HEALTH
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| Public Health & Policy |
| Health Insurance |
| General Health & Wellness |
| Mental Health |
| Complementary & Alternative Health |
Public Health & Policy
COLORADO
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF)
(Administers Medicaid, Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+), & other programs for Colorado's low-income families, the elderly & persons with disabilities)
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
(Information on department functions & health related topics)
Colorado Hospital Association (CHA)
(Trade association of Colorado's hospitals & health systems)
Colorado Medical Society (CMS)
NATIONAL
American Public Health Association (APHA)
University of Pennsylvania: Center for Bioethics
(BlueCross BlueShield Association research & analysis of current health care issues)
Johns Hopkins & Georgetown Universities: Centers for Law & Public Health
(Resource on public health law, ethics, & policy)
Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC)
(Public policy research on health insurance & health care with a community focus)
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
National Center for Health Statistics
(Health data & publications)
(Researches health care policy & practice to improve health care system)
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute (HPI)
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
(Independent health care philanthropic foundation emphasizing public health policy, Medicaid, Medicare, the uninsured, HIV/AIDS, & reproductive health)
(State-level data on demographics, health, health policy & coverage, access, financing, & state legislation)
Heritage Foundation: Health Care
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM)
(Information & advice on health & science policy for government, health professionals, & the public)
(Evaluates & accredits health care organizations)
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
(Statistical information & state-by-state comparisons on public health & policy issues)
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
National Conference of State Legislatures: Health (NCSL)
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Public Agenda Issue Guide: Health Care
(News, information, facts presented graphically, & poll data on health care & Medicare)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(Statistics & research on public health topics)
Health Insurance
COLORADO
Colorado Division of Insurance
(Information on small employer group insurance premiums, consumer education publications, CoverColorado, HMO service areas, etc.)
NATIONAL
U.S. Census Bureau's Health Insurance Data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
(Formerly known as Health Care Financing Administration. This site includes policy, statistics, and consumer information on Medicaid, Medicare & SCHIP)
(Official Medicare website with contact information & evaluation tools)
(Information on certified Medicare & Medicaid nursing homes in the country)
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
(Accreditation & performance measures for managed care plans throughout the country)
General Health & Wellness
American Dental Association (ADA)
American Medical Association (AMA)
(Consumer health information)
JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)
American Nurses Association (ANA)
U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
(Updates & publications on medicine, food & nutrition, & medical devices & procedures for consumers)
(Consumer health resources from U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion)
(Interactive version of this medical manual)
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH): Health information
Research, training & scientific resources
(Free Internet version of Medline with over 11 million medical references)
(Authoritative information from National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH), & government agencies and health-related organizations.
Extensive information on drugs, illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, & latest health news)
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
(Health & wellness information from world's largest medical library)
National Network of Libraries in Medicine (NNLM)
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
(Full text access to NEJM articles)
Mental Health
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Service, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
(Administers mental health & substance abuse treatment and prevention programs)
Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
(Statistics & information on state agencies, facilities, & grants)
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
(Research & best practices on public mental health)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
(Research & publications on symptoms, diagnosis, & treatment of mental illnesses)
Mental Health America (MHA)
(News, legislative information, & advocacy from this national nonprofit organization)
Mental Health America of Colorado
Complementary & Alternative Health
Alternative Medicine Foundation
(Evidence-based research resources for health care professionals, patients, & consumers on integrating alternative & conventional medicine)
(Independent organization which tests quality & potency of dietary supplements & alternative care products)
National Center for Alternative & Complementary Medicine (NCCAM)
(Science based research on complementary & alternative healing practices)
Office of Cancer Complementary & Alternative Medicine (OCCAM)
(Information & research on complementary & alternative cancer treatments from National Institutes of Health)
(Dietary & herbal supplement information & research from National Institutes of Health)
