Online Discussion Lists

Search for discussion lists at

• Liszt Newsgroup Directory -- http://www.liszt.com
• Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists -- www.neosoft.com/paml/indexes.html
• Lsoft International -- http://www.lsoft.com
• Directory of Professional E-Groups -- http://n2h2.com/KOVACS
• Michigan Electronic Library -- mel.lib.mi.us/health/health-hospital-lists.html

• Accreditation and Compliance Professionals Discussion Forum -- Survey Sentinel subscribe www.deja.com/~jcaho
• Behavioral Health Forums -- Psychlink subscribe  www.psychlink.com
• Biosafety Discussion Group -- BIOSAFTY subscribe listserv@mitvma.mit.edu
• Case Management List -- CASEMGR subscribe prn@halcyon.com
• Clinical Guideline List -- NGC-L subscribe listserv@list.ahcpr.gov
• Clinical Psychology List -- CLINICAL-PSYCHOLOGISTS subscribe at listserv@listserv.nodak.com
• Emergency Nursing List -- Em-Nsg-l subscribe listserv@ittsrv1.ucsf.edu
• GERINET Geriatric Healthcare Discussion Group Subscribe at listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu
• Health Information Management List -- him-l subscribe listproc@lists.umsmed.edu
• Health Management Discussion List -- HEALTHMGT subscribe listproc@ursus.jun.alaska.edu
• Home Health List -- HOMEHLTH subscribe listserv@list.iex.net
• Hospice List --Hospice --subscribe http://www.onelist.com
• Human Resources Net -- HRNET subscribe listproc@cornell.edu
• Infection control Discussion List -- APIC-LIST subscribe at www.apic.org or  listserv@peach.ease. lsoft.com
• JCAHO Discussion List -- JCAHO-WATCH subscribe listserv@list.iex.net
• Long Term Care List -- LTC-L subscribe listserve@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu
• Medical Laboratory List -- MEDLAB-- subscribe listserve@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu
• Medical Library List -- MEDLIB-L subscribe listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu
• Medical Staff Service Professional List -- NAMSS subscribe at www.namss.org
• Medicare Part B List -- PARTB-L subscribe www.partbnews.com
• Nursing Leadership  List -- NUR340-L subscribe  listserv@acsu.buffalo.edu
• Nurse Practitioners Discussion Group subscribe -- PNN-L majordomo@interaccess.com
• Nurse Manager List -- RNMGR subscribe prnmed@halcyon.com
• Nurse Researcher List -- NURSERES subscribe listserv@listserv.kent.edu
• Patient Account Management List -- PAMLIST subscribe PAMLIST-REQUEST@dekaye.com
• Patient Safety List -- Patientsafety-l suscribe listserv@list.dis.net
• Performance Management Discussion Group -- perfmgt subscribe perfmgt@egroups.com
• Pharmacy List -- PHARMLINK  subscribe  listproc@u.washington.edu
• Pharmacy List -- PHARM-L subscribe listserv@vm.cc.purdue.edu
• Psychiatric Nursing List -- PSYNURSE subscribe listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
• Respiratory Care List -- RC_WORLD subscribe listserv@iupui.edu
• Risk Management List -- RISKANAL subscribe -- listserv@bbs.pnl.gov
• Safe Medication Practices List -- participate at www.ismp.org

Accrediting Organizations

• Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care -- www.aaahc.org
• American Accreditation Healthcare Commission -- www.urac.org
• American Association For Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities -- www.aaaasf.org
• American Medical Accreditation Program -- www.ama-assn.org/amap
• American Osteopathic Association -- www.am-osteo-assn.org
• Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs -- www.caahep.org
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities -- www.carf.org
• Community Health Accreditation Program -- www.chapinc.org
• Electronic Healthcare Netwrok Accreditation Commission -- http://www.ehnac.org
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations -- www.jcaho.org
• National Commission For Certifying Agencies -- www.noca.org
• NCQA -- www.ncqa.org

