Information on HEDIS Indicators
Links to information on HEDIS - http://www.mcis.duke.edu/standards/datasets/hedis.htm
Main NCQA Page (National Commission on Quality
Assurance) - http://www.ncqa.org/Pages/Main/toc.htm
NCQA Provider Page - http://www.ncqa.org/pages/Main/providers.htm
Use of measures - http://www.ncqa.org/pages/policy/hedis/h00meas.htm
Frequently asked questions http://www.ncqa.org/pages/policy/accreditation/mco/mcofaq.htm
NCQA Standards 1999 averages: http://www.ncqa.org/pages/communications/news/99avgs.html
Information On Quality Of Care
Health Services Technology Assessment Text http://text.nlm.nih.gov/
National Guidelines Clearing House http://www.guideline.gov/
As Good As It Should Get: Making Health Care Better In The New Millennium By:
Donald M. Berwick
Institute For Healthcare Improvement http://www.nchc.org/berwick.html
Quality Health Care: New Challenges as Medicare Evolves Final Report Prepared
for: The National Coalition on Health Care http://www.nchc.org/quality.html
Evidence-based Medicine The Convergence of Evidence-based Health Care and
Quality Improvement http://www.enigma.co.nz/hcro_articles/9807/vol2no9_002.htm
Ovretveit J. Evidence-based medicine: the convergence of evidence-based health
care and quality improvement. Healthcare Review – OnlineTM. 2(9); July 1998. http://www.enigma.co.nz/hcro_articles/9807/vol2no9_002.htm
ADA quality improvement set http://www.diabetes.org/dqip.asp
Sites with good primary information
Medicine and Public Health - The Power of Collaboration
- Access to the monograph which describes the six synergies between
Medicine and Public Health, http://library.nyam.org/pubhlth/medpub1.html
LOANSOME
DOC - Instructions on
ordering articles http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/loansome_doc.html
The Information Survival Guide from
the University of Pittsburgh Health Services Library System (browse on line or
download a copy. http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/intres/guides/isg.html
Guide to Community Preventive Services -
Not yet complete but will have a list of community preventive services that work
http://web.health.gov/communityguide/default.htm:
The
Public Health Training Network -
Learn about all the programs provided by the Public Health Training Network.
(There is a very good radioplayer video on Hepatitis C. http://www.cdc.gov/phtn/
Guide
to Clinical Preventive Services http://158.72.20.10/pubs/guidecps/
Put
Prevention into Practice http://www.ahcpr.gov/ppip/
The Global Health Super Course includes
lectures on epidemiology, economics, and the internet. http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/main/index.htm
The CDC Strategic Plan for Integrating Genetics into
Public Health - http://www.cdc.gov/genetics/stratpl.html.
How to read medical papers from
the British Medical Journal **** Excellent http://www.bmj.com/collections/read.htm
The
ABC's of Medical Computing http://www.bmjpg.com/data/abcmc.htm
Hazard
Net
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Models that Work -
Innovative and successful models for the delivery of primary health care to
undeserved and vulnerable populations.
Pennsylvania
Link to Learn Project http://l2l.org/
Access
to PA telecommuniciaton maps -
http://www.sis.pitt.edu/%7Eltolearn/
Sites with clinical practice guidelines
Please note, I received these
addresses over the Health Administration List Server of the American Association
of Public Health on July 20th . I have not had the opportunity to review all of
the sites. Please view them with the skepticism that you would view any web
sites.
Agency
for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
http://text.nlm.nih.gov/ftrs/pick?ftrsK=0&collect=ahcpr&t=866498199
The
National Clinical Guidelines Web site! http://www.ahcpr.gov/fund/ngcguidl.htm
National Information Center on Health Services Research -
Health services research, clinical practice guidelines, etc. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/nichsr.html
The
Family Practice HandBook http://www.vh.org/Providers/ClinRef/FPHandbook/FPContents.html
Cardiology
algorithms http://www.cardiologycompass.com/
NIH
Depression in Primary Care Guidelines http://isis.nlm.nih.gov/ahcpr/dep/www/dep1ctxt.html
APA
online compendium of guidelines http://www.psych.org/pract_of_psych/compendium.html
National
Health Care Skill Standards Project http://www.fwl.org/nhcssp/health.htm
American
College of Physicians (two
sets of counseling guidelines) http://www.acponline.org
Society
of Prospective Medicine -
research and application of health risk appraisals http://www.spm.org
FDA Regulatory Guidance's http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/index.htm
Overview
of new NCQA guidance http://www.ncqa.org/accred/99over.htm
Respiratory
clinical practice guidelines http://www.rcjournal.com
American
Geriatrics Society clinical
practice guidelines notice http://www.americangeriatrics.org/chronicpress.html
UCLA's
clinical guidelines web site --
the whole schebang! http://wwwstage.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/cdd/clinprac.htm
Allergen
Immunotherapy Practice Guideline http://www.cma.ca/journals/cmaj/vol-152/1413e.htm
Antimicrobial
Surgery Prophylaxis Practice Guideline http://www.cma.ca/journals/cmaj/vol-151/0925e.htm
Cardiac
Surgery Clinical Practice Guidelines http://www.csmc.edu/cvs/md/guide.html
Clinical
Foresighted Practice Guidelines http://www.swcp.com/~tanman/fpg.html
Detection,
Evaluation and Treatment of
High Blood Cholesterol in Adults http://dsg.harvard.edu/public/guidelines/cholesterol/chlintun.html
Early Breast Cancer Clinical Practice Guidelines http://www.nbcc.org.au/pages/nbclingd.htm
Pediatric
Clinical Guidelines, Loyola University
Medical Center http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/DeptWebs/peds/clinguid.htm
Radiology Practice Guidelines, American College of
Radiology http://www.xray.hmc.psu.edu/p_guidelines.html
Rheumatology
Guidelines, American College
of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org/guidelin/guidelin.htm
Standards, Guidelines, and Policies ,
American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org/Standards/TOC.html
TALARIA:Hypermedia
Clinical Practice Guidelines for
Cancer Painhttp://WWW.Stat.Washington.edu/TALARIA/TALARIA.html
Thyroid Nodule Management Clinical Practice
Guidelines, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists http://www.aace.com/guidelines/nodule.html
Cardiology
clinical practice guidelines. ..all
of them http://www.gretmar.com/webdoctor/CardiologyClinical.html
Pediatric illness guidelines...most of them http://www.galter.nwu.edu/hw/ped/pedguide.html
Sites with good links to other
sites
Global Health Network
Resource page from the Global Network Super Course -
Includes Links to Epidemiology for the Unintiated statistics at Square One and a
variety of excellent articles from the British Medical Journal http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/main/resource/
National
Health Information Center run
by the Federal Government
Sites of organizations
Pennsylvania
Medical Society http://www.pamedsoc.org/
American
Medical Society Page (Contains
information on year 2000 problems for members) http//www.ama-assn.org/
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
The American Public Health Association
University of Pittsburgh School
of Public Health Home Page
Yahoo's
Pennsylvania Page
Link to Pennsylvania Services
Pennsylvania
Department of Health Web Page
The Health Alliance of Pennsylvania http://www.hap2000.org/
The
Institute for Healthy Communities http://www.hap2000.org/ihc/index.html
The
Medicine/Public Health Initiative http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/mph/
The
Cocrane Collaboration -
Preparing, Maintaining and Disseminating Systematic Reviews of the Effects of
Health Care http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/cochrane/cochrane/general.htm