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1.Harvard Business Online
Offers electronic access to current and past Harvard Business Review articles and collections, Harvard Business School Press books, cases, newsletters, eLearning programs. Provides research on business topics, including leadership, strategy, communication, and organizational development.
URL:http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/
2.3-A Sanitary Standards
Providing material specifications, design criteria and other necessary information for equipment types to satisfy public health concerns. Online ordering available.
URL:http://www.3-a.org/faq.html
3.601Help
Provides information about compliance with IEC 60601-1, the international product safety standard for electrical medical equipment, as well as the standard's national variants. Includes explanations and interpretations of requirements, links to other sites, and articles on related subjects.
URL:http://www.601help.com/
4.Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
Provides multidisciplinary leadership and programs that enhance the ability of the professions, health care institutions, and industry to understand, develop, manage, and use medical instrumentation and related technologies safely and effectively.
URL:http://www.aami.org
5.MTO Negligence: Ontario, Canada
Describes how decisions resulting in revocation of driver's licenses are based on diagnosis of visual deficiency rather than ability to operate a motor vehicle safely. Provides advice and links to related web sites.
URL:http://www.angelfire.com/on4/ontariomtovision
6.Cerner Corporation
Designs clinical information systems and financial applications to improve health care delivery. Products and services integrate information technology and health care issues, such as patient safety, e-health, and operational performance, for use by physicians, hospital administrators, pharmacists, and patients.
URL:http://www.cerner.com/default.asp
7.ECRI
Formerly Emergency Care Research Institute, the agency provides publications, information, and consulting services internationally for healthcare technology and patient safety. Includes classification guides, evaluation services, clinical alerts, data bases, and links to related sites.
URL:http://www.ecri.org/
8.National Guideline Clearinghouse
A comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents for physicians, nurses, and other health professionals. Includes abstracts, a utility for comparing attributes of two or more guidelines in a side-by-side comparison, an electronic discussion forum, and links to other resources.
URL:http://www.guideline.gov/
9.HealthTechCenter
A research and education organization dedicated to providing information to healthcare organizations about the future impact of technology on healthcare delivery. Provides in-depth, objective data about emerging healthcare technologies and their potential impact on clinical outcomes, financial performance, facility design, and market strategy.
URL:http://www.healthtechcenter.org/htc/default.ASP
10.Duke Health Policy Cyberexchange
Portal site for health policy information on the Web.
URL:http://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cyberexchange
11.M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Health Services Research
Promotes oncology research, developing standards for quality patient care, and facilitating oncology health policy at state, national and international levels. Contains information on research programs, policy statements, and publications.
URL:http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/hsr
12.Melanoma Research Project Network
Comprehensive information on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of melanoma and skin cancer. Includes decision-finding and self-examination modules, interactive sessions, publications, and links to related sites. [May not support all browsers.]
URL:http://www.melresproj.com/
13.OECD - Health
Presents publications and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's work in biotechnology, chemical safety, health and human development, health policy, and health care financing.
URL:http://www.oecd.org/health/
14.Division of Laboratory Systems
Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides standards and guidelines for laboratories as well as training.
URL:http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/DLS/
15.Center for Law and the Public's Health
Information on the Center at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities. Features resources on public health law, ethics, and policy for public health practitioners, lawyers, policy-makers, and scholars.
URL:http://www.publichealthlaw.net/
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