Government Agencies

• Agency for Health Care Policy and Research -- www.ahcpr.gov
• Center for Disease Control -- www.cdc.gov
• Center for Drug Evaluation and Research -- www.fda.gov/cder
• Department of Health and Human Services -- www.os.dhhs.gov/
• Federal court cases -- www.law.cornell.edu
• Federal Statutes found at -- www.law.cornell.edu/uscode
• Federal Proposed and Final Rules Government Printing Office -- www.access.gpo.gov
• Fedworld Information Network -- www.fedworld.gov
• Food and Drug Administration , Center for Drug Evaluation and Research; Division of Pharmacovigilance and Epidemiology -- www.fda.gov
• Health Resources and Services Administration , Bureau of Health Professions -- www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/bhpr/dqa
• Health Resources and Services Administration: The Center for Managed Care -- www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/hrsa/mngdcare
• HCFA Information Clearinghouse -- www.hcfa.gov/regs/regs.htm
• Indian Health Services -- www.ihs.gov
• MedWatch Medical Products Reporting Information --  www.fda.gov/medwatch
• National Institutes of Health -- www.nih.gov
• National Cancer Institute -- www.nci.nih.gov
• National Institute of Mental Health -- www.nimh.nih.gov
• National Guideline Clearinghouse -- www.guideline.gov
• National Practitioner Data Bank -- www.npdb.com
• National Health Information Center -- nhic-nt.health.org
• National Library of Medicine PubMed -- www.igm.nlm.nih.gov
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- www.osha.gov
• Office of Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- altmed.od.nih.gov
• Office of Personnel Management -- www.opm.gov

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- www.samhsa.gov
• State legislative websites -- www.carrollpub.com

Administrative Management Organizations

• Alliance for Healthcare Strategy and Marketing -- www.alliancehlth.org
• American Academy of Professional Coders -- www.aapc.com
• American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management -- www.agpam.org
• American Association for Medical Transcription -- www.aamt.org
• American College of Health Care Administrators -- www.achca.org
• American College of Healthcare Executives -- www.ache.org
• American Healthcare Radiology Administrators -- www.ahra.com
• American Health Information Management Association -- www.ahima.org
• American Health Lawyers Association --  www.ahla.org
• American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering -- http://fairway.enc.purdue.edu/BMEnet/societies/AIMBEE
• American Registry of Radiologic Technologists -- www.arrt.org
• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities -- www.asbh.org
• American Society for Healthcare Human Resource Administrators -- www.ashhra.org
• American Society for Healthcare Food Service Administrators -- www.ashfsa.org
• American Society for Healthcare Engineering -- www.ashe.org
• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management -- www.ashrm.org
• American Society of Hospital Central Service Professionals -- www.ashcsp.org
• Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation -- www.aami.org
• Association of Health Services Research -- www.ahsr.org
• Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems -- www.amdis.org
• Center of Ethics in Health Care -- www.ohsu.edu/ethics
• Clinical Laboratory Management Association -- www.clma.org
• Dietary Managers Association -- www.dmaonline.org
• Drug Information Association -- diahome.org
• Health Care Compliance Association -- www.hcca-info.org
• Health Care Executive Assistants -- www.hceaonline.org
• Healthcare Financial Management Association -- www.hfma.org
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society -- www.himss.org
• Health Industry Group Purchasing Association -- www.higpa.org
• Hospital Fire Marshal's Association -- members.tripod.com/hfma
• International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety -- http://www.iahss.org
• International Executive Housekeepers Association -- www.ieha.org
• National Adult Day Services Association -- www.ncoa.org
• National Association of Claims Processing Professionals -- www.nacpp.org
• National Association of Health Data Organizations -- www.nahdo.org
• National Association of Healthcare Access Management -- www.naham.org
• National Association of Health Services Executives -- www.nahse.org
• National Association of Healthcare Quality -- www.nahq.org
• National Association for Home Care -- www.nahc.org
• National Patient Safety Foundation -- www.npsf.org
• National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians -- www.nremt.org
• National Renal Administrators Association -- www.nraa.org
• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care -- nrc.uchsc.edu
• Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures -- www.osap.org
• Risk Management Foundation -- www.hrm.harvard.edu
• Society for Airway Management -- samhq.org
• Society for Clinical Coding -- ahima.org/scc
• Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development -- www.stratsociety.org

Physician and Medical Staff Organizations

Organized Medical Staff

• Academy of Medical Administrators -- www.aameda.org
• American Board of Medical Specialties -- www.abms.org  links to specialty boards
• American College of Medical Staff Development -- www.acmsd.org
• American College of Physician Executives -- www.acpe.org
• Association for Hospital Medical Education -- ahme.med.edu
• Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors -- www.docboard.org
• Council of Medical Specialty Societies -- www.cmss.org  links to specialty societies
• Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates -- www.ecfmg.org
• National Association of Medical Staff Services -- www.namss.org

