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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - AHRQ
Formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Provides practical health care information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions about health care issues. (infos)Center for Law and the Public's Health
Information on the Center at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities. Features resources on public health law, ethics, and policy for public health practitioners, lawyers, policy-makers, and scholars. (infos)
Division of Laboratory Systems
Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides standards and guidelines for laboratories as well as training. (infos)
601Help
Provides information about compliance with IEC 60601-1, the international product safety standard for electrical medical equipment, as well as the standard's national variants. Includes explanations and interpretations of requirements, links to other sites, and articles on related subjects. (infos)
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
Provides multidisciplinary leadership and programs that enhance the ability of the professions, health care institutions, and industry to understand, develop, manage, and use medical instrumentation and related technologies safely and effectively. (infos)
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Health Services Research
Promotes oncology research, developing standards for quality patient care, and facilitating oncology health policy at state, national and international levels. Contains information on research programs, policy statements, and publications. (infos)
MTO Negligence: Ontario, Canada
Describes how decisions resulting in revocation of driver's licenses are based on diagnosis of visual deficiency rather than ability to operate a motor vehicle safely. Provides advice and links to related web sites. (infos)
HealthTechCenter
A research and education organization dedicated to providing information to healthcare organizations about the future impact of technology on healthcare delivery. Provides in-depth, objective data about emerging healthcare technologies and their potential impact on clinical outcomes, financial performance, facility design, and market strategy. (infos)
Medical Outcomes Trust
Dedicated to improving health and health care by promoting the science of outcomes measurement, and the development, evaluation and distribution of standardized, high quality instruments that measure health and the outcomes of medical care. Includes online publications. (infos)
ECRI
Provides publications, information, and consulting services internationally for healthcare technology assessment and cost effectiveness, risk and environmental management, and patient safety; site includes Includes classification guides, evaluation services, clinical alerts, data bases, and links to related sites. (infos)