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Researching health-care issues has never been more easy--or difficult. There are literally millions of health-related web sites online. As a service, we have categorized many useful sites that pertain to the general health-care topics of cost, quality and access, particularly in New York State. Click a category on the left, and a summary of related sites will appear on the right.

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Health Care and Insurance Law

State Government and Government Affiliated Organizations

Federal Government Departments and Agencies

Medical Research Publications

Advocacy Groups for Those Who Buy Care Coverage

Advocacy Groups for those Who Provide Health Services

Advocacy Groups Related to Illnesses and Other Consumer Groups

Quality Assurance/Rating Organizations

Research Institutions and Health Care Industry Data Providers

Search Engines

Wire Services/Online News Providers

New York State Daily Newspapers

New York State Business Journals

National Daily Newspapers

National Business/Trade Publications

National News Magazines

National Broadcast Media

Advocacy Groups for those Who Provide Health Services

American Hospital Association
This national hospital advocacy organization provides users with position statements concerning government regulations affecting hospitals and information pertaining to the organization's efforts to advance health-care programs of interest to AHA members.

American Medical Association
Visitors to this site are able to access a wide range of information pertaining to patient safety, quality improvement, technological advancements in health care, physician-specific issues and official AMA positions concerning health-care legislation. Links to several AMA-sponsored medical journals and periodicals are also available.

Greater New York Hospital Association
Visitors to its site may access descriptions of the organization's ongoing lobbying and research efforts that include graduate medical education and proposals for serving the uninsured.

Healthcare Association of New York State
Provides users with a summary of current events in health care that affect its member hospitals and nursing homes. Users may also access position statements published by the organization concerning health-care policy and learn about the various programs that the organization sponsors.

Iroquois Healthcare Alliance
Offers visitors information regarding the health-care workforce, health-care financing, upstate New York hospital financial performance, health-care quality, government regulations and programs affecting member hospitals and health-care facilities and official position statements of the Alliance.

Medical Society of the State of New York
This site provides users with information concerning public health issues, fact sheets on certain diseases, a description of Medical Society legislative activities and services offered by the trade association to its members. Users may also access a list of links to county medical societies, specialty societies and other medical web sites.

United Hospital Fund
Visitors to this site may access research papers concerning health-care coverage for the uninsured, health-care financing issues, medical care for at-risk populations and health-care quality improvement.





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