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry -- www.aacap.org
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists -- www.aace.com
• American Academy of Family Physicians -- www.aafp.org
• American Association of Inpatient Physicians -- www.acponline.org/naip
• American Academy of Ophthalmology -- www.eyenet.org
• American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons -- www.aaoms.org
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons -- www.aaos.org
• American Academy of Pain Management -- http://www.aapainmanage.org
• American Academy of Pediatrics -- www.aap.org
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma -- www.aast.org
• American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology – www.allergy.mcg.edu
• American College of Cardiology --- www.acc.org
• American College of Chest Physicians -- www.chestnet.org
• American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine -- www.acponline.org
• American College of Emergency Physicians -- www.acep.org
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists --- www.acog.com
• American College of Radiology -- www.acr.org
• American College of Rheumatology -- www.rheumatology.org
• American College of Surgeons -- www.facs.org
• American Dental Association -- www.ada.org
• American Medical Association -- www.ama-assn.org
• American Osteopathic Association -- www.am-osteo-assn.org
• American Podiatric Medical Association; Council on Podiatric Medical Education -- www.apma.org
• American Psychiatric Association -- www.psych.org
• American Society of Addiction Medicine -- www.asam.org
• American Society of Anesthesiologists -- www.asahq.org
• American Society for Clinical Pathology -- www.ascp.org
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy -- www.asge.org
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery -- www.plasticsurgery.org
• Canadian Medical Association -- www.cma.ca
• College of American Pathologists -- www.cap.org
• National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care -- www.namdrc.org
• Society of Nuclear Medicine -- www.snm.org

Allied Health Organizations

• American Association of Oriental Medicine: National Accreditation Commission for Schools and Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine -- www.aaom.org
• National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine -- www.nccaom.org

• National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers -- www.naatp.org

• American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants; National Commission on Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants -- www.gaswork.com/anes-assists.htm

• American Academy of Audiology -- www.audiology.org

• American Chiropractic Association -- www.amerchiro.org
• National Board of Chiropractic Examiners -- www.nbce.org/nbce

• American Society for Clinical Nutrition -- www.faseb.org/ascn
• American Dietetic Association -- www.eatright.org

• American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science -- http://www.ascls.org

• National Board for Certified Counselors -- www.nbcc.org

• American Association for Health Education -- www.aahperd.org/aahe/aahe.htm

• Association of Professionals in Infection Control -- www.apic.org

• American Association of Marital and Family Therapists - www.aamft.org

• American Association of Medical Assistants -- www.aama-ntl.org

• Midwives Alliance of North America; Midwifery Educator’s Accreditation Council -- www.mana.org

• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners -- www.aanp.org
• American Association of Nurse Anesthetists; Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Education Programs; Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists -- www.aana.com
• American College of Nurse Midwives ; ACNM Certification Council -- midwife.org
• American College of Nurse Practitioners -- www.nurse.org/acnp
• American Nursing Association -- www.nursingworld.org
• American Nurses Credentialing Center -- www.ana.org/ancc
• American Psychiatric Nurses Association -- www.apna.org
• American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses -- www.aspan.org
• Association of Operating Room Nurses -- www.aorn.org
• Association of Rehabilitation Nurses -- www.rehabnurse.org
• Certifying Board of Gastroenterology Nurses -- www.cbgna.org
• Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association -- www.hpna.org
• Intravenous Nurses Society -- www.ins1.org
• National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses -- www.pnpcert.org
• National Certification Corporation for the Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing Specialties -- www.nccnet.org
• National League for Nursing -- www.nln.org
• Society of Pediatric Nurses -- www.pednurse.org

• National Association of Occupational Health Professionals --  www.naohp.com

• American Association of Pastoral Counselors --  www.aapc.org
• Association for Clinical Pastoral Education -- www.acpe-edu.org
• Assembly of Episcopal Healthcare Chaplains -- www.episcopalchaplain.org

• American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion -- www.abcp.org
• American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology -- www.amsect.org

• American Association of Pharmacy Technicians -- www.pharmacytechnician.com
• American College of Clinical Pharmacy -- www.accp.com
• American Society of Health System Pharmacists -- www.ashp.org
• American Society of Consulting Pharmacists -- www.ascp.com

• American Academy of Physician Assistants -- www.aapa.org
• Association of Physician Assistants in Cardiovascular Surgery -- www.apacvs.org
• Association of Neurosurgical Physician Assistants – www.anspa.org
• National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants -- www.nccpa.net
• Physician Assistants in Orthopedic Surgery -- www.paos.org

• American Physical Therapy Association -- www.apta.org

• Academy of Counselling Psychology -- www.hometown.net/academy/academy.htm
• American Psychological Association -- www.apa.org

• American Association for Respiratory Care -- www.aarc.org
• National Board for Respiratory Care -- www.aarc.org

• American Association of State Social Work Boards -- www.aasswb.org
• American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work -- www.abecsw.org
• Council on Social Work Education -- www.cswe.org
• National Association of Social Workers -- www.naswdc.org
• Society for Social Work Leadership in Healthcare -- www.sswlhc.org

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association -- www.asha.org
• National Board for Certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences -- www.hearingnbc.org

• National Strength and Conditioning Association -- www.nsca-cc.org

• National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Body Work -- www.ncbtmb.com

• American Therapeutic Recreation Association -- www.atra-tr.org