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Other HIMSS Affiliated Chapters

Midwest Gateway Chapter

HIMSS Midwest Gateway Chapter
Find out what HIMSS members in the St. Louis area are doing at:

www.jnci.com/himss-stlouis

Delaware Valley Chapter Delaware Valley HIMSS Chapter
One of the larger affiliated chapters, located in eastern Pennsylvania. Visit them on-line at:

www.libertynet.org/~dvhimss

HIMSS Northwest HIMSS Northwest
The HIMSS chapter for residents of Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. Find chapter information at:

www.himss-nw.org

Dallas-Ft. Worth Dallas/Ft. Worth HIMSS Chapter
For information on HIMSS activities in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, visit this chapter at:

www.dfwhimss.com

Central Florida Central Florida HIMSS Chapter
The HIMSS chapter for professionals in Central Florida. Get more information at:

www.smh.com/himss/cfhimss.htm

Greater
Houston

Greater Houston HIMSS Chapter
To locate the Texas HIMSS chapter in the Greater Houston area, visit:

members.aol.com/ghhimss/ghhimss.html

Latin America HIMSS of Latin America
HIMSS has members located all over the world. If you are up on your Spanish, visit the Latin American chapter at:

www.himsslatin.org.mx

Northern
California

Northern CA Chapter of HIMSS
For information on what the HIMSS chapter in northern California is doing, visit:

www.thelma.com/himss.htm

Southern
California

Southern CA Chapter of HIMSS
For information on what the HIMSS chapter in southern California is doing, visit:

www.himss-socal.com

Northern
Ohio

Northern OH Chapter of HIMSS
To find out what the northern Ohio chapter is doing these days, visit:

www.NOHIMSS.thehospital.com/default.htm

Georgia
Chapter

Georgia Chapter of HIMSS
Head down south to visit the Georgia chapter at:

gahimss.home.mindspring.com

HIMSS HIMSS
Homepage for the national organization. Find HIMSS information and member resources at:

www.himss.org


Healthcare Related Resources

Mediqual Benchmarks

Mediqual
An eBook of outcome indicators for 16 major illnesses:

www.mediqual.com/library/benchmk

Department of Health and Human Services Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the Inspector General

For up to date information on the government's crackdown on fraud in the healthcare industry, check out:

www.dhhs.gov/progorg/oig

Healthcare Financing Administration Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
Find out about the government agency responsible for administering Medicare and Medicaid. Visit them on-line at:

www.hcfa.gov

Healthcare Financial Management Association Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
Want to know how the latest healthcare legislation will affect your facility? Visit HFMA on the web at:

www.hfma.org

Virginia Health Information Virginia Health Information (VHI)
VHI is the official broker for patient-level healthcare data in the state of Virginia. See what they have to offer at:

www.vhi.org

Modern Healthcare Magazine Modern Healthcare Magazine
For the most current information on the healthcare industry, check out Modern Healthcare. Explore their electronic version at:

www.modernhealthcare.com

American Hospital Directory American Hospital Directory
A comprehensive listing of hospitals in the USA. Review comparative data from Medicare cost reports and other public use files at:

www.ahd.com

Netwellness Netwellness
An extensive guide of health information resources. Visit them on-line at:

www.netwellness.org

JCAHO NLHI JCAHO National Library of Health Indicators
An in-depth listing of national healthcare indicators provided by the Joint Commission. Find all of the information at:

www.jcaho.org/perfmeas/nlhi/nlhi_frm.htm


Industrial Engineering Resources

IIEIIE Institute of Industrial Engineering
A society dedicated to furthering the profession of Industrial Engineering. Get more details at:

www.iienet.org

Virtual Library Industrial Engineering Virtual Library
An on-line guide to IE related research and articles. You don't even need a library card at:

www.isye.gatech.edu/www-ie

INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
INFORMS serves the needs of OR/MS investigators, scientists, educators, students and managers, as well as the institutions they serve. See what they have to offer at:

www.informs.org


Information Systems Resources

AMIA American Medical Informatics Association
What is going on in the world of clinical informatics? AMIA has the answers. Find out more information at:

www.amia.org

Y2K Solutions and Resources RX2000
Wondering how you can make your systems compliant before January 1, 2000? RX2000 has valuable information and resources to help you. Get more information at:

www.rx2000.org

Year 2000 Year 2000
Another excellent resource for the Y2K problem. Year 2000 will inform and assist you. Get more information at:

www.year2000.com


Other Resources

ASQ American Society for Quality
Part of the mission of the healthcare division of ASQ is to facilitate continuous improvement of health and health care in communities worldwide by providing leadership in the use of quality principles, concepts and technologies. See what they have to offer at:

www.asq.org


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