Regional & National
A
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
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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