Useful Links

To provide a quick reference point for topics important to you, C&A staff and consultants diligently combed the Internet to gather the links below for your further research and exploration.  Have a helpful link you would like to suggest or add to our list?  Send it on to us!

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (http://www.ahrq.gov/)
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (http://www.aaos.org/)
• American Hospital Association (http://www.aha.org/)
• American Organization of Nurse Executives (http://www.aone.org/)
• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (www.ashrm.org)
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (http://www.apic.org/)
• Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (http://www.aorn.org/)
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/)
• ECRI Institute (www.ecri.org/) 
• Hospital Compare, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/)
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (http://www.ihi.org/)
• Institue for Safe Medical Practices (http://www.ismp.org/) 
• National Quality Forum (http://www.qualityforum.org/)
• National Association for Healthcare Quality (http://www.nahq.org/)
• National Patient Safety Foundation (http://www.npsf.org/)
• Quality Check (http://www.qualitycheck.org/) 
• Six Sigma (http://isixsigma.com/)
• The Joint Commission (http://www.jointcommission.org/)
• The VA National Center for Patient Safety (http://www.va.gov/NCPS/)