As a convenient service for visitors to the Ohio Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy website, OSHCA has provided the following list of resource links to information beneficial to patient advocates. Comments and suggestions are welcome and may be directed by e-mail to OSHCA’s webmaster.

Main Links

• OHA
• SHCA
• ODH
• The Joint Commision
• Press Ganey
• CMS
• Beryl Institute
• Leapfrog Institute
  
• Life Line of Ohio
• Ohio Department of Insurance
• American Cancer Society  

Continuing Education

• Baptist Health Care Leadership Institute - Online Store
• Cleveland State University Certificate Program
• Health Advocacy at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York

Government/Regulatory Agencies

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• California Department of Health Services
• Center for Medicare Advocacy
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Find the Conditions of Participation for Patient Rights
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
• Medicare - The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
• United States House of Representatives - Locate your local legislator
• United States Senate - Locate your state senator

Healthcare Organizations and Associations

• Alliance for Health Reform
• American Hospital Association (AHA)
• American Association of Health Plans
• American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA)
• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
• American Heart Association
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• American Nurses Association (ANA)
• American Public Health Association (APHA)
• American Society for Quality
• Center for Patient Advocacy
• Families USA  
• Healthcare Financial Management Association
• Health Insurance Association of America
• Medical Library Association
• National Association for Home Care (NAHC)
• National Coalition on Health Care 
• National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
• National Hospice Organization (NHO)
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• National Partnership for Women and Families
• OHA:  The Association for Hospitals and Health Systems
• Ohio Hospice and Palliative Care Association
• Partnership for Caring
• Planetree www.planetree.org

Patient Resources

• California Consumer Health Care Council
• Consumer Coalition for Quality Healthcare
• Consumer Information Center
• Healthwise @ Columbia University
• Healthfinder
• Hospice Patient Alliance
• Medical Library Association
• MEDLINEplus
• Patient Advocate Foundation 
• The Leapfrog Group
• The Picker Institute

Research/Reference

• Canada's Hospital Quarterly
• Center for Health Care Strategies
• Guest Communications Corporation
• Health Assistance Partnership
• The Leapfrog Group
• The Commonwealth Fund
• Press Ganey
• PubMed