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC™). NQMC,
sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a public repository
for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets. To learn more
about the key components of this site and other user-friendly
features. The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) is a nonpartisan policy research organization located in Washington, D.C. HSC designs and conducts studies focused on the U.S. health care system to inform the thinking and decisions of policy makers in government and private industry. In addition to this applied use, HSC studies contribute more broadly to the body of health care policy research that enables decision makers to understand change and the national and local market forces driving that change. The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) is pleased to announce that results from the 2000-01 Community Tracking Study (CTS) Physician Survey are now available in CTSonline. CTSonline is a Web-based system that allows you to obtain online tables with results from the CTS Physician Survey, which is a nationally representative survey of approximately 12,000 physicians. Visitors to the site can see results from all three rounds of the survey (1996-97, 1998-99, and 2000-01). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announces the new Hospital Information Resource for Medicare. There are many new features to the page including an alphabetical listing of topics, "Forms" section, and links to the redesigned Acute Inpatient and Hospital Outpatient pages. Look for the new Hospital link listed under the "Professionals" menu above. View the Hospital Information Resource for Medicare. The site includes Medicaid national summary statistics, data sources, publications, and Medicaid disproportionate share hospitals reports. This site includes a "Directory of America's Hospitals" with facts and figures on more than 6,000 hospitals nationwide. OHA Data Services staff is ready to serve you. Please contact David Engler, Dan Paoletti, Rosalie Weakland, Virginia Swan, or Dorothy Morgan. © 2001-2008 OHA. Last updated
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