Health Policy Subject Guide
| Dictionaries | Directories |
| Encylopedias | Government Resources |
| Handbooks and Manuals | Health Care Law |
| Health Care Policy | Journal Articles |
| Professional Organizations |
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Dictionaries
Dictionary of Health, Economics and Finance Library Reference
Dictionary of Health Insurance and Managed Care Library Reference
Directories
Directory of Biomedical and Health Care Grants Library Reference
Health Care Standards: Official Directory Library Reference
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Health Care Management Library Reference
Ethics Library Reference
The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods Library Reference
The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods Library Reference
Government Resources
US Department of Health & Human Services The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
US Department of Health and Human Service Rural Health Policy The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) promotes better health care service in rural America.
US Department of Labor The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.
US Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthy workplace for their employees. OSHA's role is to promote the safety and health of America's working men and women by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual process improvement in workplace safety and health.
Handbooks and Manuals
2008 Cobra Handbook Library Reference
Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals: The Official Handbook Library Reference
Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care Library Reference
Health Law Handbook HIPPA Regulations Library Reference
Institutional Review Board Member Handbook Library Reference
Occupational Safety and Health Law Handbook Library Reference
R2 Online Library Full-text online service providing access to Health Policy book contents. Over 80 titles to chose from including but not limited to The Compliance Guide to the JCAHO Medical Staff Standards, Conducting Clinical Research, Designing Clinical Research, Medical Law, Ethics & Bioethics, and Ethics of Health Care
The OSHA Handbook Library Reference
Health Care Law
2008 State by State Guide to Human Resources Law Library Reference
Coding for HIPPA How to Report Professional Claims Library Reference
HIPPA Policies and Procedures Desk Reference Library Reference
The Law of Healthcare Administration Library Circulating
Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration Library Circulating
Medical Records and the Law Library Reference
Quick Reference to COBRA Compliance Library Reference
The Practical Guide to HIPPA Privacy and Security Compliance Library Reference
The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decision Making Library Reference
Health Care Policy
Health Care Policy and Politics A to Z Library Reference
Information Management: The Compliance Guide to the Joint Commission Standards Library Reference
Major Health Care Policies: 50 State Profiles, 2001 / A Publication of the Health Policy Tracking Service: National Conference of State Legislatures Library Reference
Measuring and Managing Health Care Quality; Procedures, Techniques and Protocols Library Reference
The Compliance Guide to the ACAHO Medical Staff Standards Library Reference
Journal Articles
Montante Family Library Health Policy Databases Lists primary databases used to find full-text articles and article citations in the field of health policy.
Professional Organizations
American Health Quality Association The American Health Quality Association represents Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and professionals working to improve the quality of health care in communities across America.
American Public Health Association The American Public Health Association is the oldest, largest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world and has been working to improve public health since 1872. The Association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States.
Joint Commission An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to meeting certain performance standards.
National Academy for State Health Policy The National Academy for State Health Policy is an independent academy of state health policymakers working together to identify emerging issues, develop policy solutions, and improve state health policy and practice. NASHP provides a forum for constructive, nonpartisan work across branches and agencies of state government on critical health issues facing states.
National Association of Public Health Policy By proposing guidelines for leaders at the national, state, and local level, the Association promotes a progressive agenda aimed at improving the living standards, health, and welfare of all Americans, while preserving fundamental individual rights of privacy and self-determination.
National Health Policy Forum The National Health Policy Forum offers a range of educational programming designed to help congressional and federal agency staff become better informed about current health policy issues. The National Health Policy Forum's mission is to cultivate a learning community among key senior staff in Congress, its support agencies, and the executive branch of the federal government in order to improve the policymaking process on the nation's critical health issues.
National Rural Health Association The NRHA is a national nonprofit membership organization with more than 18,000 members. The association’s mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues.
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government: New York State Health Policy
The New York State Health Policy Research Center (HPRC), a program of the Rockefeller Institute of Government, provides relevant, nonpartisan research and analysis of state health policy issues for New York State and national policymakers.