RWHC Recommended Links

| Wisconsin | Regional & National | Federal |

| Wisconsin Newspapers Online (courtesy Wheeler Report |

| Rural Assistance Center |

| American Hospital Association Resource Center--an excellent list of links re health administration and related topics |

| Excellent Set of Practical Papers on Rural Health Networking at AcademyHealth |

| Healthy Wisconsin People,Your Gateway to Quality Health Information |

Tip: Use the fast, powerful search engine: Google

Tip: use your browser's "find" command do to a key word search on this page.


Wisconsin

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The Alliance, Employer Health Care Alliance Cooperative

B

Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation

H

Healthy Wisconsin People,Your Gateway to Quality Health Information

HIPAA Collaborative Of Wisconsin

Healthcare Financial Management Association

M

Medical College of Wisconsin, Family and Community Medicine

Medical College of Wisconsin, Epidemiology Data Service Center

MetaStar (Successor corporation to Wisconsin's PRO)

 N

National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety

National Farm Medicine Center

Sauk County Development Corporation

State Medical Society of Wisconsin

U

University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives

University of Wisconsin Extension

University of Wisconsin Extension - Health Policy Page

University of Wisconsin - Madison (WiscINFO)

University of Wisconsin, Family Medicine

University of Wisconsin, MYNursingCE!

W

Wisconsin AHEC System

Wisconsin Association of Homes and Services for the Aging

Wisconsin Coalition of Aging Groups

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority (WHEFA)

Wisconsin Health Information Network (WHIN)

Wisconsin Health Reports

Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA)

Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association (WPHCA)

Wisconsin Program for Training Regionally Employed Care Providers (WisTREC)

Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Wisconsin Office of Rural Health (WORH)

Wisconsin Public Health Association

Wisconsin, State of (good starting point for WI web sites)

Wisconsin, State of, Consumer Guide to Health Care

Wisconsin's Office of the Commissioner of Insurance

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Regional & National

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AARP

Academy Health (non-profit health policy institute)

All Politics (CNN-Time partnership)

American Academy of Family Physicians

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Dental Hygienists Association

American Express Travel (free airline fare/schedule info.)

American Hospital Association

American Medical Association

American Nurses Association

American Public Health Association (APHA)

American Telemedicine Association

B

Brookings Institute (nation's oldest think tank, "centrist")

C

Cato Institute ("libertarian" policy focus)

Center for the Advancement of Health

Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health

Center for Health Design (focus on future delivery, community models)

Center for Studying Health System Change

Coding Resources Compiled By RWHC ( This is a pdf file )

Concord Coalition (nonpartisan movement to eliminate federal deficit)

D

Democratic Leadership Council -Progressive Party Institute ("liberal" policy focus)

F

FAMILIES USA (health care consumer perspective)

Family Caregiver Alliance

Farm Safety 4 Just Kids

H

Healthcare Financial Management Association

Heartland Institute (think tank focusing on state and local public policy)

Heritage Foundation ("conservative" policy focus)

I

Institute For Health Services Research (University of Minnesota)

J

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

K

Kaiser Family Foundation

M

Marshall University School of Medicine RuralNet

Mother Jones (for balance given lack of "liberal" think tanks)

N

National Association of Insurance Commissioners

National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety

National Committee for Quality Assurance

National Cooperative Bank

National Cooperative Of Health Networks

National Farm Medicine Center

National Health Law Program

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health

National Rural Health Association

National Rural Health Resource Center

National Rural Development Partnership

National Rural Recruitment and Retention

Network (3RNET)

North Central EMS Cooperative

P

PointCast (automatic sender of news, weather, etc.)

R

Rand Corporation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)

Rural Assistance Center

Rural Health Research in Progress Data Base

Rural Policy Research Institute (innovative multi-university initiative.)

S

Sheps Center, University of North Carolina

U

Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center

V

Virtual Hospital, University of Iowa

W

W.K. Kellogg Foundation (The Foundation's Own Home Page)

West Virginia Hospital Association 

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Federal

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

B

Bureau of the Census

C

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Code of Federal Regulations

Compilation of the Social Security Laws)

D

Department of Health and Human Services

F

FedStats

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

G

Government Printing Office (GPO, online access)

L

Library of Congress (great source old photos) 

M

MEDLINE PLUS

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

N

National Health Information Center (Reference bureau for consumers and providers.)

National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine

National Rural Development Partnership

National Rural Development Council

R

Rural Assistance Center

Rural Health Policy, Office of

S

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

T

Thomas (direct access to U.S. Congressional activities.)

W

White House Publications

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